Programmatically Check If A Web Browser Is Installed?
Aug 20, 2011
I was thinking of checking the registry keys that a web browsers makes, and hopefully seeing if I could get accurate answer. Yet I only discovered that most of them do not remove registry values after a uninstall, nor do they make any indication that the program was removed from the system.
I'm looking to automate this, and I would like to test the localhost to see if IIS 7 is installed. If it is not installed, then install it through code. Is there a way to do this? And if so, any pointers on how to get started figuring this out? I searched, but all that comes up are the manual way to install IIS.
how to detect if MSXML parser is installed on a machine or not. I looked for a registry entry,but unable to get one. I am writing a VB.NET application.
I have created one setup package using VS 2005 deployment. I need to check wheather Microsoft Webservice 2 is installed or not condition before installing. I have used "Launch Condition" which need Component Id. But i am not able to find to where i can get component id for "Web Services Enhancements 2.0 SP2 for Microsoft .NET".
I'm using VB.Net 2005 Pro and want to be able to check if a particular program is installed. I've seen lots of ideas about checking files in the program files folder or scanning the registry for keywords but none of these seem particularly foolproof. Is there a way to get a definitive answer to if an app is installed?
I am planning to make a setup wizard for my program through visual studio 2010. My program uses SQL databases, and I just wanted to know if there is a way to check if SQL is installed through the setup wizard and if not install it. Or at the very least provide a link to where they can get an easy setup file.
My application required .NET Framework 2.0.Currently, if it is not installed the user recieves the following error:The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000135)'.It becomes extremely tiresome repeating to users that this is because the framework isn't installed. Is there some way to check if .NET framework 2.0 is installed before running, or in some way change this cryptic message so the user knows immediately
i am working on an application and i want to connect it with mssql database , i dont know about the version of installed mssql server at the pc , how can i get the version of installed mssql server so that i can connect my application with that .(is it possible to check the version of installed mssql server with out connecting it with my application.)
Using either VB.NET, C#, or VBScript, how can I check if the IIS 6 Management Compatibility feature and its subfeatures have been installed on a machine running IIS 7.x?
I am trying to build a program for a PC Business to check and see if an antivirus is installed, if not suggest some that are available, but im lost when it comes to trying to get my program to check and see if one is installed.
I want to make a program which first of all check whether a serie of programs is installed, if a program is installed I would like to find the installation path, so I will be able to work with it further..My first though was to check in the registry, there is theinstallation path also mentioned right?Another possible way was to search all the harddrives for a specific .exe fil. If then the file is found, the program is installed, and you should be able to find the path to the found .exe file. This is more "secure", right? - Because not all program is registred in the registry right? (E.g. if you move it from another location, and doesn't install it).
I got a problem with my setup I had set the prerequiest download property to download from the same location. Now i am in a problem that my setup dose not check for the already installed prerequiest it starts the prerequiest installation no mater if they are installed or not. after the installation of these prerequiest it says to restart the computer and after restart it starts the prerequiest setup again.
I've got a vb app that writes data to a remote mysql database.
When I run the app on a client that does not have the mysql connector it crashes (obviously)
How do I programatically check if the connector is installed on the client and throw up a nice error advising to install it - instead of the unhandled exception error - could not load mysql.data etc error?
this is what i'm using to print a web page opened with the web browser control: WebBrowser1.ShowPrintDialog() is there a way to programatically set the document to landscape? and also remove the head and footer? and tell the print not to duplex?
We have a certain application installed on a single machine. I would like to enable/disable a button based on the existence of this application. Is there a way to check for its existence from asp.net?
the app is currently on an XP machine, but want to code for Win7 as well. VS2008 3.51. Asp.net
I am trying to create a plugin system. I have the actual plugins working fine but now I want to implement a system that knows whether the plugin is installed or not. I can get the plugin name when the form is loaded (ex. "Plugin1"). I then want to check this against something to see if that specific plugin is already there (if not add it) and if it is there is it enabled. I was thinking of doing this with an xml file but thought that might be a lot of work reading and writing each value. I then thought of the My.Settings and was wondering if this is possible. I would want to create an "element" for the name and give it a value of either true or false.
I am having trouble with my new project. I want my program to check if the internet explorer installed on the clients computer has flash player installed.
I am making a web application in ASP.NET 4.0. For some reason I need to open a web site always in full screen. It is a tedious task to open a web site in browser and then toggle to fullscreen.Is there any way to open the browser (preferably IE9 or Google Chrome) in full screen programmatically?Can I put some code in the Page_Load() method of my default page that toggles the browser to full screen?
The code below checks whether IE enhanced security configuration installed or not on a server. this works for server 2003 but doesnt work on 2008 r2. it returns IE enhanced security configuration installed response when i know and have checked that its not.[code]...