Get Microsoft Edge Browser Version using registry or command line - microsoft-edge

Question

How can i get microsoft edge browser version using registry or command line?
I don't want to take it from UI.

Answer 1

For Microsoft Edge Legacy, you can get the version from PowerShell with Get-AppxPackage:
> (Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge).Version
44.18214.1000.0
If you want to call this from cmd.exe, you can just call Powershell:
> powershell.exe "(Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge).Version"
44.18214.1000.0

Answer 2

In Windows
The first of all, you need to get the path of the .exe file of the application.
use Get-Item
It is just like Get-AppxPackage. And get the version by adding .VersionInfo.
> (Get-Item "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft\\Edge\\Application\\msedge.exe").VersionInfo
ProductVersion FileVersion FileName
-------------- ----------- --------
85.0.564.63 85.0.564.63 C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
use wmic
wmic can get the information of the application. And we set the name key for which application you want to check.
> wmic datafile where 'name="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft\\Edge\\Application\\msedge.exe"'
AccessMask Archive Caption Compressed CompressionMethod CreationClassName CreationDate CSCreationClassName CSName Description Drive EightDotThreeFileName Encrypted EncryptionMethod Extension FileName FileSize FileType FSCreationClassName FSName Hidden InstallDate InUseCount LastAccessed LastModified Manufacturer Name Path Readable Status System Version Writeable
1179817 TRUE C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe FALSE CIM_LogicalFile 20200924185451.733609+480 Win32_ComputerSystem DESKTOP-QCUDFJL C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe c: c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\edge\application\msedge.exe FALSE exe msedge 2882448 Application Win32_FileSystem NTFS FALSE 20200924185451.733609+480 20200928200140.091076+480 20200923164851.469016+480 Microsoft Corporation C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe \program files (x86)\microsoft\edge\application\ TRUE OK FALSE 85.0.564.63 TRUE
And then, filter the result by adding get {key} at the end of command.
> wmic datafile where 'name="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft\\Edge\\Application\\msedge.exe"' get version
Version
85.0.564.63
In MacOS
use --version
The application is executed from /Applications/"Microsoft Edge.app"/Contents/MacOS/"Microsoft Edge. Therefor, we can command like the bottom.
$ /Applications/"Microsoft Edge.app"/Contents/MacOS/"Microsoft Edge" --version
Microsoft Edge 85.0.564.63

Answer 3

The older answers to this question seem to address Edge Legacy to the exclusion of Edge Chromium (which is now standard). Adding this answer to more fully outline current options targeting Edge Chromium, specifically.
Windows via Registry
For Windows systems, reading the Edge version from the registry is probably your best bet, since it's consistent even when the installation path varies. Some command-line for reading the installed version of Edge Chromium from the registry. There are a few options for that.
Using Powershell:
(Get-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon -Name version).version
Using Powershell and Windows Script Host:
(New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell).RegRead("HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon\version")
Using Reg Query:
reg query HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon /v version
Windows via Executable
If you have more than one instance of Edge installed (for example, an Edge Dev Channel build) and you want to get the version of a specific installation, you can access the VersionInfo metadata of the Edge executable.
Using Powershell:
(Get-Item "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge Dev\Application\msedge.exe").VersionInfo.FileVersion
Using the WMIC tool:
(Note that escaping is required when translating the EXE path into the WMI query)
wmic datafile where 'name="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft\\Edge Dev\\Application\\msedge.exe"' get Version
Non-Windows via App Binary
For non-Windows installations, running the binary from your shell with the --version flag seems to be the best bet. Your path may vary.
Ubuntu example:
/usr/bin/microsoft-edge --version
Mac OSX example:
/Applications/Microsoft\ Edge.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft\ Edge --version
Via Package Managers:
Especially on Linux installations, where Edge is likely to have been installed using a standard package manager, version querying via package management is also a solid option.
Note that this option does only apply if the Edge installation is under package management, which is pretty uncommon in non-Linux userland.
Using apt (Ubuntu):
apt list microsoft-edge
Using Homebrew (Mac OSX):
brew info microsoft-edge
Using Chocolatey (Windows):
choco list -l microsoft-edge

Answer 4

Run the following command:
REG QUERY HKEY_CLASSES_root\AppX3xxs313wwkfjhythsb8q46xdsq8d2cvv\Application /v ApplicationName
Example output:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppX3xxs313wwkfjhythsb8q46xdsq8d2cvv\Application
ApplicationName REG_SZ #{Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_40.15063.674.0_neutral__8wekyb3d8bbwe?ms-resource://Microsoft
.MicrosoftEdge/Resources/AppName}
Now you just need to extract the version, e.g. the 40.15063.674.0.