I want to know Installed software version

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Is there a way to have a form event check the version of software on the PC
eg.
I want to know the version of NetBeans and others on my PC by program

What can i do?
I'm begineer.

Please Help me!!!
:(

Posted 6-Mar-11 22:49pm

Saw Thanda Oo

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Toli Cuturicu 7-Mar-11 15:27pm

Why an event??

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Ryan Zahra · Answer 1 · 2011-03-06T22:54:00

Solution 2

System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo finfo = System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(fullFilePath);

Posted 6-Mar-11 22:54pm

Ryan Zahra

Richard MacCutchan · Answer 2 · 2011-03-06T23:03:00

Solution 3

The information for registered programs is held in the system registry under the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall. Take a look at this article[^] for some information on how to access the registry.

Posted 6-Mar-11 23:03pm

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Raj.rcr · Answer 3 · 2011-03-06T22:53:00

Solution 1

Try this [ click ]

Posted 6-Mar-11 22:53pm

Raj.rcr

Updated 6-Mar-11 22:57pm

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Ryan Zahra 7-Mar-11 4:56am

I think you forgot the link :p

Raj.rcr 7-Mar-11 4:57am

Now check..

Ryan Zahra 7-Mar-11 5:02am

That code is getting the installed software, however its not getting the file version...