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Determining the Version of BITS on a Computer

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To determine the version of BITS on the client computer, check the version of QMgr.dll. To find the version number of the DLL:

  • Locate QMgr.dll in %windir%\System32.
  • Right-click QMgr.dll and click Properties.
  • Click the Version tab.
  • Note the version number.

You can also use the following PowerShell code to determine the version of the .dll on your system:

get-item "C:\Windows\System32\qmgr.dll" | Select-Object -ExpandProperty VersionInfo

If the DLL also exists in %windir%\System32\Bits, repeat the previous steps. BITS uses the DLL with the higher version number.

The following table lists the versions of BITS and their corresponding QMgr.dll file version numbers.

BITS version QMgr.dll file version number
BITS 10.1 7.8.xxxx.xxxx
BITS 5.0 7.7.xxxx.xxxx
BITS 4.0 7.5.xxxx.xxxx
BITS 3.0 7.0.xxxx.xxxx
BITS 2.5 6.7.xxxx.xxxx
BITS 2.0 6.6.xxxx.xxxx
BITS 1.5 6.5.xxxx.xxxx
BITS 1.2 6.2.xxxx.xxxx
BITS 1.0 6.0.xxxx.xxxx

 

You can also use the symbolic class identifiers to determine the version of BITS that is registered on the computer. The following table lists the versions of BITS and their corresponding symbolic class identifiers. The CoCreateInstance function returns REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG if the class is not registered.

BITS version Symbolic class identifier
BITS 10.1 CLSID_BackgroundCopyManager10_1
BITS 5.0 CLSID_BackgroundCopyManager5_0
BITS 4.0 CLSID_BackgroundCopyManager4_0
BITS 3.0 CLSID_BackgroundCopyManager3_0
BITS 2.5 CLSID_BackgroundCopyManager2_5
BITS 2.0 CLSID_BackgroundCopyManager2_0
BITS 1.5 CLSID_BackgroundCopyManager1_5
BITS 1.2, 1.0 CLSID_BackgroundCopyManager