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FileVersionInfo.FileDescription Property

.NET Framework 4

Gets the description of the file.

Namespace:  System.Diagnostics
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)
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public string FileDescription { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.String
The description of the file or null if the file did not contain version information.

The following example calls GetVersionInfo to get the FileVersionInfo for the Notepad. Then it prints the FileDescription in a text box. This code assumes textBox1 has been instantiated.

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private void GetFileDescription()
{
    // Get the file version for the notepad.
    FileVersionInfo myFileVersionInfo =
        FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(Environment.SystemDirectory + "\\Notepad.exe");

    // Print the file description.
    textBox1.Text = "File description: " + myFileVersionInfo.FileDescription;
}

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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Show-FileDescription 
<#
.SYNOPSIS
    This script shows the build description of file version object.
.DESCRIPTION
    This script is a re-implementation of an MSDN Sample script
    that uses System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo to get
    the description of the file.
.NOTES
    File Name  : Show-FileDescription.ps1
    Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk
    Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0
.LINK
    This script posted to:
        http://pshscripts/blogspot.com
    MSDN sample posted to:
         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.fileversioninfo.filedescription.aspx
.EXAMPLE
    Psh> .\Show-FileDescription.ps1
    File description for C:\Windows\system32\Notepad.exe is: Notepad
#>
# Set filename
$File = [System.Environment]::SystemDirectory + "\Notepad.exe"

#Get Version information for this file
$myFileVersionInfo = [System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo]::GetVersionInfo($File)

# Print the Build details name
"File description for {0} is: {1}"  -f $file,$myFileVersionInfo.FileDescription
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