Use Command Prompt or PowerShell to find Windows Product Key

Use Command Prompt or PowerShell to find Windows Product Key

In this post, i will show you how to find the original Windows Product Key using Command Prompt or PowerShell, from BIOS or Registry. It works for Retail & OEM licenses too.

Open an elevated Command Prompt window, type the following command and hit Enter:
 

wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey

Your Windows product key will be displayed.

Open an elevated PowerShell prompt window, type the following command and hit Enter:
 

powershell "(Get-WmiObject -query ‘select * from SoftwareLicensingService’).OA3xOriginalProductKey"

Your Windows license key will appear! This will work on Windows 10 / 8 / 8.1 PC.

In Windows 10, the product key will probably be encrypted, tied to your Microsoft Account and stored by Microsoft in the cloud too.

Edited by FreeBooter, 12 June 2016 - 07:45 AM.

Hi,

I think this only works to get the key stored on the BIOS/UEFI for machines with Windows 8 and above.

It doesn't work on my Windows 7 OEM.

It doesn't work on my Windows 7 OEM.

Hi,

 

I think this only works to get the key stored on the BIOS/UEFI for machines with Windows 8 and above.

 

It doesn't work on my Windows 7 OEM.

It works for Retail & OEM licenses too. I have just test the commands and both commands not valid for Windows Vista and Windows 7 OS's.

It seems not work on my Windows 10

It seems not work on my Windows 10

It should work for Windows 10 if 10 is the original OS installed by the manufacture on the machine (OEM license). It doesn't work if you got Windows 10 from the free upgrade done by Microsoft to the owners of Windows 7 and Windows 8.

To recover the Windows 10 key try with ProduKey http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html

Hi,

 

I think this only works to get the key stored on the BIOS/UEFI for machines with Windows 8 and above.

 

It doesn't work on my Windows 7 OEM.

Hi Sleepy;
If you've still not been able to get the key, as I wasn't either, try using Powershell and entering only the first part as follows:

(Get-WmiObject -query `select * from SoftwareLicensingService')

This showed me everything regarding the Licensing Service, including my key.