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Originally Posted by serkan sendur View Post
please give me some c# code sample even pseudocode.
Those are options for launching a separate appwiz process with the selected option. To launch the process:

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  1.             Process appwiz = new Process();
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  3.             appwiz.StartInfo.FileName = "control";
  4.             appwiz.StartInfo.Arguments = "appwiz.cpl,,0";// change or remove program option
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  6.             appwiz.Start();
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Thanks Scott, but it seems that it doesnt show all the programs that are installed. I think registry information is not enough or we need to grab some more information from other folders under registry.

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Sorry, I thought you were interested also in calling the wizard with that option. Information to build that list from the registry is easily obtained on the web, but I could not find any C# API to execute any commands.

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Thanks Scott, but it seems that it doesnt show all the programs that are installed. I think registry information is not enough or we need to grab some more information from other folders under registry.

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This may or may not apply in your case, and you may wish to browse your registry to see first. Anyway, I ran into this additional key while browsing this topic and figured I would pass it on:
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The [code] appeared to only get about half of the applications that I have installed on my Vista Ultimate 64-bit development box. After some poking around the registry, I discovered that the half that it got were all the 64-bit applications and that the 32-bit applications were hiding under SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall.
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Sorry, I thought you were interested also in calling the wizard with that option. Information to build that list from the registry is easily obtained on the web, but I could not find any C# API to execute any commands.

Cheers!
That's fine, i asked for any ideas. i dont prefer one way to another if i dont have enough information about that subject. So i may even go your way. I work asynchronously, sometimes it takes a month for me to mark a thread as solved but for sure i turn to that thread back if i started it.
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This may or may not apply in your case, and you may wish to browse your registry to see first. Anyway, I ran into this additional key while browsing this topic and figured I would pass it on:
I would ++rep you if Daniweb would allow it. I didn't realise it split up 64 bit applications. I live in a 32bit world
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I would ++rep you if Daniweb would allow it. I didn't realise it split up 64 bit applications. I live in a 32bit world
Yea, I'm 32 bit too, but I did notice that Serkan is running Vista in another thread, so maybe it will help. Cheers!
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I would ++rep you if Daniweb would allow it. I didn't realise it split up 64 bit applications. I live in a 32bit world
if you cant ++rep him, you are always welcomed to ++rep me
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I would also like to point out that the code sknake posted is a "per machine" list of installed programs, some programs are installed on a "user" level and would not appear in this list.

also most MSI installed applications won't appear in this list either. I am not sure where they are all stored. But this method is no longer considered a solution.
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