Question

Ok, i am using this code to get all the installed programs on the users machine.

string uninstallKey = @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall";
        using (RegistryKey rk = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(uninstallKey))
        {
            foreach (string skName in rk.GetSubKeyNames())
            {
                using (RegistryKey sk = rk.OpenSubKey(skName))
                {
                    try
                    {
                        listBox1.Items.Add(sk.GetValue("DisplayName"));
                    }
                    catch
                    {
                        MessageBox.Show("Error", "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
                    }
                }
            }
        }

All of the programs are listed in a listbox. How do i get the “programName”.exe of that program. Like calculator is calc.exe ( i want the calc, but not the .exe ) How do i do that?

I am doing this so i can say:

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(exeName); 

Answer 1

you can use TrimEnd

listBox1.Items.Add(sk.GetValue("DisplayName").ToString().TrimEnd(".exe".ToCharArray()));

EDIT:

To start a program from System.Diagnostic.Process.Start, you don’t need to trim off “.exe”, you can leave it as it and it will exectue