Ms Silverlight Install



There are couple of ways to check if Microsoft Silverlight is installed on your Windows computer. This post explains both the methods with examples.

The Official site of Microsoft Silverlight. Download and install the latest version Microsoft Silverlight plug in for your browser. Microsoft Silverlight 5.1.50918.0 on 32-bit and 64-bit PCs. This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from media players without restrictions. Microsoft Silverlight 5.1.50918.0 is available to all software users as a free download for Windows.

Programs and Features console

This console shows all installed software on your system and also features available on your Windows installation that you can enable as add-on. You can look for Microsoft Silverlight among the listed items, sort the list by name column so that you can quickly look it up. On my windows box, it shows up as below.

WMIC command

If you want to check the installation from CMD, the below command can be used.

What this command does is, it gets the list of software installed on the system and then searches for silverlight among the list.

Example when Silverlight was installed on the computer

Example when Silverlight was not installed
It prints blank line when it does not find the specified software in the list.

Get Silverlight version

Microsoft Silverlight Download Windows 10

We can use ‘get version’ with WMIC command to find the version of silverlight installed on the computer.

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Microsoft Silverlight Install

There are couple of ways to check if Microsoft Silverlight is installed on your Windows computer. This post explains both the methods with examples.

Programs and Features console

This console shows all installed software on your system and also features available on your Windows installation that you can enable as add-on. You can look for Microsoft Silverlight among the listed items, sort the list by name column so that you can quickly look it up. On my windows box, it shows up as below.

WMIC command

Ms Silverlight Offline Installer

If you want to check the installation from CMD, the below command can be used.

What this command does is, it gets the list of software installed on the system and then searches for silverlight among the list.

Example when Silverlight was installed on the computer

Install

Example when Silverlight was not installed
It prints blank line when it does not find the specified software in the list.

Get Silverlight version

Ms Silverlight Install

We can use ‘get version’ with WMIC command to find the version of silverlight installed on the computer.

Ms Silverlight Installation

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