>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>In Windows 7 -> Control Panel -> Programs -> Programs and Features.
>>>>
>>>>I see list of all programs installed on the PC. How do I get this list into a document? I tried clicking on the first item/program then Shift-Another Item. But it does not select all programs in between.
>>>>
>>>>TIA
>>>
>>>1. Open a "dos" command window
>>>2. wmic
>>>3. /output:d:\temp\InstalledProgramsWMIC.txt product get name,version && Change the path and file name if necessary
>>>4. When the command prompt comes back, type Exit (or simply close the window)
>>
>>The txt is created but very small and is empty. Does it matter on drive and folder I am when typing wmic?
>
>Are you sure that it actually finished? It took a minute or two on my machine. First the fie showed as just a few bytes, then it was 115 kb.
>
>I found this routine by asking my friend Google. :-) This is one of the hits, and where I saw the routine mentioned:
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/list-installed-programs-windows/The command finished almost instantaneously; so, clearly, it didn't work. I will read the article and hopefully see what I am doing wrong.
Thank you for introducing me to your friend, Google :)
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