SUMMARY please read pe-version information from windows dll/exe and show its version in hover-text or properties dialog STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. dowload windows exe (for example putty.exe 2. right click - properties 3. see no version info OBSERVED RESULT see no version info EXPECTED RESULT have the version number of the executable/dll in the properties window SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Kubuntu 18.04 KDE Plasma Version: 5.12.9 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.44.0 Qt Version: 5.9.5 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ask-ubuntu discussion about wrestool and exiftool https://askubuntu.com/a/717855 I'm on linux, but sometimes I have to connect to a windows box to check some in house developed command line tools. On windows I can easily check the version of the dll/executables in the folder. While researching for this issue I found the wrestool/exiftool workaround when I'm on linux exiftool -FileVersion -ProductVersion putty.exe