{"id":2629,"date":"2013-11-02T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-02T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/heyscriptingguy\/2013\/11\/02\/powertip-find-if-computer-has-net-framework-4-5\/"},"modified":"2013-11-02T11:59:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-02T11:59:00","slug":"powertip-find-if-computer-has-net-framework-4-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/powertip-find-if-computer-has-net-framework-4-5\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerTip: Find if Computer has .NET Framework 4.5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary<\/strong>: Use Windows PowerShell to find if a computer has .NET Framework 4.5.<\/p>\n

\"Hey, How can I use Windows PowerShell to find if my machine has .NET Framework 4.5 (required for Windows PowerShell 4.0)?<\/p>\n

\"Hey, Here’s a little function that finds this information for you:<\/p>\n

function Test-Net45<\/p>\n

{<\/p>\n

    if (Test-Path ‘HKLM:SOFTWAREMicrosoftNET Framework SetupNDPv4Full’)<\/p>\n

    {<\/p>\n

if (Get-ItemProperty ‘HKLM:SOFTWAREMicrosoftNET Framework SetupNDPv4Full’ -Name Release -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)<\/p>\n

{<\/p>\n

    return $True<\/p>\n

}<\/p>\n

return $False<\/p>\n

    }<\/p>\n

}<\/p>\n

You can run it remotely, too:<\/p>\n

PS C:ps-test> Invoke-Command -ComputerName Server01 -ScriptBlock {<\/p>\n

function Test-Net45<\/p>\n

{<\/p>\n

>> if (Test-Path ‘HKLM:SOFTWAREMicrosoftNET Framework SetupNDPv4Full’)<\/p>\n

>> {<\/p>\n

>> if (Get-ItemProperty ‘HKLM:SOFTWAREMicrosoftNET Framework SetupNDPv4Full’ -Name Release -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)<\/p>\n

>> {<\/p>\n

>>     return $True<\/p>\n

>> }<\/p>\n

>> return $False<\/p>\n

>> }<\/p>\n

>> }
>> #Run it now<\/p>\n

>> Test-Net45}<\/p>\n

True<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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