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How To Check The PowerShell Version In All Windows Versions?

Updated: March 17, 2020 by Anubhab Chakraborty Leave a Comment

While PowerShell may have become popular with casual users with Windows 10, it has actually been around for a very long time. It was first launched in late 2006 and included a large set of cmdlets with support for development across multiple frameworks.

Now, PowerShell supports a multitude of commands, with more being added regularly. It is actually very useful now, with many users preferring the task automation for managing operating systems and other processes that can be done with PowerShell.

Default PowerShell Version In Windows 10

Table of Contents

  • Default PowerShell Version In Windows 10
  • How To Check The PowerShell Version?
    • Command 1
    • Command 2
    • Command 3
  • Wrapping Up

While there have been many updates since it first launched, PowerShell became cross-platform and open-source only recently. This means it is now available as a separate package from Windows and is available for macOS and Linux and other operating systems as well.

Windows 10 is provided with PowerShell version 5 by default. Any further updates to this are installed along with Windows updates, so you may not have to actively worry about updating the console.

How To Check The PowerShell Version?

On any platform, the command to check the PowerShell version is similar. There are three commands that you can use to get the PowerShell version. Here I shall show you the output that each command gives, so you can use the command which will help you find PowerShell version.

Command 1

echo $PSversionTable

You will be presented with the PowerShell version along with some other details in a tabulated form.

echo_versiontable

Command 2

get-host|Select-Object version

get_host_select_objectversion

Command 3

$host.version
ps_host_version

 

Wrapping Up

So there you have it. Now you know how to check the PowerShell version using the three commands provided above. Tell us which command you prefer to use for checking the installed version of PowerShell on your computer in the comments below.

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