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    Installed Software List

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by rick0415, Jul 23, 2008.

  1. rick0415

    rick0415 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm about to format my HD and re-install Vista. I'm going to backup all my data files first and any program installation files. What I'm wondering is there a way to get a list of all the programs currently installed so when I start installing again I don't miss something?
     
    rick0415, Jul 23, 2008
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  2. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Not much of the point of a reformat, install them as you need them.
     
    Thomas, Jul 23, 2008
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  3. paul_r_d

    paul_r_d Notebook Consultant

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    Best solution I can come up with is to do a screen dump of your Programs and Features folder (or Add/remove programs if you're on XP) in the control panel, paste it into paint and print it out.
     
    paul_r_d, Jul 23, 2008
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  4. AKAJohnDoe

    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    CCleaner can export a list for you in text format.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Jul 23, 2008
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    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    In the past I've down like paul_r_d and just did a screen grab and saved the image file so that I could make sure I reinstalled everything. AKAJohnDoe has another good suggestion.
     
    atbnet, Jul 23, 2008
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  6. rick0415

    rick0415 Notebook Enthusiast

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    rick0415, Jul 23, 2008
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  7. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    Another one like AIDA32 is Belarc Advisor...I have used it many times.

    http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
     
    Kdawgca, Jul 24, 2008
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  8. vinumsv

    vinumsv MobileFreak™

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    +1 for Belarc

    or you use this simple command

    Code: 
    dir "c:\Program Files" > prolist.txt
     
    vinumsv, Jul 24, 2008
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  9. AKAJohnDoe

    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    A DIR of PROGRAM FILES will not neccessarily find them all, but will find most of them.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Jul 26, 2008
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  10. deputy963

    deputy963 Notebook Evangelist

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    MyUninstaller by NirSoft is a great little free program that will do this. You can export to text or html. http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/myuninst.html

    It also gives quite a bit of information about installed programs - Install date, location, support address, last used, etc and delete add/remove entries.
     
    deputy963, Jul 28, 2008
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  11. timtravel42

    timtravel42 Notebook Virtuoso

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    i second CCleaner
    i use it every time i reformat
     
    timtravel42, Jul 28, 2008
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  12. THAANSA3

    THAANSA3 Exit Stage Left

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    That's so interesting. The more that I play around with it or come to the board, the more stuff that I'm learning CCleaner can do. It's really a wonderful program.
     
    THAANSA3, Jul 28, 2008
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  13. AKAJohnDoe

    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    CCleaner is one of the select few; the free programs that work very well and are reliable. Others in the category include: Firefox; FileZilla; and RocketDock. There may be others, but this is not really the thread for that topic, those are simply the ones I have installed.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Jul 28, 2008
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  14. THAANSA3

    THAANSA3 Exit Stage Left

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    I have all the same except FileZilla. I'm going to look into it.
     
    THAANSA3, Jul 28, 2008
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  15. AKAJohnDoe

    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    It is an FTP client. I switched to it when FireFTP was not yet ready for FireFox 3. BTW, FireFTP is now FF3-ready.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Jul 28, 2008
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    olyteddy Notebook Deity

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    What the heck do you use it for if you're going to reformat?
     
    olyteddy, Jul 29, 2008
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  17. AKAJohnDoe

    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    FYI: I got tired of FileZilla erroring out and not telling on what or why or retrying or even keeping track of what did not complete, so I deinstalled it.

    I now have a 30 day trial of CuteFTP (which I have used before) and will likely purchase it.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Aug 3, 2008
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    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    Yeah, I'm starting to get fed up with FileZilla. It works most of the time, it just has these little annoyances. I am ready to just buy FlashFXP.
     
    atbnet, Aug 3, 2008
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