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What is Product Version?

Windows Explorer properties of a .NET executable gives File Version and Product Version. Where does the Product Version come from?

And while we are on Windows Explorer, what has happened to Assembly Version in Vista's version of Windows Explorer? I Googled and it looks like only two other persons have missed this pre-2004 feature.

Thanks

K.Kong

It's in the assembly metadata. You'll find it in your AssemblyInfo.cs (probably in Properties special folder in VS). Also visible in the project properties.

Hmmm... Not so sure now!

According to this post, the product version can be set viaAssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute. I don't know if Windows defaults to the AssemblyFileVersionAttribute when the informational version attribute is not set.

Marked As Answer byK.Kong Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:48 PM

Wole Ogunremi

It's in the assembly metadata. You'll find it in your AssemblyInfo.cs (probably in Properties special folder in VS). Also visible in the project properties.

Wole Ogunremi

It's in the assembly metadata. You'll find it in your AssemblyInfo.cs (probably in Properties special folder in VS). Also visible in the project properties.

Hmmm... Not so sure now!