How can I check what version/edition of Visual Studio is installed programmatically?

Question

I could read registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\VisualStudio\\10.0. However, it doesn\'t give me any information about the edition of it - Profes

Answer 1

You can get the VS product version by running the following command.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe" -property catalog_productDisplayVersion

Answer 2

Open the installed visual studio software and click the Help menu select the About Microsoft Visual studio--> Get the visual studio Version

Answer 3

if somebody needs C# example then:

var registry = Registry.ClassesRoot;
var subKeyNames = registry.GetSubKeyNames();
var regex = new Regex(@"^VisualStudio\.edmx\.(\d+)\.(\d+)$");
foreach (var subKeyName in subKeyNames)
{
    var match = regex.Match(subKeyName);
    if (match.Success)
        Console.WriteLine("V" + match.Groups[1].Value + "." + match.Groups[2].Value);
}

Answer 4

Run the path in cmd C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer>vswhere.exe