How to know what programs we have installed in Windows 10

  • Knowing the programs installed in Windows 10 can improve system performance.
  • The MS-Dos console allows you to view all programs without the need for additional software.
  • The generated list helps you identify which applications to uninstall.
  • Some programs are only visible through the console, not in the Control Panel.

Third step

There are many types of users and each uses a series of programs that another user does not normally use. If we have a computer that is used by several people, we can find a list of programs that can affect the performance of our Windows 10 and what is worse, do not remove them from the operating system because we do not even know that they are installed.

Fortunately, there is a method to know and know all the programs that are installed in our Windows 10, for which we do not need any external program or anything similar, we only have to have the MS-Dos console activated and use it.

For many it will be difficult to know which is the MS-Dos console, but it is simple. This console is a black screen with white letters that appears from time to time and in which we can use and write commands. To activate this console we are going to Run or search from the Windows 10 menu and we write Powershell or CMDIn any case, it will run the console and that black window will open.

Now we have to write the following text and press the enter key:

Get-ItemProperty HKLM:SoftwareWow6432NodeMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstall* | Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersion, Publisher, InstallDate | Format-Table –AutoSize

When this line is executed, it will show a list on the screen of all the programs and applications installed in our Windows 10, a list with which we can play to know which applications we have to uninstall and which ones not. Something that we will have to do manually. In this case we have to continue using the console to remove a program. Each program will be uninstalled with the following code:

product where name="NOMBRE DEL PROGRAMA" call uninstall

Then Windows will erase that program from the system. We have to say that although Control Panel show a more visual alternative to removing programs from Windows 10, some programs will appear in the console list and not in Control Panel, so this method may be more accurate than other methods that exist.


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      Antonio Perez Madrazo said

    I can't complete this procedure because I think some text is missing from the command line.