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  • Sean DiZazzo
    #1

    Access to Windows "Add/Remove Programs"?

    Hi all,

    I'm trying to find a way to get a list of all the installed programs
    on a Windows box via Python. I thought of a few hacks that might
    partially work, and then thought about "Add/Remove Programs" Seems
    like the right way to go. I looked over the pywin32 docs a bit, but
    nothing slapped me in the face.

    Is there any reliable way to get at that info?

    Thanks in advance,

    ~Sean
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    • Larry Bates
      #2
      Re: Access to Windows "Add/Remove Programs"?

      Sean DiZazzo wrote:
      Hi all,
      >
      I'm trying to find a way to get a list of all the installed programs
      on a Windows box via Python. I thought of a few hacks that might
      partially work, and then thought about "Add/Remove Programs" Seems
      like the right way to go. I looked over the pywin32 docs a bit, but
      nothing slapped me in the face.
      >
      Is there any reliable way to get at that info?
      >
      Thanks in advance,
      >
      ~Sean
      I would guess that that program gets the information from the registry.
      Maybe looking at HKEY_LOCAL_MACH INE\SOFTWARE or HKEY_CURRENT_US ER\Software branches?

      -Larry

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        • Gabriel Genellina
          #3
          Re: Access to Windows "Add/Remove Programs"?

          En Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:51:59 -0300, Sean DiZazzo <half.italian@g mail.com>
          escribi�:
          I'm trying to find a way to get a list of all the installed programs
          on a Windows box via Python. I thought of a few hacks that might
          partially work, and then thought about "Add/Remove Programs" Seems
          like the right way to go. I looked over the pywin32 docs a bit, but
          nothing slapped me in the face.
          >
          Is there any reliable way to get at that info?
          You may enumerate the entries under this registry key:
          HKEY_LOCAL_MACH INE\SOFTWARE\Mi crosoft\Windows \CurrentVersion \Uninstall

          --
          Gabriel Genellina

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            • Sean DiZazzo
              #4
              Re: Access to Windows &quot;Add/Remove Programs&quot;?

              On Sep 3, 7:13 pm, "Gabriel Genellina" <gagsl-...@yahoo.com.a rwrote:
              En Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:51:59 -0300, Sean DiZazzo <half.ital...@g mail.com> 
              escribi :
              >
              I'm trying to find a way to get a list of all the installed programs
              on a Windows box via Python.  I thought of a few hacks that might
              partially work, and then thought about "Add/Remove Programs"  Seems
              like the right way to go.  I looked over the pywin32 docs a bit, but
              nothing slapped me in the face.
              >
              Is there any reliable way to get at that info?
              >
              You may enumerate the entries under this registry key:
              HKEY_LOCAL_MACH INE\SOFTWARE\Mi crosoft\Windows \CurrentVersion \Uninstall
              >
              --
              Gabriel Genellina
              Thank both of you. Perfect!

              ~Sean

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                • Mike Driscoll
                  #5
                  Re: Access to Windows &quot;Add/Remove Programs&quot;?

                  On Sep 3, 9:41 pm, Sean DiZazzo <half.ital...@g mail.comwrote:
                  On Sep 3, 7:13 pm, "Gabriel Genellina" <gagsl-...@yahoo.com.a rwrote:
                  >
                  >
                  >
                  En Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:51:59 -0300, Sean DiZazzo <half.ital...@g mail.com 
                  escribi :
                  >
                  I'm trying to find a way to get a list of all the installed programs
                  on a Windows box via Python.  I thought of a few hacks that might
                  partially work, and then thought about "Add/Remove Programs"  Seems
                  like the right way to go.  I looked over the pywin32 docs a bit, but
                  nothing slapped me in the face.
                  >
                  Is there any reliable way to get at that info?
                  >
                  You may enumerate the entries under this registry key:
                  HKEY_LOCAL_MACH INE\SOFTWARE\Mi crosoft\Windows \CurrentVersion \Uninstall
                  >
                  --
                  Gabriel Genellina
                  >
                  Thank both of you.  Perfect!
                  >
                  ~Sean
                  I have used both of these methods, but it should be noted that not all
                  programs register themselves in the registry. The usual suspects are
                  spyware related. But there are still a few programs that you can just
                  download and unzip that don't write anything to the registry.

                  But this does work for probably 99% of programs on Windows.

                  Mike

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