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Get installed SQL Server version (for all instances on server) and navigate to the relevant setup folder
# This scripts detecs installed SQL instances through registry and returns version information
$inst = (get-itemproperty 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server').InstalledInstances
foreach ($i in $inst)
{
$p=(Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\Instance Names\SQL').$i
(Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\Instance Names\SQL').$i
(Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\$p\Setup").Edition
(Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\$p\Setup").Version
$ver = (Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\$p\Setup").Version
switch ($ver) {
"14.0.3076.1" {"SQL Server 2017 CU14"; break}
"14.0.3006.16" {"SQL Server 2017 CU1"; break}
"14.0.2000.63" {"SQL Server 2017 RTM with Security Update KB4057122"; break}
"14.0.1000.169" {"SQL Server 2017 (vNext) RTM"; break}
"13.0.1601.5" {"SQL Server 2016 RTM"; break}
"12.0.5207.0" {"SQL Server 2014 SP2 with Security Update KB4019093"; break}
"12.2.5000.0" {"SQL Server 2014 SP2"; break}
default {"Unknown Version"; break}
}
}
# Part below performs switch to Setup Bootstrap directory of SQL Server installation detected
switch ($ver.Substring(0,2)) {
"14" {cd "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\140\Setup Bootstrap\SQL2017"; break}
"13" {cd "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\130\Setup Bootstrap\SQLServer2016"; break}
"12" {cd "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\120\Setup Bootstrap\SQLServer2014"; break}
"11" {cd "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Setup Bootstrap\SQLServer2012"; break}
default {"Unknown Version"; break}
}
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