Determine the Windows PowerShell version

To reliably display the version of the Windows PowerShell engine

1. Open a PowerShell command window,
2. Execute the command,

   $PSVersionTable.PSVersion

   PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $PSVersionTable.PSVersion

   Major Minor Build   Revision
   —–   —–   ——-  ——-
   5       1        16299  64

3. If no value is displayed, the version is 1.0, as it does not have the referenced variable.