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Article #7194Re: Finding an installed program path
From: Jeff
Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 16:11
Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 16:11
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That could work, but the user could delete those items at any time, then my program wouldn't work anymore. "Liz Albin" <lizalbin@yahooNotThis.com> wrote in message news:nl1ihta6602w.cmhrzfd28qm9.dlg@40tude.net... > 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
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