For example, here i am on a windows 7 x64 computer with office 2010 installed. This script generates a list by querying the registry and returning the installed programs of a local or remote computer. Free tool that lists installed programs on remote computers. How to get installed software list with version numbers. Remote installer free remote software installation tool. Mar 25, 2016 querying installed microsoft office license keys has gotten a bit more difficult since office 2010. How to get a list of all installed software on remote. It allows you installing and uninstalling msi packages silently and remotely on selected pcs through the local network. I have found a much better search faster and more accurate is to query the registry. Use powershell to get installed software with a simple script. Click the software installation container that contains the package. Adam is the founder of the elearning tech screencast platform techsnips. See managing installed software for further information. Aug 05, 2019 this script generates a list by querying the registry and returning the installed programs of a local or remote computer.
Winrm is enabled by default on windows server 20122016, but not on client operating systems. Emco remote installer is a network deployment tool used for a centralized software installation to remote pcs. Apr 19, 2012 to test if the sample is working you can use wmic. Emco remote installer remote software installation tool. Powershell query installed software on remote computers. Expand the software settings container that contains the software installation item that you used to deploy the package. To get a complete list, powershell must enumerate each of these keys, read each registry value and parse through the results. For example, query all computers in an ad domain for list of installed software.
Sep 15, 2017 the getinstalledsoftware script lists the local or remote computer for installed software by querying the registry remotely. Besides using wmic there are few other ways to get list of installed software from a remote computer. Uninstalling software remotely is pretty hard to do reliably because not every installed program provides a command line for a silent uninstall even some that do are not silent like they should be so they require user interaction i. On the software tab, there is a table that lists the software that has been found.
I had better results keeping track of installed software by looking through the registry in the path hklm. Windows registry has functioned as a big repository for the operating system to store its static and volatile information since windows 3. Remotely upgrade all chocolatey software on multiple computers in this scenario, i have a maintenance window and i want to use it to upgrade all of the chocolatey packages on multiple machines. Is it possible with powershell to get installed software of a remote computer and save this list on the remote computer. Script a deploys items to remote machines then executes script b on remote machines. You can also get this information remotely with the help of the venerable psexec tool. Learn how to use windows powershell to quickly find installed software on local and remote computers. I would store the collected information into a hash table.
Emco remote installer is a software distribution tool for windows. Jul 21, 2019 each software entry is typically defined by the software s globally unique identifier guid. Software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall. I know to do this for a local computer with use of powershell. Query and manage the previously installed and available windows updates on a remote machine. But the problem with it is, it only retrieves the installed applications via msi, however, this wmi class might not list all the installed softwares that show in add or remove programs, appwiz. It has a high level of detail for example, caption, installdate, installsource, packagename, vendor, version, and so on. Searching the registry to find installed software in the first part of this series we looked at using wmi to identify installed applications. How to get installed software list with version numbers using. Querying installed microsoft office license keys has gotten a bit more difficult since office 2010. Emco remote installer is an easytouse network application designed for centralized software management and audit across a lan. The first step is to create an array of each machinebased registry path. Execute a powershell script on a remote machine that extracts the license key and writes it to a registry value.
How to list all installed applications from the command. I know the easiest way to retrieve the info would be to query hklm. Script getremoteprogram get list of installed programs on remote. Each software entry is typically defined by the softwares globally unique identifier guid. It gets much tougher if you want to read remotely though. So we have a list of our currently installed software. Get a list of installed software remotely each of the methods mentioned above can also be used to check software installed on other machines in the same network. Use powershell to quickly find installed software scripting. If you create a list of all the computer names in your network, you can use the methods below within a foreach loop to return results from more than a single remote pc. Gathering installed software using powershell microsoft. Using powershell to get a list of installed software from a remote.
I was wondering how to remotely install software using powershell. If you prefer to use one of software audit tools instead of using the command line, read the how to audit software using software inventory tools. Checking domain computers for specific software installed. List installed programs on remote computers with powershell.
Querying any registry information on remote computers via. How to list installed rollup updates like kb3185330. Mar 31, 2020 get a list of installed software remotely each of the methods mentioned above can also be used to check software installed on other machines in the same network. Using wmic to retrieve a list of all installed programs. How to remotely install software using powershell solutions. Apr 08, 2010 uninstalling software remotely is pretty hard to do reliably because not every installed program provides a command line for a silent uninstall even some that do are not silent like they should be so they require user interaction i. Adam bertram is a 20year it veteran, microsoft mvp, blogger, and trainer. How to audit installed software from the command line tips. There are multiple ways how to get the list of installed software on a remote computer. Jun 17, 2019 getwmiobject not only can read information from wmi, but it can also facilitate invoking wmi methods. Understanding do your part and help spread the word. Check installed software with remote registry query.
