I'd like to know how to get a list of the software installed on computers on a network.
I am able to get the list of software installed for my local machine, but am not sure of how I can extract the details of installed software on the computers within the network.
I am using the server name or the IP address of the network computer as the only input.
Below is the code (which I had implemented until now) which is getting the details of installed software from the local machine:
const string registry_key = @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall";
private void ListSoftwareInstalled(string servername)
{
var result = new List<string>();
result.AddRange(GetInstalledProgramsFromRegistry(RegistryView.Registry32));
result.AddRange(GetInstalledProgramsFromRegistry(RegistryView.Registry64));
if (result != null && result.Count > 0)
{
// Convert to DataTable.
DataTable table = ConvertListToDataTable(result);
foreach (var column in table.Columns.Cast<DataColumn>().ToArray())
{
if (table.AsEnumerable().All(dr => dr.IsNull(column)))
table.Columns.Remove(column);
}
table.Columns["Column1"].ColumnName = "Installed Software";
GenerateExcel(table);
}
}
private DataTable ConvertListToDataTable(List<string> result)
{
// New table.
DataTable table = new DataTable();
// Get max columns.
int columns = 0;
foreach (var array in result)
{
if (array.Length > columns)
columns = array.Length;
}
// Add columns.
for (int i = 0; i < columns; i++)
table.Columns.Add();
// Add rows.
foreach (var array in result)
table.Rows.Add(array);
return table;
}
private static IEnumerable<string> GetInstalledProgramsFromRegistry(RegistryView registryView)
{
var result = new List<string>();
using (RegistryKey key = RegistryKey.OpenBaseKey(RegistryHive.LocalMachine, registryView).OpenSubKey(registry_key))
{
foreach (string subkey_name in key.GetSubKeyNames())
{
using (RegistryKey subkey = key.OpenSubKey(subkey_name))
{
if (IsProgramVisible(subkey))
{
result.Add((string)subkey.GetValue("DisplayName"));
}
}
}
}
return result;
}
private static bool IsProgramVisible(RegistryKey subkey)
{
var name = (string)subkey.GetValue("DisplayName");
var releaseType = (string)subkey.GetValue("ReleaseType");
//var unistallString = (string)subkey.GetValue("UninstallString");
var systemComponent = subkey.GetValue("SystemComponent");
var parentName = (string)subkey.GetValue("ParentDisplayName");
return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(name) &&
string.IsNullOrEmpty(releaseType) &&
string.IsNullOrEmpty(parentName) &&
(systemComponent == null);
}
private void GenerateExcel(DataTable dt)
{
XL.Application oXL;
XL._Workbook oWB;
XL._Worksheet oSheet;
XL.Range oRng;
try
{
oXL = new XL.Application();
Application.DoEvents();
oXL.Visible = false;
//Get a new workbook.
oWB = (XL._Workbook)(oXL.Workbooks.Add(Missing.Value));
oSheet = (XL._Worksheet)oWB.ActiveSheet;
//System.Data.DataTable dtGridData=ds.Tables[0];
int iRow = 2;
if (dt.Rows.Count > 0)
{
for (int j = 0; j < dt.Columns.Count; j++)
{
oSheet.Cells[1, j + 1] = dt.Columns[j].ColumnName;
}
// For each row, print the values of each column.
for (int rowNo = 0; rowNo < dt.Rows.Count; rowNo++)
{
for (int colNo = 0; colNo < dt.Columns.Count; colNo++)
{
oSheet.Cells[iRow, colNo + 1] = dt.Rows[rowNo][colNo].ToString();
}
iRow++;
}
iRow++;
}
oRng = oSheet.get_Range("A1", "IV1");
oRng.EntireColumn.AutoFit();
oXL.Visible = true;
}
catch (Exception theException)
{
throw theException;
}
finally
{
oXL = null;
oWB = null;
oSheet = null;
oRng = null;
}
}
Please help and guide me towards achieving this. Thanks in advance for looking it in to this Question and spending your valuable time.