WMI “installed” query different from add/remove programs list?

Question

Trying to use WMI to obtain a list of installed programs for Windows XP. Using wmic, I tried:

wmic /output:c:\\ProgramList.txt product get name,version
         


        

Answer 1

All that Add/Remove Programs is really doing is reading this Registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall