Rif.: Get Software version

[mjl]

Hi,

I am looking for a way to get a list of all the NI drivers/software similar to how NI-MAX displays them.  I am able to use the following, but it gives me a lot more than what I want, and not exactly what I am looking for.  

if (RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall", 0, KEY_READ, &hKey) == ERROR_SUCCESS)

{

  while (RegEnumKeyEx(hKey, index, subKey, &size, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL) == ERROR_SUCCESS)

  {

sprintf(path, "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\%s", subKey);

if (RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, path, 0, KEY_READ, &subKeyHandle) == ERROR_SUCCESS)

{

I didn't include the reset.  Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Mike

DWORD dataSize = sizeof(displayName);

if (RegQueryValueEx(subKeyHandle, "DisplayName", NULL, &type, (LPBYTE)displayName, &dataSize) == ERROR_SUCCESS)

[RobertoBozzolo]

One possible alternative is to use WMI to access information on installed software.

Attached is a modified version of one example of mine that includes the search for software installed on the system.

WARNING: it may take *long* to execute: on my i3, 1.2 GHz laptop it takes 45 seconds to list all modules. I have tested initially on an older machine with tons of programs installed resulting in 150 seconds elapsed time 😱 On the other hand, times spent using the equivalent WMIC command is more or less the same.

FYI my example can be found here but it seems I cannot update that page anymore... 😕

[mjl]

Hi Roberto,

Thanks, but this looks like it is getting hardware info not software.

Regards,

Mike

[RobertoBozzolo]

There is a "Software" tab where you get info on installed modules. That example has grown and grown in the years and includes several information I have looked for from time to time.

[mjl]

I don't see a software tab.  This is what I have.

[RobertoBozzolo]

Did you download the example from the original thread in the knowledgebase or from my post in this discussion? As I said, I couldn't update that example, so the code found there does not include the software tab. Download CallWMI_4 from my first answer to you.

[mjl]

Hi Roberto,

Thanks, I did get the wrong one.

Have a great day.

[mjl]

Hi Roberto,

I appreciate the effort, but it is getting 1300 results.  I wonder if there is a way to make a more direct query.

[RobertoBozzolo]

The query can be tailored a bit depending on your requirements: in the example I have added the "NI only" checkbox to limit search to modules installed by NI but the SQL command can be further refined based on the content of Win32_Product class