{"id":1584,"date":"2016-02-06T10:26:08","date_gmt":"2016-02-06T04:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2022-08-03T08:40:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T03:10:21","slug":"find-windows-10-build-version-edition-bit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/find-windows-10-build-version-edition-bit\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find Your Windows 10\/11 Build Number, Version, Edition and Bitness"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Build Number, Version, “Bit”ness (32-bit or 64-bit) of your Windows installation can be determined using many ways, and here are some of the methods listed.\u00a0 Screenshots are from a Windows 10 PC, but most of the information applies to all versions of Windows, including Windows 11.<\/p>\n

Find Windows 10\/11 Build Number, Version, Edition, Bitness<\/h2>\n

System Settings App<\/h3>\n

On Windows 10\/11, use the System Settings app to find the OS information. Click Start, type About your PC<\/b>. Click About your PC<\/b> from the results.<\/p>\n

\"find<\/p>\n

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System – Control Panel<\/h3>\n

Press Winkey<\/kbd> + Pause-break<\/kbd> keys. This opens the Control Panel \u2192 All Control Panel Items \u2192 System<\/strong>. Alternately, you can run sysdm.cpl<\/code> directly.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong> Since the Windows 10 v20H2 update, the following interface is hidden. Pressing the Winkey<\/kbd> + Pause-break<\/kbd> would take you to the modern Settings page instead. Microsoft is gradually porting items from the classic Control Panel to the Settings user interface. However, you can access the classic System panel by running this shell command from the Run dialog.<\/p>\n

