How can I check what version/edition of Visual Studio is installed programmatically?

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prosseek picture prosseek · Feb 23, 2011 · Viewed 182.7k times · Source

I could read registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0. However, it doesn't give me any information about the edition of it - Professional/Ultimate or whatever.

How can I get the information with programmatically (preferably python)?

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Answer

AGuyCalledGerald picture AGuyCalledGerald · Feb 23, 2011

In Visual Studio, the Tab 'Help'-> 'About Microsoft Visual Studio' should give you the desired infos.

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