{"id":3526,"date":"2013-06-02T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-02T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/heyscriptingguy\/2013\/06\/02\/powertip-determine-powershell-version\/"},"modified":"2013-06-02T11:59:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-02T11:59:00","slug":"powertip-determine-powershell-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/powertip-determine-powershell-version\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerTip: Determine PowerShell Version"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary<\/strong>: Easily determine the version of Windows PowerShell that is installed.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Hey, How can I determine what version of Windows PowerShell is installed on my computer?<\/p>\n

\"Hey, Use the $psversiontable<\/strong> automatic variable, which is available in Windows PowerShell 2.0 and Windows PowerShell 3.0. 
          (If nothing comes back, you are running Windows PowerShell 1.0.)<\/p>\n

PS C:> $PSVersionTable<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Name                           Value<\/p>\n

—-                           —–<\/p>\n

PSVersion                      3.0<\/p>\n

WSManStackVersion              3.0<\/p>\n

SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1<\/p>\n

CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.18046<\/p>\n

BuildVersion                   6.2.9200.16434<\/p>\n

PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0}<\/p>\n

PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.2<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

To return only the version, access the PSVersion <\/strong>property:<\/span><\/p>\n

PS C:> $PSVersionTable.PSVersion<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Major  Minor  Build  Revision<\/p>\n

—–  —–  —–  ——–<\/p>\n

3      0      -1     -1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summary: Easily determine the version of Windows PowerShell that is installed.  How can I determine what version of Windows PowerShell is installed on my computer?  Use the $psversiontable automatic variable, which is available in Windows PowerShell 2.0 and Windows PowerShell 3.0.           (If nothing comes back, you are running Windows PowerShell 1.0.) PS C:> $PSVersionTable   […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":596,"featured_media":87096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[356,3,45],"class_list":["post-3526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scripting","tag-powertip","tag-scripting-guy","tag-windows-powershell"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"

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