How To: Check Which .NET Framework Versions Are Installed Using PowerShell

Version Affected: All

 

Overview

This article provides a PowerShell command that lists every version of the .NET Framework installed on a Windows server, which is useful for confirming a server meets a feature's minimum .NET version requirement.

Checking Installed .NET Framework Versions

Open PowerShell and run the following command:

gci 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP' -recurse | gp -name Version,Release -EA 0 | where { $_.PSChildName -match '^(?!S)\p{L}'} | select PSChildName, Version, Release | Sort-Object version

This lists every installed .NET Framework version's name, version number, and release number, sorted from oldest to newest.


 

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