Enumerate uninstall registry key to get displayname & displayversionvalue

[moshbmxer4130]

Hey, I am trying to enumerate the

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

registry key and check the displayname & displayversion registry value for all the sub keys under the uninstall key then compare the displayname & displayversion value with a if statement.

For example if one of the the displayname = "Adobe Flash Player 10 ActiveX" & displayversion = "10.1.82.76" then textbox.text = "Your adobe flash is up to date"


This is the code I been using to check a specific registry value to see if quicktime 7.67.75.0 is installed i figured it would be best to enumerate the subkeys and check the displayname & displayversion because im checking like 6 programs to see if the version is current.

Dim quicktime As String
quicktime = My.Computer.Registry.GetValue _
("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{EB900AF8-CC61-4E15-871B-98D1EA3E8025}", "DisplayVersion", Nothing)
quicktime = (quicktime)

If quicktime = "7.67.75.0" Then quicktime1.Text = " Quicktime 7.67.75.0 is installed" Else quicktime1.Text = " Quicktime 7.67.75.0 is not installed"

If quicktime = "7.67.75.0" Then quicktime1.ForeColor = Color.Green Else quicktime1.ForeColor = Color.Red


I'm new to VB any help would be great!!!

Im using vb 08

[dglienna]

I don't think that's the best way to do it. Plus, it's just as easy to tell you how to REMOVE programs, which would be against the AUP, in my estimation.

You can check the version thats running, as well. In task manager...

[moshbmxer4130]

Im not trying to uninstall programs. i'm trying to check the version then display the version in a text box so a user can run the program to see if their software needs updated.

[dglienna]

This site still exists, but the link changed. This enumerates the registry, but doesn't do much else, but enumerate the data keys, then the value keys.

Const ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS = 259&
Const HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG = &H80000005
Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
Private Declare Function RegCloseKey Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal hKey As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RegOpenKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegOpenKeyA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, phkResult As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RegEnumKeyEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegEnumKeyExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal dwIndex As Long, ByVal lpName As String, lpcbName As Long, ByVal lpReserved As Long, ByVal lpClass As String, lpcbClass As Long, lpftLastWriteTime As Any) As Long
Private Declare Function RegEnumValue Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegEnumValueA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal dwIndex As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String, lpcbValueName As Long, ByVal lpReserved As Long, lpType As Long, lpData As Any, lpcbData As Long) As Long

Private Sub Form_Load()
    'KPD-Team 2001
    'URL: http://www.allapi.net/
    'E-Mail: KPDTeam@Allapi.net
    Dim hKey As Long, Cnt As Long, sName As String, sData As String, Ret As Long, RetData As Long
    Const BUFFER_SIZE As Long = 255
    'Set the forms graphics mode to persistent
    Me.AutoRedraw = True
    Me.Print "RegEnumKeyEx"
    Ret = BUFFER_SIZE
    'Open the registry key
    If RegOpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "Hardware", hKey) = 0 Then
        'Create a buffer
        sName = Space(BUFFER_SIZE)
        'Enumerate the keys
        While RegEnumKeyEx(hKey, Cnt, sName, Ret, ByVal 0&, vbNullString, ByVal 0&, ByVal 0&) <> ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS
            'Show the enumerated key
            Me.Print " " + Left$(sName, Ret)
            'prepare for the next key
            Cnt = Cnt + 1
            sName = Space(BUFFER_SIZE)
            Ret = BUFFER_SIZE
        Wend
        'close the registry key
        RegCloseKey hKey
    Else
        Me.Print " Error while calling RegOpenKey"
    End If
    Me.Print vbCrLf + "RegEnumValue"
    Cnt = 0
    'Open a registry key
    If RegOpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion", hKey) = 0 Then
        'initialize
        sName = Space(BUFFER_SIZE)
        sData = Space(BUFFER_SIZE)
        Ret = BUFFER_SIZE
        RetData = BUFFER_SIZE
        'enumerate the values
        While RegEnumValue(hKey, Cnt, sName, Ret, 0, ByVal 0&, ByVal sData, RetData) <> ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS
            'show data
            If RetData > 0 Then Me.Print " " + Left$(sName, Ret) + "=" + Left$(sData, RetData - 1)
            'prepare for next value
            Cnt = Cnt + 1
            sName = Space(BUFFER_SIZE)
            sData = Space(BUFFER_SIZE)
            Ret = BUFFER_SIZE
            RetData = BUFFER_SIZE
        Wend
        'Close the registry key
        RegCloseKey hKey
    Else
        Me.Print " Error while calling RegOpenKey"
    End If
End Sub