Hi

Is there a way to determine if an application was installed for everyone or just for me after a user has set it up?

thanks in advance

Hello,

Since there are many difference between a Per-User installation and a Per-Machine installation. Please check the following documentation

Installation Context
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd765197(VS.85).aspx

The easiest way to determine if an application was installed for everyone or just for me might be check the where the shortcut is stored and the registry.

However, if you want get it programmatically, you can try to call the MsiEnumProducts or MsiEnumProductsEx functions(as Phil suggested) to enumerate all the products installed on the system, and then retrieve information about the installation context of these products by calling the MsiGetProductInfoEx or MsiGetProductInfo functions.

Thanks,
Rong-Chun Zhang
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There are Windows APIs like MsiEnumProductsEx that will list all installed products and tell you whether they are installed per-user or per-machine. Is that the kind of thing you're looking for?

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Phil Wilson

Hello,

Since there are many difference between a Per-User installation and a Per-Machine installation. Please check the following documentation

Installation Context
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd765197(VS.85).aspx

The easiest way to determine if an application was installed for everyone or just for me might be check the where the shortcut is stored and the registry.

However, if you want get it programmatically, you can try to call the MsiEnumProducts or MsiEnumProductsEx functions(as Phil suggested) to enumerate all the products installed on the system, and then retrieve information about the installation context of these products by calling the MsiGetProductInfoEx or MsiGetProductInfo functions.

Thanks,
Rong-Chun Zhang
MSDN Subscriber Support in Forum
If you have any feedback on our support, please contact msdnmg@microsoft.com

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