README.md

This is a simple library that can retrieve the list of installed applications in Windows.

It is based on ListPrograms which is in turn based on a VB Script linked from a StackOverflow Post

My purpose is fairly limited, so haven't replicated all of the functionality. In particular, the following is still to be done

• GetUserInstallerKeyPrograms has not been migrated
• Not all the programs will be detected if the JVM is 32 bit running on a 64bit windows (http://symbolthree.blogspot.com/2016/11/access-windows-registry-using-jna.html)

Installation

This module is not in the maven repositories, but it should be very easy to install it locally

$ git clone https://github.com/drone-ah/JavaListApps
$ cd JavaListApps
$ mvn install

You can then include it in your pom.xml

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.droneah</groupId>
    <artifactId>list-apps</artifactId>
    <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>

Usage

The usage is very simple

Map<String, Software> list = ListApps.getInstalledApps(false);

for(Software soft: list.values()) {
    System.out.println(soft.getDisplayName() + ": " + soft.getPublisher());
}