Creating a script to list of installed software on multiple computers is the first important step in implementing centralized software inventory for your network. Also, this method of building a list of installed programs in the system can be useful before reinstalling the system when you need to find unwanted software. Information about installed applications should include product name, vendor, version, install path and some other data. This guide describes how to create a script to list installed software on multiple computers and save the list of installed programs to CSV file.

1. HOWTO: Script to List Installed Software on
Multiple Computers
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2. Creating a script to list of installed software on multiple
computers is the first important step in implementing
centralized software inventory for your network. Also, this
method of building a list of installed programs in the system
can be useful before reinstalling the system when you need to
find unwanted software. Information about installed
applications should include product name, vendor, version,
install path and some other data. This guide describes how to
create a script to list installed software on multiple computers
and save the list of installed programs to CSV file. action1.com

3. 1. Execute WMI Query in ROOTCIMV2 Namespace:
- Launch WMI Explorer or any other tool which can run WMI
queries.
- Run WMI query: SELECT * FROM Win32_Product
2. Open WMIC Command-line Interface:
- Press WIN+R
- Type "wmic", press Enter
- In wmic command line tool
type: /node:RemoteComputerName product
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4. 3. Run This Simple Windows Powershell Script:
- thru WMI object: Get-WmiObject -Namespace ROOTCIMV2
- Class Win32_Product -Computer RemoteComputerName
- thru Windows Registry: Get-ItemProperty
HKLM:SoftwareWow6432NodeMicrosoftWindowsCurrentV
ersionUninstall* | Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersion,
Publisher, InstallDate
- thru Get-RemoteProgram cmdlet: Get-RemoteProgram -
ComputerName RemoteComputerName
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5. 4. Use Following Code to Select Specific Columns:
- execute: Get-WmiObject -Namespace ROOTCIMV2 -Class
Win32_Product -Computer RemoteComputerName | Select-
Object Name, Version, PSComputerName
5. Sort the Results Using the Line Below:
- invoke command: Get-WmiObject -Namespace ROOTCIMV2
-Class Win32_Product -Computer RemoteComputerName |
Select-Object Name, Version, PSComputerName | Sort-Object
Name
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6. 6. The Next Code Helps to Filter Results:
- use it: Get-WmiObject -Namespace ROOTCIMV2 -Class
Win32_Product -Computer RemoteComputerName | Select-
Object Name, Version, PSComputerName | Where-Object -
FilterScript {$_.Name -like "Microsoft*"}
7. Save Results to CSV File:
- run: Get-WmiObject -Namespace ROOTCIMV2 -Class
Win32_Product -Computer RemoteComputerName | Select-
Object Name, Version, PSComputerName | Export-CSV
"c:file.csv" -Append -NoTypeInformation
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7. 8. The Next Step Is to Query Multiple Computers:
- computers from a text file: Get-Content -Path c:computers.txt
| ForEach-Object {Get-WmiObject -Namespace ROOTCIMV2 -
Class Win32_Product -Computer $_}
- computers from AD domain: Get-ADComputer -Filter
{OperatingSystem -Like “Windows 10*”} | ForEach-Object {Get-
WmiObject -Namespace ROOTCIMV2 -Class Win32_Product -
Computer $_.Name}
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