Windows 10 version displayed on desktop screen did not change after update

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I made the registry tweak some time ago to display the Windows 10 version on my desktop.  A few days ago I updated to Windows 10 version 1909, expecting the version displayed on my desktop to reflect the update upon next startup.  However, several starts later it is still showing version 1903.  I ran winver.exe to check that that update was successful, and that showed I am running version 1909.  Does the winver app pull the version information from a different location than the registry tweak?  If not, I cannot understand why the desktop screen still shows version 1903.  I have included a screenshot showing both the winver info and the desktop display info. 

Ideas, anyone?

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Which registry tweak?

cheers, Paul

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Paul T wrote:

Which registry tweak?

cheers, Paul

The one featured in this article from TechRepublic:  https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-permanently-display-the-windows-10-version-on-the-desktop/

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Win10 versions 1903 and 1909 have the same core, the same CUs , the same Servicing Stacks, etc. If you look at the KB numbers, they are the same. But the difference can be seen in the Build numbers. V1903 will be (for example) 18362.592 and v1909 will be 18363.592. The differenc between the two, beside the “2” in v1903 and the “3” in v1909 Build numbers, will be that the “Features” will be turned on in v1909 an NOT turned on in v1903.

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PKCano wrote:

Win10 versions 1903 and 1909 have the same core, the same CUs , the same Servicing Stacks, etc. If you look at the KB numbers, they are the same. But the difference can be seen in the Build numbers. V1903 will be (for example) 18362.592 and v1909 will be 18363.592. The differenc between the two, beside the “2” in v1903 and the “3” in v1909 Build numbers, will be that the “Features” will be turned on in v1909 an NOT turned on in v1903.

If you look at the screenshot I attached, it shows the Build number for v1903 to be 18362.19h1 rather than 18362.592, and the Build number for v1909 is 18363.592.  A marked difference for the two versions in the number following the dot.

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Sorry, I may be blind, but I don’t see that screenshot for v1903, only the one for v1909.

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Lower right of his image Paul.

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I made the registry tweak some time ago to display the Windows 10 version on my desktop. …  I have included a screenshot showing both the winver info and the desktop display info.

Winver 1909 build 18363.592   I made the registry tweak just now.  The desktop results match yours.

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mledman wrote:

JimT777

I made the registry tweak some time ago to display the Windows 10 version on my desktop. …  I have included a screenshot showing both the winver info and the desktop display info.

Winver 1909 build 18363.592   I made the registry tweak just now.  The desktop results match yours.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by mledman.

Thanks for confirming the issue is not unique to my system.  It’s a puzzle to me…the desktop display apparently pulls the info from somewhere other than the location winver gets it from.

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[JimT777]

I found the answer I was looking for.  The desktop display information is found at this registry location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

I edited the version number to reflect the winver information, and now all is well.

To the moderator – Could you please remove the anonymous posting just above this one which is awaiting moderation?  I posted it before realizing I wasn’t logged in.  Thanks!

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Hey Jim did you edit the BuildLab String at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion ?

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Interesting, editing the BuildLab from:
18362.19h1_release.190318-1202
to:
18363.19h1_release.18363.778

at this spot in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

and restarting Explorer.exe (or rebooting) didn’t change the version shown on my desktop.

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@JimT777, would you be able to elaborate what you did to achieve success?

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Safe mode start-up, showing 18362.19h1_release.190318-1202, on HP 15ac143wm laptop, that is indeed 1909 in Settings, and Config.

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