Registry path to find ALL the installed applications

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user1618465 picture user1618465 · May 9, 2013 · Viewed 79.6k times · Source

I have a fast question: IS there any other places in the registry but this:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

where I can find the installed applications of a system? I am asking that because for example IExplorer is not in none of those registers. Where else have I to look?? I need ALL the places where a application that is installed can be.

Thanks for your help ;)

Answer

Robert Harvey picture Robert Harvey · May 9, 2013

Your most reliable option is probably to use Windows Management Interface (WMI) to enumerate the software installed by Windows Installer.

See Here
Enumerating Installed Software
Win32_Product class

Note that this does not guarantee that Internet Explorer is going to show up there. I think you can safely assume that Internet Explorer is going to be present on every Windows computer currently out there; Microsoft views it as part of the operating system.

You can, however, find out which version of IE is installed.

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