Windows – Get a List of all Installed Programs (and Updates)

KB ID 0000619

Problem

I needed to get a list of installed programs from a server I was having problems with, so I could compare the results with another server. Note: This will work on Windows client OS’s as well.

Solution

1. On the machine in question launch a command window.

2. To display all the installed programs execute the following two commands;

3. To export all the installed programs to a text file (c:ProgramList.txt) execute the following two commands;

4. Here’s the sort of information you can get.

5. To export all the installed updates to a text file (c:UpdateList.txt) execute the following two commands;

Note: You can get a list of updates by running the ‘systeminfo’ command but this gives you much more information.

6. Here’s the sort of information you can get.

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