Where to get the version of the running .Net Framework?

[Matthias S.]

Hi,

how do I retrieve the version of the running CLR/Framework at runtime?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Sahil Malik]

There is no framework running, there are frameworks installed. There are
multiple ways to get the version, the easiest that comes to mind is

Console.WriteLine(System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeEnvironment.GetSyste
mVersion()) ;



- Sahil Malik
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[Matthias S.]

Sorry for not beeing more precise, but it's late here . Thanks for your answer!

M.

 

[Sahil Malik]

Or maybe I'm being an anal purist .. glad that helped

- Sahil Malik
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[Mike Schilling]

There is no framework running, there are frameworks installed.

There can be multiple versions of the framework installed. What was asked
for is the version of the one that is currently running.

 

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Matthias,
In addition Sahil's suggestion, you may try System.Environment.Version.

Environment.Version returns a System.Version object, while
RuntimeEnvironment.GetSystemVersion returns a string.

Hope this helps
Jay