How do I see which version of MVC is installed?

Question

How can I tell which version of MVC (i.e. MVC 2 Beta, MVC 2 RC) is installed on my machine?

Answer 1

You may have several versions of .NET installed on your machine. If you are using Windows 10 this is how to find versions 1 through 4:

From the Start menu > choose Run > enter Regedit > select Ok. You must have administrative credentials to run Regedit.

In the Registry Editor open the following subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP

Find more info here and here. Also if you were wondering what the latest version of .Net is - here is a handy list.

Answer 2

Simply looking in the Program Files(x86) isn't enough. If you've installed MVC5 for instance via NuGet, then you won't see a MVC5 folder under that folder. In my opinion, the most effective way of knowing which version of MVC you are using is to go to your VS project and look at the references under your main web application. Then find "System.Web.Mvc", right click, then click properties. You will see the version as a property. I tried to post an image of this but it won't allow me to do that; oh well, sorry I couldn't.

Answer 3

Unless I got you wrong, checking the version displayed for System.Web.Mvc in your windows\assembly folder should help you.

Answer 4

Look under Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs

Answer 5

Ananize Scott, already give one version of the answer, I found folders MVC2 and MVC3 in folder

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\CSharp\Web

"don't forget to set properties of mvc.dll to 'copy local true' if you are using older version of MVC than latest installed or it will not work.

Answer 6

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET Inside this folder will be all versions of MVC that you have installed. This is for Win 7.