How can I tell if a Windows 10 PC has the Anniversary Update installed?

Given a PC with Windows 10, how can I tell whether it has the Anniversary Update installed or not?

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Press WinKey + R, type winver and press ENTER

If the version number reads 1607, then you have the Anniversary Update installed.

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You can determine this by looking at the Start menu, since the Anniversary Update changed it. Before the update, it looked like this (with words):

old style

After the update, it looks like this (just icons):

new style

A particularly salient difference is that the user avatar/name no longer appear at the top; rather, the avatar is above the File Explorer icon.

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