installed programs executable file

[nafta]

I need to know how can I get the exact name of the main
executable file of an installed program, from within the
internals of windows - (for example : starting from the
UnInstall enteries in the registry ...)

Thanks in advance.

Thanks in advance,
naftaly Shprai

 

[Matthew Mucker [MSFT]]

To the best of my knowledge, you can't.

There is no standard for this, and the operating system really doesn't care
about nor does it need to know the filename of the main executable.

Is there, for instance, a "main executable" for the Windows 2000 Resource
Kit, which is really just a collection of many smaller executables?

Your best bet would be to examine shortcuts that are put in the start menu
and chase down the targets of those shortcuts. But there is no one
definitive solution to this problem that I'm aware of.

-Matt