PowerShell command to get list of installed programs not working

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I have a Dell Inspiron desktop running Windows 10 Home version 2004. I have a 1TB SATA drive which only has about 48GB free. I am using OneDrive to store all me files and I have 1TB of space, with 770GB used but obviously I cannot use all of it because I will fill up my hard drive. The computer is also slow so I have just ordered a Crucial MX500 2TB SSD and plan to do a clean install of Windows. I have a lot of apps installed which I will need to reinstall after the clean install of Windows. In the past I have taken screen shots of the “Programs and Features” Control Panel applet but I wanted to get a list of the apps I can put in Word to keep track of the reinstalls. I did a search and got this website:

https://helpdeskgeek.com/how-to/generate-a-list-of-installed-programs-in-windows/

I tried “Using The Windows PowerShell (Get-RemoteProgram)” and “Using The Windows PowerShell (WMIC)” but in both cases the text file it generated was empty. I tried running it without piping it to a text file, figuring I would just copy and paste from the PowerShell Window but nothing was displayed. Perhaps I am doing something wrong?

Any help would be appreciated. What I am looking for is a text list of all the applications installed on the computer.

Thanks,
Don

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I kept looking and tried the method shown at this web page.

https://kencenerelli.wordpress.com/2017/11/25/list-installed-programs-on-windows-10/

That generated the text file I have attached here but it lists FAR fewer applications than are on the computer. So I took screen shots of Programs and Features and have attached them as a PDF file. Can someone let me know how to generate a complete list of all the applications installed on the computer in text form?

Thanks,
Don

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Don, check out this link, go then end then scroll up until you see the download link post #2286970 and down load the file. It gives you a lot more info than just the installed programs but you’ll get a tab with that info and there is a button to print the whole report to our Documents directory.

HTH

 

May the Forces of good computing be with you!

RG

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Hi RG,

This worked perfectly. Great script. As you mention, it gives me what I was looking for and a lot more. It generated a PS error, pasted below. Just FYI.

Thanks,
Don

 

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\WINDOWS\system32\CMsLocalPCInfoW10.ps1:2023 char:5
+ $PW = ($PW -Split “:”)[-1].Trim() + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>

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The free Belarc Advisor.

You get detailed report for users, Hardware, Software, license keys, windows updates installed, missing… all in a html reports.

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Snoopdon

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Alex,

Belarc Advisor worked very well.

Thanks,
Don

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