Get exe location for a program

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Is there a standard way of getting a list of installed programs and their EXE file locations on Windows ?

I prefer in C#.

I can get a list of program from "Uninstall" key from Registry.
(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall)

But it also contains all the driver components, some services .etc and it gives the un-installer's location (or a link to MsiExec), not the main exe location.

WMI ?

Posted 6-Nov-10 2:04am

W4Rl0CK47

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To Get a list of Installed Software with its complete installed path you can navigate given Link for a complete Solution

Gets a list of installed software and, if known, the software's install path[^]
All steps are mention there to use code with valuable comments.
Hope it will works for you. :)

Posted 6-Nov-10 5:08am

RaviRanjanKr

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W4Rl0CK47 6-Nov-10 19:25pm

Thnx RaviRanjankr...

I can get the Install Location (Install Folder) and iterate through it to find all the exe files.

Although, as mentioned, some programs don't have the install location defined. And most programs also include their un-installer placed in the Installation folder, and some programs have multiple exe files (main app, updater, problem report util, help and support, .etc.)

Any way to get around this ?

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I don't think this is possible in Windows, since a lot of Installed Applications consist of more than one executable.

Posted 6-Nov-10 2:06am

JF2015

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shakil0304003 · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-06T04:37:00

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Posted 6-Nov-10 4:37am

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