Sql 2014 registry entry

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I would like check the current system has SQL 2014 (Exactly this version of SQL). So I plan to check the registry side to make sure the system has installed SQL 2014. I would need the exact registry path to check SQL 2014. The same registry path need to remove after uninstalling the SQL 2014.

Please provide the registry path which I need to check.

Thanks in advance!!!!

What I have tried:

I have verified the below path but I am not sure this one is correct or not.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Microsoft SQL Server\\120\\SQLServer2014\\CurrentVersion\Version

Posted 26-Feb-19 7:09am

vasanthkumarmk

Updated 26-Feb-19 7:21am

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Richard Deeming 26-Feb-19 13:55pm

Why "exactly 2014", and not "2014 or later"? If anything in your database breaks in a later version, you just need to set the compatibility level.

ALTER DATABASE Compatibility Level (Transact-SQL) - SQL Server | Microsoft Docs[^]

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Maciej Los · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-26T07:22:00

[EDIT#3]

Check this: File Locations for Default and Named Instances of SQL Server - SQL Server | Microsoft Docs[^]
Sql Server 2014 code is 120, so registry key is:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\MicrosoftSQL Server\120

Quote:
Common files used by all instances on a single computer are installed in the folder <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\nnn\. <drive>

~~[Initial post]~~
I have no idea which registry entry is responsible to store such of information, but you can enumerate all instances of MS SQL server in LAN (even on local computer). See: How to enum SQL Server instances in network[^]

Note: please, read additional information about method used in that trick from MSDN: SqlDataSourceEnumerator.GetDataSources Method (System.Data.Sql) | Microsoft Docs[^]

[EDIT#2]
I also recommend to read this: https://blog.sqlauthority.com/2016/11/12/sql-server-get-list-sql-server-instances-installed-machine/[^]
Dave recommeds to use PowerShell command:

PERL

Get-ItemProperty ‘HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\Instance Names\SQL’

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