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Asked: 2026-05-12T18:33:34+00:00

Using C# .NET 2.0 or greater and Visual Studio 2008, how would one generate

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Using C# .NET 2.0 or greater and Visual Studio 2008, how would one generate a list of all installed applications on a Windows Vista PC?

My motivation is to get a text file of all my installed applications that I can save and keep around so that when I rebuild my machine I have a list of all of my old applications.

The second part of this question is kind of SuperUser.com thing, but hopefully the first part counts as “programming”.

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    You could look into referencing the SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall registry key. Check out these links:

    http://www.onedotnetway.com/get-a-list-of-installed-applications-using-linq-and-c/
    http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/netfxbcl/thread/ac23690a-f5f8-46fc-9047-c369f4370fac

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