Add/Remove Programs

[John]

Is there a utility out there that will produce a text list of the
applications that are displayed by the Add/Remove Programs dialog?

Failing that, does anyone know where (in the registry?) Windows keeps the
information?

The goal is to provide a tool to allow our support organization to easily
check for conflicting applications.

TIA

John

[Nathan]

Post by John
Is there a utility out there that will produce a text list of the
applications that are displayed by the Add/Remove Programs dialog?
Failing that, does anyone know where (in the registry?) Windows keeps the
information?
The goal is to provide a tool to allow our support organization to easily
check for conflicting applications.

just use win32 api
see api ng news://comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
where it has already been explained (C/C++ code)

[Jialiang Ge [MSFT]]

Hello John. Nice to see you again.

The major source of the "Add/Remove Programs" list is the registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

In order to list the application displayed by the 'Add/Remove Programs'
dialog, we can enumerate the entries with DisplayName and a VALID
UninstallString. The scripts of doing this can be found in the links below.

VBScript Tools by Bill James
http://billsway.com/vbspage/?r=my&r=Earthlink&r=VBScript&r=Page
(see the entry 'List Installed Programs')

Listing a Computer's Installed Applications
http://windowsitpro.com/windowsscripting/article/articleid/39314/rem-listing
-a-computers-installed-applications.html

A relevant KB article:

How to manually remove programs from the Add or Remove Programs tool
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314481

Please let me know whether or not this is what you are looking for.

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Add a relavant article by Raymond Chen:
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/07/09/178342.aspx

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[John]

Great response! Thanks very much!

John

Post by Jialiang Ge [MSFT]
Hello John. Nice to see you again.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
In order to list the application displayed by the 'Add/Remove Programs'
dialog, we can enumerate the entries with DisplayName and a VALID
UninstallString. The scripts of doing this can be found in the links below.
VBScript Tools by Bill James
http://billsway.com/vbspage/?r=my&r=Earthlink&r=VBScript&r=Page
(see the entry 'List Installed Programs')
Listing a Computer's Installed Applications
http://windowsitpro.com/windowsscripting/article/articleid/39314/rem-listing
-a-computers-installed-applications.html
How to manually remove programs from the Add or Remove Programs tool
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314481
Please let me know whether or not this is what you are looking for.
Happy New Year!
Regards,
Microsoft Online Community Support
Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and
suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you. Please
feel free to let my manager know what you think of the level of service
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[Eric]

Post by Jialiang Ge [MSFT]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
In order to list the application displayed by the 'Add/Remove Programs'
dialog, we can enumerate the entries with DisplayName and a VALID

No.
You never must read registry.
As it has been said, use Win32 api and COM