OT: Looking for programes installed.

[Sims]

Hi,

I know this is a bit OT but it is programming related.

Is there a web site that list how/where to find if a certain application is
installed and the path for that application.
I am of course talking about the more popular applications, like Opera, IE,
MSWord etc...

For example, finding if Outlook 2000 is installed and the path for it?

Sims

 

[phoenix]

Just look it up in the register. Most popular applications have entries in
there. One place where you could look is :

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths

All subkeys have a path that you can then extract. I don't know though if
every app is listed there ... I just know a lot of them are.

Yves

 

[Sims]

Just look it up in the register. Most popular applications have entries in
there. One place where you could look is :

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths

All subkeys have a path that you can then extract. I don't know though if
every app is listed there ... I just know a lot of them are.

Thanks, is there a web site that would hold such a list for the more obscure
items?

Sims

 

[phoenix]

Not that I know off but you could search your registry for keys containing
certain text (programs) and look at their location to get a better idea of
where to find what. A good 'search engine' for the registry is 'registry
crawler' (www.4dev.com)

Yves

 

[CheckAbdoul]

Take a look at the entries under the following registry key


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

 

[Sims]

Take a look at the entries under the following registry key


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

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Thanks but that will not help much, i will, at best get the location of the
uninstall directory.

Sims

 

[Sims]

Not that I know off but you could search your registry for keys containing
certain text (programs) and look at their location to get a better idea of
where to find what. A good 'search engine' for the registry is 'registry
crawler' (www.4dev.com)

No, unfortunately it is not quite was i was after.
I wanted more of a list, for example.

Application name, reg entry to get that path.

Looking at my registry setting will only tell me where my apps are
installed.

Sims

 

[Richard Formby]

Hi,

I know this is a bit OT but it is programming related.

Is there a web site that list how/where to find if a certain application is
installed and the path for that application.
I am of course talking about the more popular applications, like Opera, IE,
MSWord etc...

Why do you need to know this? If, for example, you wish Word to open with a
document you have to hand then just just point the shell at the .doc. The
application will be launched for you. Similarly, to open the default browser
just point to a .html file.