Which Product & Version is Installed

[BoomerM3]

Is it possible to determine programmatically if any version of
Powerpoint (and which version) is installed on a PC? Also if there is
any version (and which version) of the Viewer is installed? I am
planning an installation to many PCs and would prefer NOT to ask the
user.

MS has some clues as relate to Office XP - but not PowerPoint in this
detail.


peter

 

[Chirag]

You might want to query the registry to check for installation path of
PowerPoint and then check if powerpnt.exe file is actually at that path to
be somewhat more sure. The registry query key is:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Office\<version>\PowerPoint\InstallRoot
Look at the value for Path in this key.
For <version>, PowerPoint 2000 is version 9.0, PowerPoint 2002 (XP) is
version 10.0 and PowerPoint 2003 is version 11.0.

- Chirag

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[Steve Rindsberg]

You might want to query the registry to check for installation path of
PowerPoint and then check if powerpnt.exe file is actually at that path to
be somewhat more sure. The registry query key is:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Office\<version>\PowerPoint\InstallRoot
Look at the value for Path in this key.
For <version>, PowerPoint 2000 is version 9.0, PowerPoint 2002 (XP) is
version 10.0 and PowerPoint 2003 is version 11.0.

And PowerPoint 97 is 8.0
The same registry settings apply there as well.