"German" <Ge****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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For example I want to recover Software information installed into my Pc,
is
the best way read this data from the registry ?
I guess I'm stuck on "recover" which often means "restore to a normal
state".
If you are talking about enumerating all the software and doing it by
scanning the registry, well, then you can get close, but there is nothing
that prevents a simple copy of an application to a folder without an
intervening registry update.
That said, many applications store their installed locations here:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\App Paths\
and a widget to uninstall here:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall\
Regards,
Will