Unfortunately, there isnt an outofthebox way to do this with powershell. Wmi query for an installed application windows hell. How to get a list of all installed software on remote. The goal of this post is to give you a list of sccm cmpivot query examples. It again uses the wmi qfe class to query the list of hotfixes. This extremely simply wmi query is one of those staple powershell lines i use all the time. Learn how to use windows powershell to quickly find installed software on local and remote computers. This script presents the list of the software installed advertised on a client computer. Group policy and wmi, a wonderful combination if youre faced with having to deploy software to those pcs that are, say, from a particular manufacturer, are laptops with windows 7, or almost any other criteria, you can use group policy if you use the option to filter via a wmi query. With this query i can determine how long each wmi query takes to load. Feb 20, 2014 3 thoughts on how to create a collection of computers by installed software. Complete wmi query guide with wmi explorer, powershell, cmd. Jan 14, 2010 with powershell it becomes really powerful.
The scripting wife and i were lucky enough to attend the first powershell user group meeting in corpus christi. Using this script, you can query for all installations of a specific softwares in your configmgr site, returning either the count, or the full list of machines with. How to check if a windows update kb is installed on your. Using wmic to retrieve a list of all installed programs windows. How to audit installed software from the command line tips. If you want to search for specific software, use either the windowsinstaller. Run wmic product get to get a list of installed software, it should be exactly the same list. If you wanted to create a wmi query to determine whether or not a particular application was installed on a machine, how would you do it. In this post, we will change the scope from the client to the entire site. Software task sequence wmi query for installed software. By default, cscript displays the output of a script in the command prompt window. Restricting group policy with wmi filtering windows os hub. The below powershell function check the uninstall location and returns true if a given program is installed and returns false if not installed. Apr 16, 2019 typically, group policy filtering using wmi windows management instrumentation can be used when multiple domain objects users or computers are located in the flat ad structure instead of the separate ou, or if you need to apply group policies, according to the os version, network settings, installed software or any other criteria that can.
Here are some useful wmi queries for sccm 2012 that you can use to create collections. Script powershell program list 32 and 64 bit applications. For reading wmi data on a remote server, a connection needs to be made from your management computer where our monitoring software is installed to the server that youre monitoring the target server. Microsoft office 2003 with none sp, sp1 or sp2 if this is true. But is it possible for the group policy to only apply to systems that have mozilla firefox installed. Wmi is powerful and flexible, and when used correctly it can deliver the best and most important information about your. Wmi is accessible over networks and lets users query remote systems to gain information about them. The ultimate wmi queries list for system center configuration manager has been moved from a blog post to a static page. Get list of software installed from a remote computer. How to get list of installed programs in windows 10. The following four approaches can give us several methods to find and retrieve also remotely the guid of installed msi packages. A product generally correlates to one installation package. How to query wmi with command line cmd and batch file. Check if a software program is installed using powershell.
This means youre only going to get data on softwarepackages installed using msi. Aug 12, 2015 using this script, you can query for all installations of a specific softwares in your configmgr site, returning either the count, or the full list of machines with the software installed. When i say software inventory, im actually referring to the hardware inventory process strange but true in configuration manager that. Wmi tasks for computer software obtain information such as which software is installed by the microsoft windows installer msi and software versions. Jun 12, 2014 get the name of installed antivirus using powershell today m when i was playing with the wmi, i have found a cool wmi class and namespace, the class is antivirusproduct and the namespace is root\securitycenter2, when you query the namespace, this will show you the name of the antivirus installed on your laptop. If you want to do an inventory of all installed software in your active directory domain, then keep on reading my post. It has a high level of detail for example, caption, installdate. Installing windows installer applications using wmi. Jan 25, 2016 information about installed antivirus software on local or remote machines script is checking status of installed avtivirus software on local or remote machines. All users including nonadministrators are able to queryread wmi data on the local computer. But there are differences between getwmiobject and getciminstance. At its simplest, the client uses wmi to extract information about the hardware, os, and installed software of the client machine.
Further, calling this class causes a repair action to be executed on every program it re. I ended up using ccleaner and exporting that info to text filecsv format. To show this, i will perform a wmi lookup for software and then show you. Can you explain how installed application differs from installled software. If you enjoyed this post, be sure to check out some. Get the installed software details of your system in. Accordingly, to get a complete list of installed software, you will need to scan information from all three branches of the registry. Check the windows update cbs registry entries for each update installed, a corresponding component based servicing package registry entry is created. How to script to list installed software on multiple. Use powershell to list installed software from configmgr 3 replies in this blog i will share a few powershell functions that help me to quickly identify software installedadvertised on a client computer, as well as to list all the computers that have installed a specific application.
