Fire up your console and type:

wmic product get name,version

It takes a while, but you'll get the full list of installed programs. WMIC is the console version of Windows Management Instrumentation, available from Windows 2000 and onwards. Following the instructions here and here, you can tell WMIC to output in an XML format, that might be a bit more convenient for you. However just calling wmic product get name will get you a list of application names, that you can easily copy paste to a text editor and convert to spreadsheet format.

Alternatively, enter:

wmic /output:C:\InstallList.txt product get name,version

This will output a TXT file with the list of programs. You can then paste that into a spreadsheet, if you want.

Source: http://helpdeskgeek.com/how-to/generate-a-list-of-installed-programs-in-windows/

Also you can use the csv.xsl file to format the output into a CSV list of results:

wmic /output:C:\InstallList.csv product get /format:csv.xsl

or the htable.xsl file to create an HTML table of results:

wmic /output:C:\InstallList.htm product get /format:hform.xsl

My output is empty / blank, see belwo.

The example is missing the trailing slash after Uninstall. I get different software lists when I look at the 32/64 bit entries.

Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* | sort-object -property DisplayName | Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersion, Publisher, InstallDate | Format-Table –AutoSize

Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* | sort-object -property DisplayName | Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersion, Publisher, InstallDate | Format-Table –AutoSize

For a combined view, run this.

function Analyze( f) {
    Get-ItemProperty $p |foreach {
       if (($_.DisplayName) -or ($_.version)) {
            [PSCustomObject]@{ 
                    From = $f;
                    Name = $_.DisplayName;
                    Version = $_.DisplayVersion;
                    Install = $_.InstallDate 
             }
       } 
    }
}

s += Analyze 'HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*' 64
$s += Analyze 'HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*' 32
$s | Sort-Object -Property Name 

Instead of WMIC, try Get-CimInstance

Get-CimInstance Win32_Product | Sort-Object -property Name | Format-Table -Property Version, InstallDate, Name

One behavior I have noticed is that referencing Win32_Product generates an event for each product in the application event log. Check your log. You might be getting an error that is stopping the analysis.

Log Name: Application
Source: MsiInstaller
Date: 2/2/2021 10:06:39 AM
Event ID: 1035
Task Category: None
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: SYSTEM
Computer: slick
Description:
Windows Installer reconfigured the product. Product Name: Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Management Objects. Product Version: 12.0.2000.8. Product Language: 1033. Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation. Reconfiguration success or error status: 0.

The WMI class Win32_Product uses the MSI provider to collect installed program data. This means you're only going to get data on software/packages installed using MSI. Further, calling this class causes a repair action to be executed on every program it returns. Most of the time this isn't an issue, but it will fill up the event log and can cause issues for some software. You can get more detail on this link: Win32_Product Class

Most scripters, coders, etc use one of two things; 1) Registry Query, 2) WMI query of the SCCM class SMS_InstalledSoftware. Obviously the SCCM class requires SCCM to be installed on the host. You can read more about that HERE. So that really only leaves the registry query for most folx. Don't fret though, because all the work was already done for you by TSG.

Your pot of gold is "Use PowerShell to Quickly Find Installed Software"

While I'd do things slightly differently than in that post, it has all the heavy lifting already written. With a little aptitude and some google searching you can customize as you wish.

You can use wmic.

Example:

wmic product get name,version /format:csv

wmic /node:localhost /output:d:\programlist.htm product
get name,version /format:htable.xsl

wmic product get name,version

wmic softwareelement get name,version

wmic softwarefeature get name,version

wmic wmic:root\cli>/output:c:\ProgramList.txt product get name,version

Or you can do it like the "Add/Remove Programs", reading all uninstall registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

On 64 bit Windows, remember to also check:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\

To returns a list of all software installed on a computer, whether or not by Windows-Installer:

Const HKLM = &H80000002 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE 
strComputer = "." 
strKey = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\" 
strEntry1a = "DisplayName" 
strEntry1b = "QuietDisplayName" 
strEntry2 = "InstallDate" 
strEntry3 = "VersionMajor" 
strEntry4 = "VersionMinor" 
strEntry5 = "EstimatedSize" 

Set objReg = GetObject("winmgmts://" & strComputer & _ 
 "/root/default:StdRegProv") 
objReg.EnumKey HKLM, strKey, arrSubkeys 
WScript.Echo "Installed Applications" & VbCrLf 
For Each strSubkey In arrSubkeys 
  intRet1 = objReg.GetStringValue(HKLM, strKey & strSubkey, _ 
   strEntry1a, strValue1) 
  If intRet1 <> 0 Then 
    objReg.GetStringValue HKLM, strKey & strSubkey, _ 
     strEntry1b, strValue1 
  End If 
  If strValue1 <> "" Then 
    WScript.Echo VbCrLf & "Display Name: " & strValue1 
  End If 
  objReg.GetStringValue HKLM, strKey & strSubkey, _ 
   strEntry2, strValue2 
  If strValue2 <> "" Then 
    WScript.Echo "Install Date: " & strValue2 
  End If 
  objReg.GetDWORDValue HKLM, strKey & strSubkey, _ 
   strEntry3, intValue3 
  objReg.GetDWORDValue HKLM, strKey & strSubkey, _ 
   strEntry4, intValue4 
  If intValue3 <> "" Then 
     WScript.Echo "Version: " & intValue3 & "." & intValue4 
  End If 
  objReg.GetDWORDValue HKLM, strKey & strSubkey, _ 
   strEntry5, intValue5 
  If intValue5 <> "" Then 
    WScript.Echo "Estimated Size: " & Round(intValue5/1024, 3) & " megabytes" 
  End If 
Next 

It depends on the author of the program to provide an interface to get the version of the program. If it's not available, there is no "common" way. It will likely need to be done on a per program basis.

Hi Dasaratha_penu,

There is no other native method in windows, but there is a free tiny utility named NirSoft UninstallView that does not need to be installed that will list all software installed on all drives and that will also allow you to select the whole list and copy it into another application

Download

https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/uninstallview-x64...

Homepage:

https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/uninstall_view.html

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