Then, to list out the list of software on that computer, we simply query. Introducing clarity into installed software audit results if you compare installed programs audit results produced by wmi with the information displayed by the addremove programs list, you can see that it isnt complete, i. Once the change tracking and inventory solution is enabled, you can view the results on the inventory page. I got this script from this site in this script i have some issues that was as follow 1. Use the update settings section to apply the desired settings on the remote machine. Remote installing software powershell solutions experts. The powershell script introduced in this post allows you to easily list all installed programs on remote computers. The getinstalledsoftware script lists the local or remote computer for installed software by querying the registry remotely. It requires wmi and remoteregistry access to the machine. Is it possible to get a list of installed software of a remote computer. It could be simply for just knowing what they have installed, or determining if some software installed may have vulnerabilities which are fixed via a security update or performing an audit for software which may not have been.
It allows network administrators to install and uninstall software on remote windows computers connected to a local network, and to audit installed software and windows updates remotely. This cmdlet is one of a couple in powershell that can work with the wmi repository to make. I want to do this natively in server2012r2, no additional cmdlets to download and install. I have a script to uninstall software on remote computers. Querying windows for the imei number on a local or remote. In part one we we looked at basic syntax and querying for the local computer, discovering ways to gather wmi information using the command line tool wmic. Vbs script check for locked active directory user accounts. In the rightpane of the group policy window, rightclick the program, point to all tasks, and then click redeploy application. I need to regularly audit if the specific software and its version has been installed on the computers in the particular active directory ou that has high security policy template applied, and export it to a list of software. If there is one thing an administrator finds themselves doing, it is probably determining what software is installed on their system. For example, if you have the 32bit version of 7zip installed, it will not show up in wmic product output, as this is an exe only install. It allows for retrieval of additional properties such as the uninstall string of an application as well. Using wmic to retrieve a list of all installed programs windows.
Jan 14, 2010 now this might 80%100% of the software installed on most computers, but there are still a lot of nonmsi installation packages. After a few moments, a list will be displayed in the command prompt detailing the programs installed on the target computer. This web application is installed in a webserver outside the domain, where wds is running. Get the list of installed softwares on remote computers. Catch up on adams articles at, or follow techsnips on. Targetcomputernamehere product get name, version, vendor. How to use group policy to remotely install software in. Get list of software installed from a remote computer. Now this might 80%100% of the software installed on most computers, but there are still a lot of nonmsi installation packages. Inside of the guid key contains all the information about that particular piece of software. Tech support scams are an industrywide issue where scammers trick you into paying for unnecessary technical support services.
Start wmi explorer or any other tool which can run wmi queries. To retrieve a list of software from remote computers. Windows management instrumentation wmi and systems managed through wmi. Installed software is tracked in 2 hives in the registry, depending on how. Installing chocolatey packages remotely with powershell. Discover what software is installed on your machines with. Its time to uninstall a application using powershell. This explains how to use wmic to pull a list of all installed programs. In your automation account, select inventory under configuration management. This usually gives me a display name, display version, install date, publisher, and other version info. Not only reading, by leveraging wmi methods, getwmiobject can also run actions on local or remote systems as well. Use powershell to find installed software scripting blog. There are a few different ways to invoke wmi methods such as using invokewmimethod, but this can be done with getwmiobject as well.
It also provides an extra column in the output which indicates the architecturex86 or x64 of the software. Said deployed script works when ran from a logged on admin. Computer management remote support software for desktop. I really like some of the refinements and suggestions within comments that were.
Remotely install software using wmi and powershell. How to list all installed applications from the command line. Apr 19, 2012 in part one we we looked at basic syntax and querying for the local computer, discovering ways to gather wmi information using the command line tool wmic. I am trying to put a script together to remotely install software on a list of servers 2012r2 i have scoured the internet and although there are some good cmdlets out there. It could be simply for just knowing what they have installed, or determining if some software installed may have vulnerabilities which are fixed via a security update or performing an audit for software which may not have been approved to be installed. In this blog post i am going to play with wmi objects on the local computer and on remote computers. How to audit installed software from the command line.
Later we might query this data to see what java version is installed on each machine. Whenever we need to discover just about any information about a windows computer and its components, we can do so with getwmiobject. This script is updated recently to query 32bit as well as 64bit applications installed on remote computers. You can help protect yourself from scammers by verifying that the contact is a microsoft agent or microsoft employee and that the phone number is an official microsoft global customer service number.
Once again, i turn to invokecommand in powershell to achieve this, but this time i want to upgrade all packages on each machine. Script getremoteprogram get list of installed programs on. The application also audits software installed on network computers. Get list of installed software of remote computer stack overflow.
Premium content you need an expert office subscription to comment. Jul 16, 2014 besides using wmic there are few other ways to get list of installed software from a remote computer. Parameter computername if querying a remote computer, use the computer name. Querying microsoft office license keys goverlan remote. Aug 22, 20 querying any registry information on remote computers via script you can automate a number of manual tasks using scripts, a command line operation is always faster than a gui operation. Run a report on that registry value so you can see details on the installed license. My remote registry read will work here as well, but the registry key was not showing the version level detail i needed. Software \microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall.