Find Version of Installed Apps in Windows 11 Tutorial

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This tutorial will show you how to find the current version of installed apps in Windows 11.

Contents

Option One: Find Version of Installed Apps in Settings
Option Two: Find Version of Installed Apps in Control Panel
Option Three: Find Version of Installed Apps using Command

Option One

Find Version of Installed Apps in Settings

This option will include both desktop and Microsoft Store apps.

1 Open Settings (Win+I).

2 Click/tap on Apps on the left side, and click/tap on Installed apps on the right side. (see screenshot below)

Open Installed apps settings

3 Click/tap on the 3 dots button for the app (ex: "Windows Subsystem for Linux") you want to know its version, and click/tap on Advanced options. (see screenshot below)

4 You will now see the app's current Version (ex: "1.2.0.0") listed under Specifications. (see screenshot below)

Option Two

Find Version of Installed Apps in Control Panel

This option will not include Microsoft Store apps.

1 Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Programs and Features icon.

2 You will now see the current version of each listed installed app in the Version column. (see screenshot below)

Option Three

Find Version of Installed Apps using Command

This option will not include Microsoft Store apps.

1 Open Windows Terminal, and select Windows PowerShell.

2 Copy and paste the command you want below into Windows Terminal, and press Enter. (see screenshots below)

(Apps installed for current user only)
Get-ItemProperty HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Currentversion\Uninstall\* | select-object DisplayName, DisplayVersion

OR

(32-bit Apps installed for all users)

Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\Currentversion\Uninstall\* | select-object DisplayName, DisplayVersion

OR

(64-bit Apps installed for all users)
Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Currentversion\Uninstall\* | select-object DisplayName, DisplayVersion

That's it,
Shawn Brink

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Apr 12, 2023

#2

I wrote three PowerShell scripts to use, if you prefer a more traditional Windows display format:

ProgramsAndFeatures.ps1
- Copy of Programs & Features, works on W7 and later.
AppsList.ps1
- Copy of Apps & Features, but only with Apps listed.
AppsAndFeatures.ps1
- Copy of Apps & Features.

Sharp-eyed viewers will notice the Size numbers don't exactly match Program & Features, or Settings. That's because Windows is doing some strange "rounding" of the EstimatedSize reg values.

Sorry, I can't really query App "sizes", since your AppDataLocal Packages filespace is virtualized. Trust me, that part is weird.

For the Apps listings, I've adapted code from skycommand's Get AppX package names.ps1 which translates the PackageFullName back to a friendly product name (e.g. "Mail & Calendar" instead of "windowcommunicationsapps").