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Your program will be listed in the registry.<br />
The key is:<br />
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWAR<wbr />E\Microsof<wbr />t\Windows\<wbr />CurrentVer<wbr />sion\Unins<wbr />tall<br />
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You will need to find your program from the list. Each key is one entry on the Currently Installed Programs in Add/Remove programs. Once you find your program, just find the appropriate Value. <br />
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Then access that value from your program.<br />
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Here are some links if you need help reading Registry Keys:<br />
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<a href="http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=4487" rel="ugc">http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=4487</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vb/registry_with_vb.aspx" rel="ugc">http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vb/registry_with_vb.aspx</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.tutorialdash.com/tutorial/visual-basic/basics/view/How-to-Read-and-Write-from-Registry-Key-Values-Using-VBNet_36881" rel="ugc">http://www.tutorialdash.com/tutorial/visual-basic/basics/view/How-to-Read-and-Write-from-Registry-Key-Values-Using-VBNet_36881</a><br />
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This looks like it is going to work except for one problem. My program is listed as a long Hex code &quot;67C99ECF6D9DB1445AD173C5F<wbr />E7A0430&quot; and this code changes for each time a new version is installed. <br />
Is there a way to do a search on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE for a specific value so that I can find the folder, Once I have the folder I can determine what the registry entry for the version is.<br />
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I have a VB.net application that is installed on multiple computers. I need to retrieve the install version listed in Windows Add Remove programs using VB.Net code. <br />
I cannot use the version listed on the exe file itself because the executable is updated seperate from the install, I update the executable very frequently with other code. The install is only updated when a dependancy changes. <br />
By getting the version listed in Add remove programs I can compare it to the version of the installer and notify the user if their install is not up to date.<br />
The application only runs on Windows XP (currently SP2)<br />
Thanks<br />

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I have a VB.net application that is installed on multiple computers. I need to retrieve the install version listed in Windows Add Remove programs using VB.Net code. 
I cannot use the version listed on the exe file itself because the executable is updated seperate from the install, I update the executable very frequently with other code. The install is only updated when a dependancy changes. 
By getting the version listed in Add remove programs I can compare it to the version of the installer and notify the user if their install is not up to date.
The application only runs on Windows XP (currently SP2)
Thanks


Getting version listed in Add remove programs

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