Get A List Of Software Installed On Your PC With A Single Line Of PowerShell

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Saw this on http://www.howtogeek.com:

 

In Powershell:

 

Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Select-Object -Property Name

 

To output the results to a file:

 

Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Select-Object -Property Name > C:\Software\PCapps.txt

 

To compare the software installed on one computer with another:

 

Compare-Object -ReferenceObject (Get-Content C:\Software\PCapps.txt) -DifferenceObject (Get-Content C:\Software\LAPTOPapps.txt)

 

I am a complete novice when it comes to Powershell but this looks like it might be useful occasionally.

 

I will be on the lookout for other similar Powershell statements.