Export add remove program list to excel

[Guest]

Does anyone know of a way to export/extract the program list from add/remove
programs so as to be able to sort the XP/Office updates by KB number?

I've tried copy & paste but it copies the picture image, not the detail.

I need to be able to compare the installed patches/hot fixes against a list
of required ones.

Thanks,
Lee

 

[Guest]

Export the :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

key from regedit, and search for and output to text file all the strings
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall/KB"

 

[John John]

Does anyone know of a way to export/extract the program list from add/remove
programs so as to be able to sort the XP/Office updates by KB number?

I've tried copy & paste but it copies the picture image, not the detail.

I need to be able to compare the installed patches/hot fixes against a list
of required ones.

Not all hotfixes appear in the Add/Remove Programs list. Using the
information there to identify installed hotfix is not a good or ideal
method. The list of installed hotfixes is stored at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Updates . You can use the
Qfecheck.exe tool to obtain the information from the key:

Qfecheck.exe verifies the installation of Windows 2000 and Windows XP
hotfixes
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282784

The output of the command can be redirected or piped to a text file.

John

 

[Guest]

Thanks, Mark.

Would you elaborate on "search for and output to text file all the strings."

With what pgm do I search the exported file? Or did you mean to use the
"Find" function in Regedit?

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

John's solution looks like it will work for you. I was talking about a few
dos commands on the reg file created by exporting the Key for uninstall.

find "/KB" my.reg > my.txt

 

[Guest]

Thanks, John. A #1 perfect solution!

Not all hotfixes appear in the Add/Remove Programs list. Using the
information there to identify installed hotfix is not a good or ideal
method. The list of installed hotfixes is stored at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Updates . You can use the
Qfecheck.exe tool to obtain the information from the key:

Qfecheck.exe verifies the installation of Windows 2000 and Windows XP
hotfixes
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282784

The output of the command can be redirected or piped to a text file.

John

 

[John John]

You're welcome.

John

Thanks, John. A #1 perfect solution!

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