cmd prompt help

I want to be able to list all applications I have installed on my Window Xp computer.



What is the cmd prompt for this and can I print of what it lists from the command window?



Does the cmd prompt differ for the same action on Me and windows 98?



Thanks in advance

I don't have access to a Windows box right now in order to test anything however I would suggest that you check out this article:

http://www.netopia.com/support/howtodocs/netoctopus/pmsi.html

If you were planning to write your own utility you will probably have to query the registry looking for all the applications. There's usually a module for accessing the registry available for most languages around today .

In any case, so far as I'm aware there haven't been any changes to the command line for a long time. There have been a few more utilities added recently but I wouldn't really count these as changes so .

Hope this helps,

Mark.

on Windows XP [and I believe 2000], there *is* a difference between cmd.exe and command.com

cmd.exe identifies itself as:

command.com identifies itself as:

Some of the differences I've noticed are... when in cmd.exe and you want to access "C:\Documents and Settings\"
You can type "cd docu" then press TAB... cmd will change your command to "cd 'documents and settings'"
There's other fancy stuff too, I don't remember them all though.

I'm also not sure the purpose of both... perhaps backwards compatibility.
But when you're at the run prompt [Start > Run], be aware of which you type... cmd and command are different.

like netytan said your best bet for a full list of programs is the registy (does win ME and 98 have one? I guess they do but it's been so long since I've used them )

@madcow yes it's for backwards compatibliity, also with cmd.exe you can see full paths i.e more then 8 char per file and directory

Many thanks for all your thoughts!