Use "Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC)" to get the list of all installed programs

Windows comes with a command line version of the Management Instrumentation (WMIC).

To get the list of all installed programs in a text file, simply enter the following command in a prompt:

wmic product > c:\product.txt

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To get a list of installed apps on a remote PC you can do the command:

wmic /node:"PC NAME" product list

and redirect it to a file using file redirections


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To get the List of installed Windows Updates using WMIC:
wmic qfe get > c:\list.txt