How can I get a list of my installed programs? 1

[krussell1711]

Hi all,
I want to know how to get a list of all installed programs on my PC. Basically, I want to duplicate the add/remove program list and get the icon for each program in the list.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Krussell1711

 

[PerFnurt]

Check the registry entries under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

/Per
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[krussell1711]

Thanks PerFnurt, that is what I needed. Can you also tell me how to get the icons associated with each program? Just like in the control panel.

Thanks
Krussell1711

 

[PerFnurt]

If an entry has a DisplayIcon attribute set, then use that icon.

Else if the entry's key is a GUID lookup the icon in
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\The GUID\DefaultIcon

Else use a default, generic, icon.

/Per
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[A1METALHEAD]

im just corios, how do you get info from a key in your regetry in a c++ app?

 

[PerFnurt]

>im just corios, how do you get info from a key in your regetry in a c++ app?

For example use the RegEnumKeyEx function.



/Per
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[krussell1711]

Thanks, PerFnurt.