Windows : wmic : Polling Your System for Installed Applications
I have discovered a new method to find the installed applications on your system.
This method uses "wmic.exe" from the command line.
I don't know if there is a front-end GUI for wmic, but just use the command line.
It's better. Trust me. :^)
1) Launch cmd.exe (or just cmd) and ensure you have administrative privileges.
"Run as administrator"
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A note: After running cmd, you may be presented with the prompt "c:\windows\system32".
Being that it is a system directory, I suggest changing the location.
Change your cli location to something more familiar, such as "c:\users\logged-in-name" or any other location that you have rights to change to.
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2) At the command line, enter: wmic
You will be presented with a different prompt which will be: wmic:root\cli
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3) Then type: /output:C:\InstallList.txt product get name,version
You can change the destination and file name of the output file if you desire.
It may take a while for the system to generate InstallList.txt so be patient.
4) View InstallList.txt with your favorite text editor
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The output using the parameters listed will show the name and version of the applications installed.
Easy enough huh?
Yours truly,
Robert Cazares
Find me at robertcazares@gmail.com\
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The Secret Sauce
What is wmic?
The Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) is a command-line and scripting interface that simplifies the use of Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and systems managed through WMI. WMIC is based on aliases.
More information -
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) tool
https://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/wmic.mspx?mfr=true
WMIC - Take Command-line Control over WMI
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Bb742610.aspx
Created: August 23, 2015, 14:00
Updated: August 23, 2015, 17:00 <--or somewhere="" span="" thereabout="">
