How to find when a program was installed?

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verdonmescla

Windows XP SP2

I need to retrieve when the demo program "Army Men II" was installed
and removed.

Where and how do I find that information?

A log? Which one?
Event Viewer? How do I search it for installation/removal.
Registry? Where?

Thanks,

Franou
 
Sorry, Windows XP does not maintain a log
of when a program was uninstalled from your
computer.

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| Windows XP SP2
|
| I need to retrieve when the demo program "Army Men II" was installed
| and removed.
|
| Where and how do I find that information?
|
| A log? Which one?
| Event Viewer? How do I search it for installation/removal.
| Registry? Where?
|
| Thanks,
|
| Franou
 
Carey said:
Sorry, Windows XP does not maintain a log
of when a program was uninstalled from your
computer.
Click to expand...

How about when the program was installed?

Thanks!

Franou
 
Within limits, if you use Explorer and Right Click the installation's
root folder under \Program Files\ you can see when the folder was
originally created which should equate to the date it was installed.
 
Within limits, if you use Explorer and Right Click the installation's
root folder under \Program Files\ you can see when the folder was
originally created which should equate to the date it was installed.

"installation's root folder under \Program Files\ ?"
Are you talking about the folder created for that specific program when
it was installed - in which case it was deleted when the program was
removed or about a folder that keeps track of installations (which I
doubt....)

Thanks

Franou
 
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