VER

Display the current operating system version.

syntax

      VER

Use ver to find specific operating systems like this:

  @ECHO OFF

  :: Win9x checks ::::::::::::

  VER |find /i "Windows 95" >NUL
  IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO W9598ME

  VER |find /i "Windows 98" >NUL
  IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO W9598ME

  VER |find /i "Windows Millennium" >NUL
  IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO W9598ME

  :: NT/XP checks ::::::::::::

  VER | find "XP" > nul
  IF %errorlevel% EQU 0 GOTO s_win_XP

  VER | find "2000" > nul
  IF %errorlevel% EQU 0 GOTO s_win_2000

  VER | find "NT" > nul
  IF %errorlevel% EQU 0 GOTO s_win_NT

  ECHO Unknown OS !
  GOTO :EOF

  :: Win9x commands ::::::::::::

  :W9598ME
  ECHO Win9x commands go here
  GOTO :EOF

  :W98
  ECHO Win98 commands go here
  GOTO :EOF

  :: NT/XP commands ::::::::::::

  :s_win_XP
  ECHO XP commands go here
  goto :eof

  :s_win_2000
  ECHO WIN2K commands go here
  goto :eof

  :s_win_NT
  ECHO NT4 commands go here
  goto :eof

  :EOF (End-of-file)

Service Pack Version
This Batch script will give the service pack level for NT, Win2K or WinXP

Notice that the VER command reports the version of CMD.exe, so if for example you run the Win XP version of CMD under NT 4 then the VER command will return:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 4.0.1381]

Related Commands:

Q190899 - How to Determine the OS Type in a Logon Script
WINVER.exe - Opens the GUI Version dialogue box (Help, About)
FILEVER - DLL version information (Resource Kit, XP Support tool)

Equivalent Linux BASH commands:

uname -r - Print system information