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Getting All Installed Programs From Windows Registry Using Multi-Threading
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using Microsoft.Win32; | |
using System.Collections.Generic; | |
using System.ComponentModel; | |
using System.Windows.Forms; | |
namespace TestCSharpApp | |
{ | |
public partial class Form1 : Form | |
{ | |
public Form1() | |
{ | |
InitializeComponent(); | |
MainMethod(); | |
} | |
public List<string> result = new List<string>(); | |
public BackgroundWorker bgWorker = new BackgroundWorker(); | |
public delegate void DelegateCallback(string s); | |
private void MainMethod() | |
{ | |
bgWorker.DoWork += BgWorker_DoWork; | |
bgWorker.RunWorkerCompleted += BgWorker_RunWorkerCompleted; | |
bgWorker.RunWorkerAsync(); | |
} | |
private void BgWorker_RunWorkerCompleted(object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e) | |
{ | |
bgWorker.DoWork -= BgWorker_DoWork; | |
bgWorker.RunWorkerCompleted -= BgWorker_RunWorkerCompleted; | |
} | |
private void BgWorker_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e) | |
{ | |
result = Get_Installed_Software.GetInstalled_Programs(); | |
if (result != null) | |
{ | |
result.ForEach((string item) => listBox1.Invoke(new DelegateCallback(UpdateUI), | |
new string[] { item })); /* Use string.split to split at "," */ | |
} | |
} | |
private void UpdateUI(string item) | |
{ | |
listBox1.Items.Add(item); | |
} | |
} | |
public static class Get_Installed_Software | |
{ | |
private const string reg_key = @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall"; | |
public static List<string> GetInstalled_Programs() | |
{ | |
List<string> program_Values = new List<string>(); | |
program_Values.AddRange(ReadProgram_Instalations(RegistryView.Registry32)); | |
program_Values.AddRange(ReadProgram_Instalations(RegistryView.Registry64)); | |
return program_Values; | |
} | |
private static IEnumerable<string> ReadProgram_Instalations(RegistryView registryView) | |
{ | |
List<string> program_Values = new List<string>(); | |
using (RegistryKey key = RegistryKey.OpenBaseKey(RegistryHive.LocalMachine, registryView).OpenSubKey(reg_key)) | |
{ | |
for (int i = 0; i < key.GetSubKeyNames().Length; i++) | |
{ | |
using (RegistryKey subkey = key.OpenSubKey(key.GetSubKeyNames()[i])) | |
{ | |
if (All_KeyValues_Exist(subkey)) | |
{ | |
program_Values.Add(string.Concat((string)subkey.GetValue("DisplayName"), ", ", (string)subkey.GetValue("Publisher"), ", ", (string)subkey.GetValue("InstallLocation"))); | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
return program_Values; | |
} | |
private static bool All_KeyValues_Exist(RegistryKey subkey) | |
{ | |
string app_Name = (string)subkey.GetValue("DisplayName"); | |
string publisher_Name = (string)subkey.GetValue("Publisher"); | |
string installLocation = (string)subkey.GetValue("InstallLocation"); | |
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(app_Name) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(publisher_Name) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(installLocation)) | |
return false; | |
else | |
return true; | |
} | |
} | |
} |
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