{"id":156132,"date":"2025-05-10T14:42:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T13:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engelmann.com\/?p=156132"},"modified":"2025-05-02T13:44:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T12:44:37","slug":"liscreate-list-of-all-programs-installed-on-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engelmann.com\/en\/windows\/liscreate-list-of-all-programs-installed-on-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Create List of All Programs Installed Under Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If your PC suddenly starts acting up, Windows keeps crashing, or certain things no longer work as usual, you have several options. Rescue media such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/first-aid-kit.net\/de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">First Aid Kit<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/engelmann.com\/en\/tuneup-utilities-offer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tuning-Software<\/a>, for example, can help you clean up and repair the PC. Often, it&#8217;s also a good idea to completely reinstall the PC.  <\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-liste-aller-windows-programme-selbst-erzeugen\"><strong>Create Your Own List of All Windows Programs<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<p>To be able to continue working as usual after reinstalling Windows, you should have a list of all your current Windows programs ready before the reinstallation. So you don&#8217;t have to write them down manually, here are a few tips on how to easily create this list yourself. <\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>For Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, and Windows 11<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<p>Go to System Information:<\/p>\n\n<p>You can open the System Information using these two commands, among others<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Windows + R<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter this parameter here: &#8220;msinfo32.exe&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/engelmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Liste-Programme-Windows-erstellen-Systeminformationen.jpg\" alt=\"List of all programs for Windows - System Information\" class=\"wp-image-119438\" style=\"width:537px;height:277px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engelmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Liste-Programme-Windows-erstellen-Systeminformationen.jpg 399w, https:\/\/engelmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Liste-Programme-Windows-erstellen-Systeminformationen-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Open System Information and enter command<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Within the System Information, now select the Program Groups node under the Software Environment tab. Here you&#8217;ll find all installed programs, which you can get into a list as follows: <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>File Export &#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Save and secure this text file<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/engelmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Liste-Programme-Windows-erstellen-Liste-exportieren-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"List of all programs for Windows - Advanced option for Windows 10\" class=\"wp-image-119436\" style=\"width:1218px;height:609px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engelmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Liste-Programme-Windows-erstellen-Liste-exportieren-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/engelmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Liste-Programme-Windows-erstellen-Liste-exportieren-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/engelmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Liste-Programme-Windows-erstellen-Liste-exportieren-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/engelmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Liste-Programme-Windows-erstellen-Liste-exportieren.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>Admittedly, the list looks a bit confusing as a saved .txt file, but if you select the contents of this .txt file and then transfer it to Excel, you&#8217;ll have everything neatly organized in a list.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>List of all programs<\/strong>: <strong>Option for advanced users under Windows 10<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<p>For Windows 10, there&#8217;s another way to create this list. It&#8217;s a bit more complicated, but the resulting list is clearer. For this, you use the &#8220;Windows PowerShell&#8221; tool. You can find this in your programs.   <\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Enter this command in Windows PowerShell and click Enter:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\\Software\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\* | Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersion, Publisher, InstallDate | Format-Table \u2013AutoSize &gt; C:\\<em><strong>XXX<\/strong><\/em>\\Programlist.txt<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: You need to replace the &#8220;<strong><em>XXX<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; with your desired file path &#8211; e.g., C:\\New-Folder\\Programlist.txt<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"859\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/engelmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Liste-Programme-Windows-erstellen-fortgeschrittene-Suche.jpg\" alt=\"List of all programs for Windows - Advanced option for Windows 10\" class=\"wp-image-119434\" style=\"width:1220px;height:305px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engelmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Liste-Programme-Windows-erstellen-fortgeschrittene-Suche.jpg 859w, https:\/\/engelmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Liste-Programme-Windows-erstellen-fortgeschrittene-Suche-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/engelmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Liste-Programme-Windows-erstellen-fortgeschrittene-Suche-768x192.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Open Windows PowerShell and enter command. <strong>Only works if a specific file path is provided. <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Of course, this path must already exist. You can also have the list created on a different partition. You can also name the document as you like. But leave the first part of the command unchanged.    <\/p>\n\n<p>And one last note: Portable programs that don&#8217;t need to be installed won&#8217;t appear on this list.<\/p>\n\n<p>Have fun trying it out<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your PC suddenly starts acting up, Windows keeps crashing, or certain things no longer work as usual, you have several options. Rescue media such &#8230; <a title=\"Create List of All Programs Installed Under Windows\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/engelmann.com\/en\/windows\/liscreate-list-of-all-programs-installed-on-windows\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Create List of All Programs Installed Under Windows\">Details \u279c<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":119437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-windows","infinite-scroll-item","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50","no-featured-image-padding"],"aioseo_notices":[],"spectra_custom_meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":["1887"],"_wpml_media_duplicate":["1"],"_wpml_media_featured":["1"],"_top_nav_excluded":[""],"_cms_nav_minihome":[""],"_yoast_wpseo_title":["Create List of All Programs Installed Under Windows"],"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":["lll\u27a4 How to create a list of programs you have installed under Windows. 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