VS 2008 View All Installed Programs In A Listview?
Oct 12, 2009I want to view all installed programs in a listview. and 2 buttons ''refresh'' & ''delete''
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View 1 RepliesVB08; How can I view all programs in my computer in a listview?
View 11 RepliesI'd like to mention that getting a list of the installed programs via the registry is not a viable way to receive a full an accurate list. The two main areas where the programs in the registry are stored, are mainly MS programs. Some manufacturers put their keys here as well, but most don't. And since it's impossible to know where the manufacturer has stored the key, let alone the name of the key that would give the list and the uninstall capability, it's not ideal to use the registry.
That being said, I was told that there is a COM API that Microsoft has made and uses in the Windows OS and was hoping someone knew what that API is and how to maybe implement it in VB.
I'm trying to find a way to get all of the programs that are installed by accessing the information from the registry. I googled it and was able to find the following code
Private Function Getinstalledsoftware() As String
'Declare the string to hold the list:
Dim Software As String = Nothing
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I'm currently using the following to code to grab the installed programs and list them in a ListView:
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Dim SoftwareKey As String = "SOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInstallerUserDataS-1-5-18Products"
Using rk As RegistryKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(SoftwareKey)
For Each skName In rk.GetSubKeyNames
[Code] .....
What I don't understand is when I run the code, I get a NullReferenceException was Handled on this line:
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If name.ToString <> "" Then
I haven't been able to find much on the error. It seems like it is a pretty generic one and can fit into a lot of different scenarios.
I'm using the following code to pull some of the installed applications from the registry and load them into a ListView:
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Public Sub UninstallPrograms()
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInstallerUserDataS-1-5-18Products
[Code].....
The problem is that I need to be able to access the the value of the uninstallString so that I can pass it to the appropriate process. Since that info is in a separate block, I can't directly access it.
I have build an application in Visual Studio en publisched it so dat people can install the program. Now I would like to access the installation on the client computer from an other application so that the user can start the application from a menu item within an other application. But in what folder is the application installed of how can I refer to the exe?
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View 5 Repliesinstead of all listed in the registry key, "Microsoft Digital Image Library 9" doesn't even show in installed programs list. [Code]
View 2 RepliesHow do I activate/use the runtime debugger in a program that has been installed on a remote computer.Is there some way to include the debugger during the build sequence?
View 1 RepliesI know that all installed programs and updates can be found at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstall key in the registry.
But how can I differentiate between installed programs and installed updates?
I need to get a list of installed program on local machine with application icons. Below is the code snippet that am using to get the list of installed program and installed directory path.[code]....
View 1 RepliesI need to get the current install version for several apps installed on my machine (The same thing displayed in the Add/Remove Programs list)....how do I get this version info programatically?
View 4 Repliesi want to make a simple program where i can add/edit or delete a shortcut from an installed programs in my computer.
let say c:program filesmicrosoft officeoffice11winword.exe.
the purpose of this is i want some of my selected programs to be in a single window where i can click to open so i don't need to go to start then programs and open that specific program.
i want to run that program in startup so everytime i start my computer the shell or the program is already running and i could click the program that i want on that window.
I've got a listbox and am using details mode, i'm also looping throgh a database to look at data. how can i add data to my listview and i have 3 coloumns
View 1 Replieshow can i view my installed program list and uninstall program from the list using vb.net 2008.
View 1 RepliesWant to display all files ending in extension .bat in the %Homepath% dir and upon double click populate a textbox.text with readalltext.
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Public Class batviewer
Public Sub showfiles()
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I have a media browser program I am building. I am trying to use drag/drop so a user can drag media tracks from one listview to another listview and then use the second list view as a playlist in windows media player com object. Reading at MSDN I have found out that there is no built in support for item re-ordering with the listview control. I have listview1 working correctly but when I try to reorder items in listview2, the dragged item ends up at the end of the list. So basically I need to get the item insertion index corrected. I have tried more than 10 times to get this code right.
Here is my code which includes a form with two listview's.
Public Class Form1
Private Sub ListView_ItemDrag(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As _
System.Windows.Forms.ItemDragEventArgs) Handles ListView1.ItemDrag, _
ListView2.ItemDrag
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I would like to read text from another programs listview control. I have searched over 3x forums for this and cant find any working examples and especially no working VB.NET examples.I know that i have to use the command 'LVM_GETITEMTEXT' with the API Sendmessage but i have no idea how to issue the command and need a working example to go from.
View 13 RepliesI have been trying for days now how to create a process to the user to easily create a connection to any installed data types they have installed. I have found an example right inside vb2008. I never use this because I code my own connections, but this would be real nice if I could include it or duplicate it.
View 1 RepliesI am trying to add icons to a listview that would contain a list of programs added by the user. I am pulling my hair out over this. I had the solution a few days ago and then I decided to go in another direction and then cleared my browser history. I have searched for that code for awhile now to no avail. First person gets a cookie.
Warning: cookies may contain nuclear waste.
I am sure this can be done, as Visual Studio is basically built this way. What I want to do is simply make a class that my other workmates can use. But rather than have it in a code form, I want to build it (partially), and then my workmate can add it into their programs (sort of, like the add reference for the .NET stuff).
View 4 RepliesI want to ask how can i view all (.reg/.vir) in a listview. Then 2 buttons (refresh and delete)
- VB08G peter.
i want to view a certain data in mysql that has a table with fields name,birthday,address,gender username,password,secret question,secret answer, and usertype, i only want to view username,password,secret question,secret answer and usertype on my listview. [code]
View 4 RepliesWhen i change the view of the listview control to SmallIcon, all items gets misaligned, some overlaps, checkboxes at the very left column are under the border. I found a solution somewhere (though that doesn't changes the check boxes under border issue) to change the view to LargeIcon then SmallIcon, its working but then same problem occurs while sorting items where this solution doesnt helps.I have checkboxes enabled, and already have icons for each listview item.
View 2 RepliesI am trying to sort my ListView in both ascending and descending order when I click on column headers in Details View. When I click on it, it is able to sort one way, but subsequent clicks don't cause any more sorting to occur. I am attempting to follow the examples shown on the msdn site:[URL].. Here is what I have so far:
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Tree View in ListView or GridView
View 9 RepliesI am Developing a Application, originally i had divided a form by splitter and on left Treeview and in Right it was DatagridView. Now the requirement is to add treeview in same window. That is either Listview with Treeview in it OR DatagridView with Treeview in It.
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