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--- windows:get_list_of_all_applications [2020/01/02 14:31] – peter
+++ windows:get_list_of_all_applications [2020/07/15 09:30] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 <code bash>
 reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" /s | findstr /B ".*DisplayName"
-reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" /s | findstr /B ".*DisplayName"
+reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" /s | findstr /B ".*DisplayName"
 </code>
@@ Line 71: / Line 72: @@
+----
+===== Using Powershell Script =====
+<file powershell apps.ps>
+#
+# Generates a full list of installed programs.
+#
+# Temporary file.
+$tmpFile = "tmp.txt"
+# File that will hold the programs list.
+$fileName = "programs-installed.txt"
+# Columns separator.
+$separator = ","
+# Delete previous files.
+Remove-Item $tmpFile
+Remove-Item $fileName
+# Creates the temporary file.
+Create-Item $tmpFile
+# Search register for programs - part 1.
+$loc = Get-ChildItem HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
+$names = $loc |foreach-object {Get-ItemProperty $_.PsPath}
+foreach ($name in $names)
+{
+    IF(-Not [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($name.DisplayName)) {
+        $line = $name.DisplayName+$separator+$name.DisplayVersion+$separator+$name.InstallDate
+        Write-Host $line
+        Add-Content $tmpFile "$line`n"
+    }
+}
+# Search register for programs - part 2.
+$loc = Get-ChildItem HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
+$names = $loc |foreach-object {Get-ItemProperty $_.PsPath}
+foreach ($name in $names)
+{
+    IF(-Not [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($name.DisplayName)) {
+        $line = $name.DisplayName+$separator+$name.DisplayVersion+$separator+$name.InstallDate
+        Write-Host $line
+        Add-Content $tmpFile "$line`n"
+    }
+}
+# Sorts the result, removes duplicate lines and
+# generates the final file.
+gc $tmpFile | sort | get-unique > $filename
+</file>