A simple utility that give the version of WMC reported by the registry and the file system (ehshell.exe).
These values can be translated to the installed version by looking at this table.
| Windows Media Center version |
Registry-based version |
File-based version |
| Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002 |
Any value < 2.0 |
5.1.2600.1106 |
| Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 (Windows XP SP1-based hotfix
package) |
2.0 |
5.1.2600.1217 |
| Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 (Windows XP SP1-based full OS
release) |
2.7 |
5.1.2600.2096 |
| Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 (Windows XP SP2-based) |
2.8 |
5.1.2600.2180 |
| Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 |
3.0 |
5.1.2700.2180 |
| Update Rollup 1 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 |
3.1 |
5.1.2700.2230 |
| Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 |
4.0 |
5.1.2710.2732 |
| Windows Media Center in Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate
Editions |
5.0 |
6.0.* |