P PaulB Member Joined Oct 27, 2015 Posts 19 Jan 10, 2016 #1 I will soon be getting a new Windows 10 laptop. I am currently running a Vista laptop and would like an easy way of generating a list of all the programs in my Start Menu so that I can work through them deciding what I need on my new machine. Short of doing loads of screen shots of the Start Menu, is there an easy way of achieving this (e.g. using the dir command on a directory somewhere and putting the output to a file)?
I will soon be getting a new Windows 10 laptop. I am currently running a Vista laptop and would like an easy way of generating a list of all the programs in my Start Menu so that I can work through them deciding what I need on my new machine. Short of doing loads of screen shots of the Start Menu, is there an easy way of achieving this (e.g. using the dir command on a directory somewhere and putting the output to a file)?
Tekno Venus Senior Administrator, Developer Staff member Joined Jul 21, 2012 Posts 7,199 Location UK Jan 10, 2016 #2 Hi, Try running this from an admin command prompt: Code: wmic /output:C:\InstallList.txt product get name,version That will produce a file C:\InstallList.txt with a list of all your installed programs. The command may take a few minutes to complete. -Stephen
Hi, Try running this from an admin command prompt: Code: wmic /output:C:\InstallList.txt product get name,version That will produce a file C:\InstallList.txt with a list of all your installed programs. The command may take a few minutes to complete. -Stephen
P PaulB Member Joined Oct 27, 2015 Posts 19 Jan 10, 2016 #3 Thank you very much - that looks as though it gives me a list that I can work with :)
xilolee Moderator Staff member Joined Dec 31, 2013 Posts 3,670 Location World, Europe, Italy Jan 10, 2016 #4 Hi PaulB. :smile9: You can also try this one (from an elevated command prompt): Code: dir /b /s "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\*.lnk" > "%userprofile%\desktop\MyPrograms.txt" & dir /b /s "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\*.lnk" >> "%userprofile%\desktop\MyPrograms.txt" (Tried on Win10 home x64) :wave:
Hi PaulB. :smile9: You can also try this one (from an elevated command prompt): Code: dir /b /s "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\*.lnk" > "%userprofile%\desktop\MyPrograms.txt" & dir /b /s "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\*.lnk" >> "%userprofile%\desktop\MyPrograms.txt" (Tried on Win10 home x64) :wave:
P PaulB Member Joined Oct 27, 2015 Posts 19 Jan 10, 2016 #5 Thank you very much Tekno Venus and xilolee - between those three commands I should get what I was after!!!
Thank you very much Tekno Venus and xilolee - between those three commands I should get what I was after!!!
Tekno Venus Senior Administrator, Developer Staff member Joined Jul 21, 2012 Posts 7,199 Location UK Jan 10, 2016 #6 Great - glad we could help! :)