How to get a message when a software is installed or uninstalled

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I would to get a message whenever a new software is installed or any software is uninstalled. How to do this using C#. Help me through C#.

Posted 5-Sep-11 1:28am

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Philippe Mori 5-Sep-11 20:33pm

Although not recommanded, you can write custom code that is run when an application is installed or uninstalled... I say not recommanded because I think that using only standard stuff help Windows to be able to handle things like restore, repair...

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Md. Marufuzzaman · Answer 1 · 2011-09-05T01:51:00

Hi,
The code below display the list of current installed software, so what I would do is, make a xml record, create a function to get new list for synchronization, get the mismatch && finally detect the victim.

C#

string registry_key = @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall";
using(Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey key = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(registry_key))
{
    foreach(string subkey_name in key.GetSubKeyNames())
    {
        using(RegistryKey subkey = key.OpenSubKey(subkey_name))
        {
                Console.WriteLine(subkey.GetValue("DisplayName"));
        }
    }
}

//Another way to do that:

ManagementObjectSearcher managementObjects = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_Product");
foreach(ManagementObject managementObject in managementObjects.Get())
{
    Console.WriteLine(mo["Name"]);
}