Microsoft Visual Studio version not updating in Control Panel

Question

The Microsoft Visual Studio version in UI (Help – About Microsoft Visual Studio) does not match the actual Microsoft Visual Studio version in Control Panel, does anyone know how to fix this in Control Panel?

eg for VS 2015 update 3 version from UI is 14.0.25431.01 and in control panel the VS 2015 update 3 version is 14.0.25420.1

I would appreciate any help, thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Apparently, Microsoft published two updates to Visual Studio 2015 Update 3:

Update 3 (original version) 14.0.25420.10   Date: 09/14/2016
Update 3 (newer patch)      14.0.25431.01   Date: 08/02/2016

They actually updated the update! So it wasn't a typical update. Thus, the control panel Programs and Features section lists the original Update 3 version even though the IDE lists the newer patch version number. In a way that makes some sense because the new patch only updated the IDE, but it would probably have been a better idea for Microsoft to just release an Update 4 and update the version numbers in the control panel Programs and Features section as well as in the IDE.

Reference [Version Numbers]: https://www.ryadel.com/en/visual-studio-build-numbers-version-id-default-path-all-releases-vs6-vs2015/

Reference [Release Notes]: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt752379.aspx