RuntimeEnvironment.GetSystemVersion Method

Definition

Gets the version number of the common language runtime that's running the current process.

C#
public static string GetSystemVersion();

Returns

A string containing the version number of the common language runtime.

Remarks

On .NET 8 and later versions, this method returns v concatenated with Version, which is the version of the CLR. For example: v8.0.0.

On .NET 7 and earlier versions, this method returns ImageRuntimeVersion, for example, v4.0.30319.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0, 2.1