shell:::{bb06c0e4-d293-4f75-8a90-cb05b6477eee}<\/pre>\n
\"find<\/p>\n
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Using the DirectX Diagnostic Tool<\/h3>\n
Run dxdiag.exe<\/b>.<\/p>\n
\"find<\/p>\n
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Using WMIC (WMI command-line tool)<\/h3>\n
Open a Command Prompt window and type:<\/p>\n
wmic os get BuildNumber<\/pre>\n
\"find<\/p>\n
The WMIC command-line (mentioning “OSArchitecture”) tells you the bitness of your Windows. You can get as many details as you need using WMIC OS Get command, such as:<\/p>\n
wmic os get Caption, Version, BuildNumber, OSArchitecture<\/pre>\n
Note:<\/b> Here is a complete list of fields<\/a> you can retrieve using WMIC OS Get (which uses the Win32_OperatingSystem class)<\/i><\/p>\n
In addition to all of the above methods, you can check the Help \u2192 About page on any Windows desktop application like Notepad, Wordpad, Internet Explorer or others, for the Windows version & build information.<\/p>\n
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Note:<\/b> The following methods don’t tell you whether you have an x64 version of Windows installed or not. They only show the OS installed and the System or Processor type (x86 or x64). System Type x64 means the processor is 64-bit. But that does not necessarily mean you have Windows x64. It could be Windows x86 OS running on an x64 CPU-based machine.<\/i><\/p>\n
System Information Utility<\/h3>\n
The System Information utility (MSInfo32.exe) has the details you need.<\/p>\n
\"find<\/p>\n
Scroll down and check the Hardware Abstraction Layer field. It also shows the full build number, including the minor build number.<\/p>\n
\"find<\/p>\n
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About Windows (WinVer)<\/h3>\n
Run winver.exe<\/b><\/p>\n
\"find<\/p>\n
Alternately, in Command Prompt, run the ver.exe<\/code> command to know the OS build number.<\/p>\n
\"ver.exe<\/p>\n
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Watermark on the Desktop<\/h3>\n
If you’ve added the PaintDesktopVersion<\/b> or the DisplayVersion<\/b> registry values as in the article Display Build Info, Version and WinDir Path in the Desktop<\/a>, you’ll see the Windows Edition, Build Information, and WinDir path in the desktop shown as a watermark. For evaluation versions of Windows, the watermark displays by default.<\/p>\n
\"find<\/p>\n
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Using SystemInfo.exe Command-line tool<\/h3>\n
Open a Command Prompt window and type in:<\/p>\n
systeminfo.exe<\/pre>\n
\"find<\/p>\n
The SystemInfo<\/code> command outputs more information than you need. To get the OS Name and OS Version fields from the output, type this in the Command Prompt window:<\/p>\n
systeminfo | findstr \/b \/c:\"OS Name\" \/c:\"OS Version\"<\/pre>\n
The findstr<\/i> command will parse the output and display only the two lines (OS name and version.)<\/p>\n
\"find<\/p>\n
RELATED:<\/strong> How to Find the Windows Installation Date and Time?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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Windows 10\/11 Build\/Version Upgrade History<\/h3>\n
Did you know that Windows 10 keeps track of your every build\/feature upgrade in the registry? Redditor u\/sizzlr<\/a> has found an interesting registry location and wrote a PowerShell script to unscramble the Windows 10 build installation dates from the registry.<\/p>\n
Every time you install a feature update, Windows 10\/11 creates a new subkey named “Source OS (Updated on )” and a bunch of values in the right pane. The registry key is located at:<\/p>\n
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup<\/pre>\n
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Additionally, there are two values, namely InstallTime and InstallDate, which store the install date and time. The following PowerShell script gathers all the details for you and presents in a table:<\/p>\n
$AllBuilds = $(gci \"HKLM:\\System\\Setup\" | ? {$_.Name -match \"\\\\Source\\s\"}) | % { $_ | Select @{n=\"UpdateTime\";e={if ($_.Name -match \"Updated\\son\\s(\\d{1,2}\\\/\\d{1,2}\\\/\\d{4}\\s\\d{2}:\\d{2}:\\d{2})\\)$\") {[dateTime]::Parse($Matches[1],([Globalization.CultureInfo]::CreateSpecificCulture('en-US')))}}}, @{n=\"ReleaseID\";e={$_.GetValue(\"ReleaseID\")}},@{n=\"Branch\";e={$_.GetValue(\"BuildBranch\")}},@{n=\"Build\";e={$_.GetValue(\"CurrentBuild\")}},@{n=\"ProductName\";e={$_.GetValue(\"ProductName\")}},@{n=\"InstallTime\";e={[datetime]::FromFileTime($_.GetValue(\"InstallTime\"))}} };\r\n\r\n$AllBuilds | Sort UpdateTime | ft UpdateTime, ReleaseID, Branch, Build, ProductName\r\n<\/pre>\n
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Do you know any other methods to find the Windows build, OS version, and bitness? Let’s know in the Comments section below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Build Number, Version, “Bit”ness (32-bit or 64-bit) of your Windows installation can be determined using many ways, and here are some of the methods listed.\u00a0 Screenshots are from a Windows 10 PC, but most of the information applies to all versions of Windows, including Windows 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,869],"tags":[106,396],"class_list":["post-1584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","category-windows-11","tag-command-prompt","tag-powershell"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4326,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/settings-replace-control-panel-win-x-menu-windows-10\/","url_meta":{"origin":1584,"position":0},"title":"Replace Settings with Control Panel in Win+X Menu in Windows 10 Build 14942","author":"Ramesh","date":"October 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Starting with Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14942, the Win+X menu items (the menu which appears when you right-click on Start) which were pointing to the classic Control Panel applets are now directing to corresponding pages in the modern Settings app. Also, the entry \"Control Panel\" is now replaced by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Windows 10"","block_context":{"text":"Windows 10","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/category\/microsoft\/windows\/windows-10\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"win-x menu replace settings","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/winx-settings-replace-1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":27713,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/settings-crashes-accessing-system-about-page\/","url_meta":{"origin":1584,"position":1},"title":"Settings Crashes when Opening the About Page in Windows 10\/11","author":"Ramesh","date":"August 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"When you open Settings, click System, and click on \"About\", the Settings app closes automatically and generates an error report. 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