How can I enumerate/list all installed applications in Windows XP?

Question

When I say \"installed application\", I basically mean any application visible in [Control Panel]->[Add/Remove Programs].

I would prefer to do it in Python, but C o

Answer 1

C#.net code for getting the list of installed software using WMI in xp and win7(wmi is the only way in win7)

    WqlObjectQuery wqlQuery =
      new WqlObjectQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Product");
        ManagementObjectSearcher searcher =
            new ManagementObjectSearcher(wqlQuery);

        foreach (ManagementObject software in searcher.Get()) {
            Console.WriteLine(software["Caption"]);
        }