graphic board drivers version

CABCAB
5th March 2012 14:24 UTC

graphic board drivers version
hi all,

i found some thread discussing connex subjects but none helped me so...

i write an installer and i need to know the version of the graphic board drivers (for example, is it a NVIDIA 280.26, a 275.33) but i don't want to update the drivers. and i can't find this information...

can anyone help me ?

thanks a lot

Afrow UK
5th March 2012 15:38 UTC

You can get the full version from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0000\DriverVersion (the last 5 digits).

Edit: Checked on XP and 7.

Stu

jpderuiter
5th March 2012 15:38 UTC

You can get this information via a WMI call:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4...-video-drivers
Use the WMI Header (http://nsis.sourceforge.net/WMI_header) to get it.