With configuration manager 2012, you have a new feature to deploy your software. You can use any of the vbscript programs below in activexperts network monitor. Ive found one script that runs on all pcs just checks hklm reg uninstall, but the formatting is not as clean as yours, and unfortunately i do no possess any vbscript knowledge to. How to script to list installed software on multiple computers. Please note, it needs more coding to allow for exceptions, but the basic are there. For example, the wmi installed applications classes are merely wrappers for windows installer, which can be accessed directly through the windowsinstaller. List all installed software returns a list of all software installed on a computer, whether or not by windows installer. Today id like to talk about remote process creation using powershell and wmi. To run uninstall software under a different user, follow these instructions.
How to create a list of your installed programs on windows. The function returns a simple array containing the list of applications installed. If you want to do an inventory of all installed software in your active directory domain, then keep on reading my. Comma separated value list of caption software name, installdate and installdate2 fields.
Script to check the system for already installed program and its. Wmi tasks for computer software obtain information such as which software is installed by the microsoft windows installer msi and software versions. Print the names and versions of installed software. To use application, you need to add a detection method. Retrieving hardware information with wmi codeproject. I have used this to check what software wmi reports as installed when checking against what spiceworks finds as installed.
This script reads installed applications from the registry. Retrieving information about installed hardware items with windows management instrumentation is very easy and requires minimal programming skills. Script to get installed software through registry vbscript. Also, this method of building a list of installed programs in the system can be useful before reinstalling the system when you need to find unwanted software.
Use powershell to get a list of installed software from. Heres some vbscript that will list first the 32bit and then 64bit installed. However, it can also give you a list of all the programs on your computer, which is. Remotely install software using wmi and powershell. The list information about the binary files used by an application vbscript returns the name and. For windows 9598nt 4 download and install the wmi core 1.
List all software installed on a machine with vbscript. Copy the below example vbscript code and paste it in notepad or a vbscript editor. You will need the remote registry service you can start this remotely from the services console and wmi service running on the remote machine. Vbscript to find the installed software in remote computer. Returns a list of all software installed on a computer, whether or not by windows installer. The windows management instrumentation wmi service, found in windows services, must be started on the target machine. Vbscript to get list of installed software through registry. A vbscript to enumerate applications installed on a. I have used this to check what software wmi reports as installed when checking against what.
Script will first check for connectivity using ping test and if the connectivity is positive then it will get the information of software installed, installation date, version d. This script is used to get installed software through registry. Script list all installed software technet gallery microsoft. This detection method is based on several criterias and it will check if the application is already installed on the computer. Hello guys im having a hard problem with a wmi filter and maybe you can lend me a hand. What i need to do is to create a policie with a wmi filter to check if the computers in my domain have this installed. Such a consistency check could modify the software thats installed, attempting to repair any problems it sees. This vbscript will list all the software installed on the computername you specify in the first line of code. If you want to get list of installed programs from remote computerremote pc, you can give your computer name. Vbsedit is a vbs editor but also a wsf editor and an hta editor. Learn how to use windows powershell to quickly find installed software on local and remote computers. Hardwareinformation application is written as hta html application and compiled with compiler provided with sharp. If you wanted to create a wmi query to determine whether or not a particular application was installed on a machine, how would you do it. Installed products consist of installed software elements and.
Regard wmi as a method to automate the collection of hardware and software data. This will give you a nice text file with all the applications installed on the specified computer. List all software installed on a machine with vbscript noel. A product generally correlates to one installation package. Hi, this vbscript will find the installed software in remote computer and publish the output in csv. Trying to use wmi to obtain a list of installed programs for windows xp. Approach wmi as a distinctive dialect of vbscript with its own wql language. Ccleaner is a windows application designed to free up space on your pc by deleting temporary files and erasing private data, such as your browsing and download history and lists of recent documents in various programs. List installed software in windows using vbscript, wmi.
There is a language for wmi queries, not surprisingly called wmi query language or wql, which is a subset of sql. This is just a quick reference for anyone trying to quickly pull off a list of installed software from a remote machine. Vb script that connects through wmi to create a list of installed software. The vbscript should be working on windows scripting host. Sccm 2012 detection method for update alexandre viot. Get list of installed software using vbscript through registry. Unfortunately for some reason half the pcs here have some sort of wmi issue and none of the installed software scripts utilizing wmiservice work on those pcs. Creating a script to list of installed software on multiple computers is the first important step in implementing centralized software inventory for your network. Wmic list all installed software my knowledge base. How to script to list installed software on multiple.
Script to get installed software through registry vbscript this site uses cookies for analytics, personalized content and ads. Theres a few sample scripts around to list the installed applications using wmi. Windows management instrumentation wmi is a special system interface that provides an access for windows components and external applications to the system information that includes software inventory data. Im looking for help to create a vbscript to install a. Wmi installed query different from addremove programs list. List installed software wmi script center spiceworks. In this blog post i am going to play with wmi objects on the local computer and on remote computers. The wmi client software is installed by default in windows me2000 and later versions. This bit of vbscript will allow you to return a list of applications installed as seen by addremove programs. A vbscript to enumerate applications installed on a machine and output a tabdelimited csv file, one for each machine. List installed software in windows using vbscript, wmi and ldap. The idea is for this to be slightly less awful than all the similar scripts out there on the webz. Vbsedit supports vbscript with syntax coloring, intellisense, code snippets, this vbscript editor has everything you need.
The following vbscript lists all installed hot fixes on windows one by one. How to list installed hot fixes using vbscript on windows platforms. The windows management instrumentation commandline. For example, in order to get information about software installed on a. How to make wmi filter to check for installed software. Below is a basic, but versatile vbscript that can return the version of almost any program installed on a pc. Create a list of installed programs using ccleaner. Listing installed applications on vista 64bit with wmi.
View wmi as a pipe connecting magically to the inner secrets of the microsoft operating system. Using wmic to retrieve a list of all installed programs. If you want to search for specific software, use either the windowsinstaller. The scripting wife and i were lucky enough to attend the first powershell user group meeting in corpus christi.
Click here for an explanation about how to include scripts in activexperts network monitor. The wmi registry class wraps the somewhat awkward wmi registry. Combined with an adsi script that returns a list of computers, you can use this function to iterate through all machines on your network to gather a. You can find script samples using both of these routes everywhere. Not to mention that some of microsofts applications arent even enumerated in the wmi store. Wmi and vbscript for microsoft operating systems windows. Top tricks in inventorying installed applications on your. Vbsedit lets you debug your scripts in the integrated debugger.
Csv output can be easily read into excel for further sorting and analysis. The trap on 64bit platforms is that the 32bit and 64bit installation information is stored in different places in the registry, and you need to be clever about telling wmi that you want the 32bit data instead of the 64bit. Find installed software using wmi and stdregprov in the first few articles of this series, i guided you through several different techniques for identifying installed. Scanning credentials submitted in the web console are not used to run the uninstall software tool or other actions. How to list installed hot fixes using vbscript on windows. That means my attempts to just discover my software could accidentally also change my configuration, or even break the software itself. Just query the registry for the hklm\ software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\ key, and check the. List installed software in windows activexperts software. Wmi query for an installed application windows hell. Schannel security services sql server status codes stress test sysinternals taskkill tcpview terminal services troubleshooting vbscript vds veritas netbackup why windows windows 2003 windows 2008 r2 windows security essentials windows time service windows. Specifically for software installation, but you could start any process on a remote machine by modifying the code to your liking. Installer object, as demonstrated in the enumerate installed software scripts. How to audit installed software from the command line.
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