Windows 10: How to obtain Major.Minor.Version.Patch details from PowerShell?

Hello everyone, I happen to use following command to obtain operating system version details. cmd /verThe same command cannot be used when called in a PowerShell script like following. Why? because it opens a shell; and control remain stuck there. invoke-command -scriptblock {cmd /ver}Now I have tried following but this is not very explanatory as I want details given from cmd /ver. $Version = Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem -ErrorAction Stop.VersionHow can I obtain the Major/Minor/Version/Patch details using any PowerShell command on a remote machine where the output from cmd /ver is e

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How to obtain Major.Minor.Version.Patch details from PowerShell?

Hello everyone,

I happen to use following command to obtain operating system version details.

cmd /ver

The same command cannot be used when called in a PowerShell script like following. Why? because it opens a shell; and control remain stuck there.

invoke-command -scriptblock {cmd /ver}

Now I have tried following but this is not very explanatory as I want details given from cmd /ver.

$Version = (Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem -ErrorAction Stop).Version

How can I obtain the Major/Minor/Version/Patch details using any PowerShell command on a remote machine where the output from cmd /ver is equivalent to output from PowerShell command.

Output of cmd /ver

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19044.2486]

(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

[Version 10.0.19044.2486] <---- is the details required via PowerShell, (meaning the numbers)

Output of Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem

10.0.19044

Any help would be appreciated.

Nitin.

 

what would be the Major version, Minor version, Architecture values


I downloaded win10 preview and installed on a virtualbox VM running on a Win7 system.
And when i check the Registry entry of Win10 , i see 6.3 as version, but in the screen shot that you provided here it shows 6.4. Which one is correct?
and what would be the Major version, Minor version, Architecture values for the final version of Windows 10 ? Please let us know.





I also wrote a piece of C# code in .NET 4.5 just to display the OS versions.
private
voidbutton1_Click(objectsender,EventArgse)
{
label1.Text =
Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major.ToString();
label2.Text =
Environment.OSVersion.Version.Minor.ToString();
label3.Text =
Environment.OSVersion.Version.MajorRevision.ToString();
label4.Text =
Environment.OSVersion.Version.MinorRevision.ToString();
}
And here is the result that I get on the win10 preview and installed on a virtualbox VM running on a Win7 system





So it looks like there is no consistency. Please let us know Major version, Minor version, Architecture values for the final version of Windows 10

 

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