Put simply, if the information exists, there is probably a wmi query that can be created to access it. Configuration manager and wmi looking inside microsoft. Check if a software program is installed using powershell script. All of the systems that i support have the sccm client installed on them.
Sccm cmpivot has been introduced in sccm 1806 and its making its way to be a pretty useful addition. To enable wmi tracing execute this on an elevated command prompt. Quickly export wmi query results to microsoft excel or access or sort and filter the results directly in hyena. Gathering installed software using powershell microsoft certified. I used the criteria tab in the query wizard and to build the logic i need, but the result is null.
Aug 22, 2019 also, productcode can be used to query feature state, and product state. Wql query for installed application with installation date filter. May 09, 2012 hello guys im having a hard problem with a wmi filter and maybe you can lend me a hand. Windows management instrumentation wmi is a framework of system tools that has been built into the windows operating system. Wmi installed query different from addremove programs list. Nov 28, 2018 if an application was installed in the for this user mode, then it should be present in the registry key. Find installed software via wmi and sccm adam the automator.
For example, query all computers in an ad domain for list of installed software. I have found a much better search faster and more accurate is to query the registry. To query for wmi query execution events we need to filter for event 11 which contains also the initiating process id. Using powershell to get a list of installed software from a. This powershell script list all the installed application on both 32 and 64 bit applications, particularly useful for people managing both 32bit and 64bit applications. Creating a script to list of installed software on multiple computers is the first important step in implementing centralized software inventory for your network. If you dont have sccm 0712 then im sorry to say this wmi class doesnt exist. By bluemoon786, february 21, 20 in configuration manager 2007. In recent years, microsoft has developed several new scripting technologies intended to extend availability of the windows component object model beyond the reach of software developers. Script get the name of installed antivirus using powershell.
Check if a program is installed or not by checking registry. Now, since we have the cm client installed, we have a much better wmi class or cim instance to query for installed software. Query with freeware tool wmi explorer by alexander kozlov. Export list of installed software programs into csv file. It is a prime example of many of the benefits of wmi.
There are certain applications that do not show up when we query using installed application even though they are visible in the add and remove programs. So, putting it in a wmi filter means that gp processing will wait on the completion of that dog slow query before preceding. This is something i use often when i simply want to find out what kind of software. Checking domain computers for specific software installed. For example, we get the entire list of installed software on a remote computer.
I dont want to go into details on that because there is a multitude of information on this topic already. Hyenas wmi integration is not just limited to executing queries and viewing the results. Group policy and wmi, a wonderful combination simple talk. 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. Wmi and cim is a definition of management information. Sep 27, 2018 sccm cmpivot has been introduced in sccm 1806 and its making its way to be a pretty useful addition. If i wanted to setup a group policy that installed java, this would be no problem. Im having a hard problem with a wmi filter and maybe you can lend me a hand. Thus, we launched a console utility for interacting with the wmi structure on a local or remote computer.
In this blog i will share a few powershell functions that help me to quickly identify software installed advertised on a client computer, as well as to list all the computers that have installed a specific application. Windows management instrumentation wmi is a special system interface that provides an access for windows components and external applications to the system information that includes software inventory data. Getting a list of installed applications seems like something a lot of windows admins would like to do. I am trying to build a wql query to allow me to identify a specific arp application and sort or filter by date installed. Enable wmi windows management instrumentation for remote. Needing a wmi query for searching an installed application on a. Sure it is an old script, but there aint a faster way to get a realtime list of installed software using powershell, guaranteed. In my last post, i demonstrated how we can retrieve software inventory information for a single configmgr client or an array of clients, using powershell. Because wmi scripts can produce large amounts of output, you might want to redirect the output to a file. To show this, i will perform a wmi lookup for software and then show you what happens as we are receiving data from wmi on installed software from this class. Wmi reporting tool system admin software systemtools. Script is using wmi query to get information of installed antivirus products. One cause is that this class only displays products installed using windows. How to create a collection of computers by installed software.
