How to get the correct Windows version from command line

Question

How to get the correct Windows version from command line, PowerShell included?

As I've tried all solutions/answers from How to find the Windows version from the PowerShell command line , but none is able to give this now:

Answer 1

You can retrieve it from the registry:

Get-ItemPropertyValue 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion' DisplayVersion

Note:

• Apparently only works in version 20H2 and above.
• Prior to that, winver.exe (whose screenshot is shown in the question), apparently showed the ReleaseId registry value (in lieu of DisplayVersion above).

Answer 2

PS> Winver

Not kidding. One would expect this info to be in Get-ComputerInfo, but it isn't.