What Is the Shortcut to Check Windows Version?
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How do I find out my Windows version shortcut?

On your keyboard, press the Windows logo key and R at the same time to open the Run dialog. Type winver and press Enter. A small box like the following will pop up. In About Windows box, the second line tells you the version and OS Build of your Windows.

How can I tell what version of Windows a file is?

To obtain the full version number for the operating system, call the GetFileVersionInfo function on one of the system DLLs, such as Kernel32. dll, then call VerQueryValue to obtain the StringFileInfo\ProductVersion subblock of the file version information.

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