Find newer .NET Framework versions (4.5 and later)
Find .NET Framework versions 4.5 and later in the registry
From the Start menu, choose Run, enter regedit, and then select OK.
You must have administrative credentials to run regedit.
In the Registry Editor, open the following subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full. If the Full subkey isn't present, then you don't have the .NET Framework 4.5 or later installed.
The NET Framework Setup folder in the registry does not begin with a period.
Check for a DWORD entry named Release. If it exists, then you have .NET Framework 4.5 or later versions installed. Its value is a release key that corresponds to a particular version of the .NET Framework. In the following figure, for example, the value of the Release entry is 378389, which is the release key for .NET Framework 4.5.
The following table lists the value of the Release DWORD on individual operating systems for .NET Framework 4.5 and later versions.
The following table lists the keys of released versions of the .NET Framework only. It doesn't list the keys of preview or pre-release versions.
.NET Framework version | Value of the Release DWORD |
---|---|
.NET Framework 4.5 | All Windows operating systems: 378389 |
.NET Framework 4.5.1 | On Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2: 378675 On all other Windows operating systems: 378758 |
.NET Framework 4.5.2 | All Windows operating systems: 379893 |
.NET Framework 4.6 | On Windows 10: 393295 On all other Windows operating systems: 393297 |
.NET Framework 4.6.1 | On Windows 10 November Update systems: 394254 On all other Windows operating systems (including Windows 10): 394271 |
.NET Framework 4.6.2 | On Windows 10 Anniversary Update and Windows Server 2016: 394802 On all other Windows operating systems (including other Windows 10 operating systems): 394806 |
.NET Framework 4.7 | On Windows 10 Creators Update: 460798 On all other Windows operating systems (including other Windows 10 operating systems): 460805 |
.NET Framework 4.7.1 | On Windows 10 Fall Creators Update and Windows Server, version 1709: 461308 On all other Windows operating systems (including other Windows 10 operating systems): 461310 |
.NET Framework 4.7.2 | On Windows 10 April 2018 Update and Windows Server, version 1803: 461808 On all Windows operating systems other than Windows 10 April 2018 Update and Windows Server, version 1803: 461814 |
.NET Framework 4.8 | On Windows 10 May 2019 Update: 528040 On all others Windows operating systems (including other Windows 10 operating systems): 528049 |
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