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title: "Read the Version Automatically"
canonical: "https://documentation.chaos.com/space/ENSCAPE/840827035/Read%20the%20Version%20Automatically"
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This page provides information about parsing the installed Enscape version. This only applies to Enscape versions **prior to 4.0**.


## **Instructions**

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Enscape stores a text file - **version.txt**. It contains information about the currently installed version. You can use it for internal scripts to determine the installed version on computers in your company network.

If Enscape is installed for all users of the machine, this .txt file is usually located at:

```
C:\Program Files\Enscape\Renderer\Bin64\version.txt
```

If Enscape is installed in a custom location, that location appears here.

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If Enscape is installed only for the current user, the .txt file is located at:

```
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Programs\Enscape\Renderer\Bin64
```

If Enscape is installed in a custom location, that location appears here.

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As an example, this is the type of text you can find contained within the version.txt file:

```
3.1.0.2510-g1beec33
```

> ✅ If a new version is available, a pop-up appears during the CAD start. *For information on how to disable pop-ups, see the **[Remove Pop-ups](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/enscape/pages/841679013)** page*.