Getting the list of installed programs on the local machine

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• Hi, you inspired me to try my first windows application.
  
  
  
  I created a C# windows application, dragged a button on the form and put your function guts in the button click function.
  
  
  
  There were a number of errors in 1.1
  
  
  
  the first being:
  
  Cannot implicitly convert type '<error>' to 'System.IDisposable'
  
  
  
  Any ideas?
  
  thanks, Jeff
  

• I'll show you mine, if you show me yours... ;)
  

• Note the following in the code (it's a console app)
  
  
  
  using Microsoft.Win32; // needed namespace
  
  
  
  Call Class1.GetInstalled() in the Main as it's a static call
  
  
  
  Put Console.ReadLine() at the end so that the console window stays stationary to read output.
  
  
  
  Good little app...
  

• Nice snippet, just added a check to see if sk.GetValue("DisplayName") is null so I do not display some entries that is not related to the list! :)
  
  
  
  --Alexandre
  

• Good thinking, Alexandre!
  

• I would like to know if its posible to get the information of software installed on my PC, I have a code in vb .NET to get the installed software or programs, but i dont know how to get information about these. Like product-key, disk space, instalation date, etc, etc...
  
  I dont know if you could help me with this...
  
  Thanks
  

• roccolocko,
  
  
  
  Where can I find this VB.NET code to get the list of installed programs?
  
  
  
  Thanks
  

• Hello,
  
  thank you for this code snippet.
  
  This was very helpful for developing my application.
  
  
  
  Franz
  

• Plz ...Can Any one help me....
  
  
  
  
  
  Can I get the installed software on a remote machince....(I can ping that machine)...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  thanks in advance.....