Since the beginning of history, never thought about all the technological advances and inventions that man would make and one that completely changed our lives was the computer.
And today it is a fundamental tool to carry out our jobs or to have fun. But even so we do not know how to delve into it, that is why we will show you how to see all the programs installed in Windows with the CMD command.
When we want to know about the programs that we have installed on our PC, we could use another program to do it.
But there is a very different way to do this without resorting to this method. And it is through the use of the CMD command prompt, which will give us a text file with all the required information about the programs and their versions.
We have already taught you what are the basic commands to run programs in Windows 10, which is very different from what we will show you today. Since you have probably deleted and installed programs and you are not sure which ones are installed. Although you could also do it through the control panel and then selecting programs and features.
How to view all installed programs in Windows with CMD command
As we are talking from the beginning about the little knowledge we have about the electronic devices that we use every day, such as the PC or the mobile phone. We find it very convenient that you learn to use other methods to request information or end processes on your computer with the use of the CMD command or the task manager for example.
So so that we can see all the programs installed in Windows with the CMD command we are going to carry out the following operation. The first thing we are going to do is go to the Windows start search engine and write the following cmd command. This action will generate the Command Prompt icon, select it with the cursor and press the right mouse button.
When doing this, several options will appear at the bottom of the screen, but we must choose Run as administrator. We will now have on our screen the end of Windows and we will write the following wmic command and then we will press the Enter key. So that it can be executed.
Entering the CDM command to view the list of programs
Once we do this, we will write the command that will show us the text list with all the programs that are installed on our PC. The command that we will write will be this: /output:D:\installed_applications.txt product get name, version.
Now you can see that a text list has been generated on the screen and you can see the name of the programs, most of them are from Microsoft Office. And on the right side, you will find the version of each program, as you can see in a very easy and fast way to generate this information in the form of a text file.
If the version of Windows you are using does not give you this list, then you should do the following. You go to drive C: you will do this by going to Start, then select Computer and finally Local C: You click to open the drive and you must look for a text file that will be called InstallList.
This file will indicate the creation date and time that must coincide with the current one and will also indicate that it is a TXT file. Now you just have to open this file and check that it has the data of all the programs installed in Windows. It is a great tool that you should learn to use in the future.
And in this way, we show you how simple it is to rummage through our PC, in search of necessary information for us. And that most of the time, we do not dare to do it for fear of the unknown, but our purpose is that, to unveil the mystery and teach you that you can do it yourself.
Thus we finish this instructive guide that showed you the steps you must follow to know how to see all the programs installed in Windows with the CMD command.