How do you find operating system version number using PowerShell?

You could use the following commands to find the operating system on your computer:
At the command prompt with the command window open in adminsitrative mode type-in ver or winver as shown:
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C:\>ver
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.10586]
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C:\winver will bring up the About Windows as shown:

winver.png

However if you want to use Windows PowerShell launch it in elevated mode and run the following command and you get more detailed information as shown:
gwmi win32_operatingsystem

gwmi.png

How do you know what version of Windows 10 you have on your computer?

Windows 10 gets updated regularly and it is always good to know what version you have on your computer.

One of the places where you can find this information is the Settings.

 OS_build_version_01

You can also get it from Command Line thus,


OS_build_version_02

I am not sure whether Microsoft Edge gets updated every time Windows 10 is updated but it appears to be so, since the version of Microsoft Edge app are:

Microsoft Edge 25.10586.0.0
Microsoft EdgeHTML 13.10586