When I say "installed application", I basically mean any application visible in [Control Panel]->[Add/Remove Programs].
I would prefer to do it in Python, but C or C++ is also fine.
Python – How to enumerate/list all installed applications in Windows XP
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Best Solution
If you mean the list of installed applications that is shown in Add\Remove Programs in the control panel, you can find it in the registry key:
more info about how the registry tree is structured can be found here.
You need to use the winreg API in python to read the values from the registry.