Create List of all installed Programs on Windows

[branx86]

In admin CMD window
wmic /output:C:\list.txt product get name, version

Then go to C:\ and you'll see the file list.txt with all your installed softwares.

Powershell
# Get the current user's Documents folder path
$documentsPath = [Environment]::GetFolderPath("MyDocuments")
$outputFile = Join-Path -Path $documentsPath -ChildPath "InstalledPrograms.txt"

# Collect installed programs from registry
$installedPrograms = Get-ItemProperty -Path `
    HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*, `
    HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*, `
    HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* |
    Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersion, Publisher, InstallDate |
    Where-Object { $_.DisplayName } | # Filter out entries without a DisplayName
    Sort-Object DisplayName

# Output to file in table format
$installedPrograms | Format-Table -AutoSize | Out-File -FilePath $outputFile -Encoding UTF8

# Notify user
Write-Host "Installed programs list saved to: $outputFile"


or the easiest

In PowerShell as admin
# Get the list of installed programs from the registry
$installedPrograms = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Select-Object Name, Version

# Define the file path to save the list in the user's Documents folder
$userDocumentsPath = [Environment]::GetFolderPath('MyDocuments')
$outputFile = "$userDocumentsPath\InstalledProgramsList.txt"

# Save the list to the output file
$installedPrograms | ForEach-Object {
    "$($_.Name) - $($_.Version)"
} | Out-File -FilePath $outputFile

Write-Host "Installed programs list has been saved to: $outputFile"


#The output file will be saved in your Documents folder labeled ( InstalledProgramsList.txt ) and will list the installed programs with their names and versions.