Access to Windows "Add/Remove Programs"?

[Sean DiZazzo]

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

[Larry Bates]

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_MACHINE\SOFTWARE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software branches?

-Larry

[Gabriel Genellina]

En Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:51:59 -0300, Sean DiZazzo <ha**********@gmail.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_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall

--
Gabriel Genellina

[Sean DiZazzo]

On Sep 3, 7:13*pm, "Gabriel Genellina" <[e-mail]:

En Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:51:59 -0300, Sean DiZazzo <[e-mail]>*
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_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall

--
Gabriel Genellina

Thank both of you. Perfect!

~Sean

[Mike Driscoll]

On Sep 3, 9:41*pm, Sean DiZazzo <[e-mail]:

On Sep 3, 7:13*pm, "Gabriel Genellina" <[e-mail]:

En Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:51:59 -0300, Sean DiZazzo <[e-mail]*
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_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\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