I would store the collected information into a hash table. Wmi query with windows management instrumentation tester. It also provides an extra column in the output which indicates the architecturex86 or x64 of the software. Get the list of installed software on remote computers using powershell the system administrator often needs to check whether a certain program andor version is installed on your network computers.
What i need to do is to create a policie with a wmi filter to check if the computers in my domain have this installed. Get msi packages guid comparing productcode and upgradecode launch powershell. Further, calling this class causes a repair action to be executed on every program it returns. As others have mentioned, you can get this info with a wmi query for. In tomorrows blog post, i will show you how to write one wql query in order to find pcs that have either x86 or x64 versions of microsoft project 2010 installed. I dont know much about wmi, but i imagine if it can be done, it would be with a wmi filter. At the moment there is support for windows xp sp3, vista sp2, 7, 8, 8. Jul 16, 2014 besides using wmic there are few other ways to get list of installed software from a remote computer. This explains how to use wmic to pull a list of all installed programs on a. Using wmic to retrieve a list of all installed programs. If you enjoyed this post, be sure to check out some similar posts on sccm how to create a robust sccm backup with powershell. Check if a software is installed in remote machine.
Besides using wmic there are few other ways to get list of installed software from a remote computer. How to list all installed applications from the command line. How to script to list installed software on multiple computers. Installed products consist of installed software elements and features so its worth checking wmic aliass for product as well as checking softwareelement and softwarefeature. Get the name of installed antivirus using powershell today m when i was playing with the wmi, i have found a cool wmi class and namespace, the class is antivirusproduct and the namespace is root\securitycenter2, when you query the namespace, this will show you the name of the antivirus installed on your laptop. Check if a software is installed by using wmi query. Needing a wmi query for searching an installed application on a workstation.
How to audit installed software from the command line. Mar 05, 2020 check if a program is installed or not by checking registry. How to make wmi filter to check for installed software. Installed software is configured by the software inventory section in the client agent settings. Per example running a query that will provide me a list of computer that has c. Is there another wmi query i need to use to get the rest of the programs installed. This information can be accessed through a commandline using windows management instrumentation commandline wmic. The first thing you will notice about this method, is that it takes a very. Create your own wmi queries using hyenas easy to use graphical query builder. Subselect query for sccm queries or collections wql. For example, you can check if an important windows update is installed or if all workstations have the correct version of ms office.
Copy and paste these into the query statement of the query rule. Hkcu\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall. This means youre only going to get data on software packages installed using msi. Obviously the sccm class requires sccm to be installed on the. Script information about installed antivirus software on. Get installed programs via cmd or powershell server fault. Find installed software using wmi and stdregprov one thing i wouldnt do though is to rely on scripting techniques, powershell or otherwise to service as a. Check if a program is installed or not by checking registry value. Gathering installed software using powershell microsoft. This class is misused in a number of scripts because while it does provide you the information about the installed software, it comes with a cost associated with it. I am able to query for just the application i am targeting, but the date filter doesnt work, it seems. Powershell check and find the product guid of an installed.
It is important for anyone working on configmgr to understand wmi and its leverage by configmgr. This script is updated recently to query 32bit as well as 64bit applications installed on remote computers. How to uninstall software remotely using wmi on windows. Im sure that you can see how useful the subselect query can be for targeting pcs that do not have a specific software title installed. I did not find a good command line solution for finding all installed programs. Use powershell to quickly find installed software scripting blog. Use powershell to quickly find installed software scripting. In this blog post i am going to play with wmi objects on the local computer and on remote computers. If you are not familiar with this new feature, you can read about it in our previous post which describes how to use it.
Configmgr also uses wmi to enable client agent and serverside functions. I wanted to check if anyone has a query that i can modify where it will let me find a particular application is installed on a machine. Use powershell to list installed software from configmgr. This code also contains an exclusion array where you can exclude list of program that you dont want to sho. For example, installer api msiqueryfeaturestateex and msiqueryproductstate, etc.
Now using the wmi query language wql, you can execute various wmi commands. Execute any wmi query for one or more computers instantly. This makes it difficult to analyze actual software use or to make projections for future software needs. This article explains how to get the installed software details of your system. In his latest article, marcin policht discusses one of these technologies, windows management instrumentation wmi, and specifically one of the management areas that can be controlled with wmi. Half the school are still running office 2010 while the other half are on 2016. Wmi reporting tool system admin software systemtools hyena.
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