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javawindowsinternet-explorerregistryversion-numbering

How to get the IE version number from the Windows registry?

My Java application needs to know what version of IE (if any) is installed on the local machine, and querying the registry seems like the easiest way. What registry key and value should I look up?

This needs to work on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and later.

Solution

  • Stumbled across this while trying to solve the same problem.

    Andrew's answer from 2010 is correct, but since then, newer Internet Explorers (10 and 11) do not show their true version number in the registry value: 'Version'. Instead, it is recorded in the registry value: 'svcVersion'.