Using some simple methods that involve powershell command prompt and windows registry you can easily find windows product key.
Windows 10 license check cmd.
Type slmgr xpr and hit enter.
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Command prompt will appear in the search results.
To find out whether your windows 10 license is oem retail or volume use these steps.
How to check product key type installed on windows 10.
The method applies to windows 10 windows 7 windows 8 8 1.
If however you received windows 10 as a free upgrade from 8 or 7 you will not find a license key.
Depending on how you got your copy of windows 10 you ll need either a 25 character product key or a digital license to activate it.
After you install or reinstall windows 10 it will ask you to activate windows 10.
If you see windows is activated you know that the activation was successful.
Click the command prompt admin option in the menu that appears.
These methods will only work if you purchased a license in either physical or digital form from microsoft or if the computer you purchased came with the os installed.
Windows software licensing management tool slmgr vbs is a command line licensing tool.
Search for command prompt right click.
To do this type cmd in the windows search bar.
Using the command prompt.
If you see powershell instead of command prompt on the power users menu that s a switch that came about with the creators update for windows 10.
If you prefer to use the windows command prompt you may use it to display the activation status as well.
On windows 7 search the start menu for command prompt right click it and select run as administrator note.
A digital license called a digital entitlement in windows 10 version 1511 is a method of activation in windows 10 that doesn t require you to enter a product key.
Check how to activate windows 10 with cmd but not with windows 10 activation tool.
Tap on the windows key type cmd exe and hit enter.