BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Finding an installed program path          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> C++ Builder (Native API) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Jeff Guest Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 3:03 pm    Post subject: Finding an installed program path Does anyone know how to find the install path for a specific program? My program requires that another program be installed, then extract files to its installation folder. Any ideas on how to find it? Thanks, Jeff Back to top Liz Albin Guest Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 3:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Finding an installed program path On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 08:03:40 -0700, Jeff wrote: Quote: My program requires that another program be installed, then extract files to its installation folder. Any ideas on how to find it? You could search the whole drive (not recommended) or, check the registry for whatever entries the program makes -- Good luck, liz Back to top Jeff Guest Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 3:17 pm    Post subject: Re: Finding an installed program path Searching the drive would take forever, and I didn't write the other program so I don't know what Registry entries it makes. I've searched through the Registry and none of the entries with its name contain the path. "Liz Albin" <lizalbin (AT) yahooNotThis (DOT) com> wrote Quote: On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 08:03:40 -0700, Jeff wrote: My program requires that another program be installed, then extract files to its installation folder. Any ideas on how to find it? You could search the whole drive (not recommended) or, check the registry for whatever entries the program makes -- Good luck, liz Back to top Liz Albin Guest Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 3:50 pm    Post subject: Re: Finding an installed program path On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 08:17:54 -0700, Jeff wrote: Quote: Searching the drive would take forever, and I didn't write the other program so I don't know what Registry entries it makes. You could also search the startmenu tree... if the exe is in the program list, then its properties will be there... -- Good luck, liz Back to top Jeff Guest Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Finding an installed program path That could work, but the user could delete those items at any time, then my program wouldn't work anymore. "Liz Albin" <lizalbin (AT) yahooNotThis (DOT) com> wrote Quote: On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 08:17:54 -0700, Jeff wrote: Searching the drive would take forever, and I didn't write the other program so I don't know what Registry entries it makes. You could also search the startmenu tree... if the exe is in the program list, then its properties will be there... -- Good luck, liz Back to top Remy Lebeau (TeamB) Guest Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 6:55 pm    Post subject: Re: Finding an installed program path "Jeff" <Jeff (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote Quote: I didn't write the other program so I don't know what Registry entries it makes. That is a simple matter to figure out. Use a Registry monitoring program, such as RegMon ([url]http://www.sysinternals.com)[/url], to log all changes to the Registry when you install and run the program. Gambit Back to top Remy Lebeau (TeamB) Guest Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 6:55 pm    Post subject: Re: Finding an installed program path "Jeff" <Jeff (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote Quote: I've searched through the Registry and none of the entries with its name contain the path. Did you search for just the filename and no names? Did you try searching for the 8.3 format of the filename rather than the long filename? Gambit Back to top Jeff Guest Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 7:35 pm    Post subject: Re: Finding an installed program path Thank you, I'll try this. "Remy Lebeau (TeamB)" <no.spam (AT) no (DOT) spam.com> wrote Quote: "Jeff" <Jeff (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote in message news:4224879f$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... I didn't write the other program so I don't know what Registry entries it makes. That is a simple matter to figure out. Use a Registry monitoring program, such as RegMon ([url]http://www.sysinternals.com)[/url], to log all changes to the Registry when you install and run the program. 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