When you run winver.exe, you can easily retrieve the full Windows build number. Reading the build number from PowerShell is not as obvious. There is no a built-in cmdlet.
However, it’s easy to create a simple function that does it for you:
function Get-OSInfo { $path = 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion' Get-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name CurrentBuild, UBR, ReleaseID, CompositionEditionID | Select-Object -Property CurrentBuild, UBR, ReleaseID, CompositionEditionID }
The result will look similar to this:
PS C:\> Get-OSInfo CurrentBuild UBR ReleaseId CompositionEditionID ------------ --- --------- -------------------- 15063 1088 1703 Enterprise
