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want to see location where program is installed
As far as I can tell, Control Panel Programs Programs and features
displays info such as name, publisher, installed on size and version. I do not see any path to where it is actually installed. The bottom pane gives info such as contact data. I wish to identify the exact path to the installed program. Is there a way to do so within Windows? Or will it require a third party s/w to do so and if so, recommendations? Thanks. John. |
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On Tue, 5 May 2020 20:40:32 -0000 (UTC), "Yes"
wrote: As far as I can tell, Control Panel Programs Programs and features displays info such as name, publisher, installed on size and version. I do not see any path to where it is actually installed. The bottom pane gives info such as contact data. I wish to identify the exact path to the installed program. Is there a way to do so within Windows? Or will it require a third party s/w to do so and if so, recommendations? For programs that are running, Task Manager will show the path if you enable the Command Line column. If you need a more general tool, perhaps they have something on the Nirsoft site. Something like this: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/install...ages_view.html |
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On Tue, 5 May 2020 20:40:32 -0000 (UTC), "Yes"
wrote: As far as I can tell, Control Panel Programs Programs and features displays info such as name, publisher, installed on size and version. I do not see any path to where it is actually installed. The bottom pane gives info such as contact data. I wish to identify the exact path to the installed program. Is there a way to do so within Windows? Or will it require a third party s/w to do so and if so, recommendations? Thanks. John. If it has an icon on the desktop, right click on the icon and click Properties, then click Shortcut tab. The exact path is shown in Target. |
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On 06/05/2020 16:43, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
That only works if it has a Shortcut icon on the desktop. So how does one launch an app without a shortcut?Â* If by directly clicking on the executable then clearly the user knows where the app is located!!. In windows 10 and I suspect previous versions as well there were shortcuts either on the desktop or in the start button.Â* Either way, Right-clicking on the whatever shortcut you get the option to Open File Location.Â* this might take you the location of the link itself.Â* So right-click on it again to go to the location of the App itself. [ For babies who are crying about everything ] https://i.imgur.com/kSFtjJN.png People have to learn to think out of the box to get things done when using modern technology but people on these newsgroups are so dunce that they need to come here and cry about almost everything. Rome wasn't built with people of that type.Â* It had people who were able to solve problems. -- With over 1.2 billion devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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Char Jackson wrote:
On Tue, 5 May 2020 20:40:32 -0000 (UTC), "Yes" wrote: As far as I can tell, Control Panel Programs Programs and features displays info such as name, publisher, installed on size and version. I do not see any path to where it is actually installed. The bottom pane gives info such as contact data. I wish to identify the exact path to the installed program. Is there a way to do so within Windows? Or will it require a third party s/w to do so and if so, recommendations? For programs that are running, Task Manager will show the path if you enable the Command Line column. If you need a more general tool, perhaps they have something on the Nirsoft site. Something like this: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/install...ages_view.html Thanks. Nice info, but the programs I'm checking were not installed using Windows installer. I mean, they show up in Windows Control Panel info about installed programs but not in the Nirsoft report. It seems to me that at one time (many years ago) one or two s/w packages that catalogued hardware and software on your pc like SIW provided that info. IIRC, these days SIW, if it's still around, is a commercial product. |
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On Tue, 5 May 2020 20:40:32 -0000 (UTC), Yes wrote:
As far as I can tell, Control Panel Programs Programs and features displays info such as name, publisher, installed on size and version. I do not see any path to where it is actually installed. The bottom pane gives info such as contact data. I wish to identify the exact path to the installed program. Is there a way to do so within Windows? Or will it require a third party s/w to do so and if so, recommendations? Do you have a start Menu? If so, right-click on a program shortcut and select Properties. The Target box in Properties usually contains the full path to the executable program. (I say "usually" because MS Office programs do _not_ show the location.) If you don't have a Start Menu and don't want one, disregard this reply. if you do want a Windows 7-style Start Menu, download and install a free program such as Classic Shell, and then you will. :-) http://www.classicshell.net/ -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://BrownMath.com/ http://OakRoadSystems.com/ Shikata ga nai... |
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Char Jackson wrote:
On Tue, 5 May 2020 20:40:32 -0000 (UTC), "Yes" wrote: As far as I can tell, Control Panel Programs Programs and features displays info such as name, publisher, installed on size and version. I do not see any path to where it is actually installed. The bottom pane gives info such as contact data. I wish to identify the exact path to the installed program. Is there a way to do so within Windows? Or will it require a third party s/w to do so and if so, recommendations? For programs that are running, Task Manager will show the path if you enable the Command Line column. If you need a more general tool, perhaps they have something on the Nirsoft site. Something like this: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/install...ages_view.html Just another note. I browsed some more at Nirsoft. The UninstallView package seems like a better fit. It too includes the location of installed programs and it picked up those programs installed using 3rd party installers. |
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On 06/05/2020 21:25, Yes wrote:
it picked up those programs installed using 3rd party installers. This now proves that there are nutters like you who will use anything crap to mess up the system.Â* In Windows you have to use Microsoft's de-facto-method of doing things but idiots like you won't trust Microsoft but still continue using Microsoft products. Now go and **** yourself or go and get infected with Covid-19. It is available to all idiots out there. -- With over 1.2 billion devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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On Wed, 6 May 2020 18:31:07 +0100, ? Good Guy ?
wrote: On 06/05/2020 16:43, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote: That only works if it has a Shortcut icon on the desktop. So how does one launch an app without a shortcut?* If by directly clicking on the executable then clearly the user knows where the app is located!!. There are some icons on my desktop that are URL's. They are Internet shortcuts rather than application shortcuts. There are a few without the heavy shortcut arrow as well. I can't remember how I created them. Steve -- http://www.npsnn.com |
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On 06/05/2020 23:16, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
There are some icons on my desktop that are URL's. They are Internet shortcuts rather than application shortcuts. So that's not the problem and the original question wasn't about them.Â* No need to waste time discussing them. There are a few without the heavy shortcut arrow as well. I can't remember how I created them. Heavy shortcut arrows could mean that the link is for all users on that machine.Â* Me thinks so anyway.Â* Try creating a user on that machine and see if the desktop of that new, clean user,Â* has got [almost] the same shortcuts as the ones you are calling "Heavy Shortcut".Â* These links are placed on the public folder on that machine (generally). C:\Users\Public\Desktop The problem the original poster had was that he used some 3rd party tool to install an app.Â* God knows how this is possible because on a windows system the standard way is to click on the exe file or msi file to install an app but some nutters will find some unusual way of doing things without knowing the full implications of what they are doing.Â* then the mess happens and they come here crying about it without telling us how it all happened in the first place. -- With over 1.2 billion devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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On Wed, 6 May 2020 20:25:28 -0000 (UTC), "Yes"
wrote: Char Jackson wrote: On Tue, 5 May 2020 20:40:32 -0000 (UTC), "Yes" wrote: As far as I can tell, Control Panel Programs Programs and features displays info such as name, publisher, installed on size and version. I do not see any path to where it is actually installed. The bottom pane gives info such as contact data. I wish to identify the exact path to the installed program. Is there a way to do so within Windows? Or will it require a third party s/w to do so and if so, recommendations? For programs that are running, Task Manager will show the path if you enable the Command Line column. If you need a more general tool, perhaps they have something on the Nirsoft site. Something like this: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/install...ages_view.html Just another note. I browsed some more at Nirsoft. The UninstallView package seems like a better fit. It too includes the location of installed programs and it picked up those programs installed using 3rd party installers. Bookmark that site, if you like. It's got a ton of tools, many of which come in handy now and then. |
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😉 Good Guy 😉 wrote:
On 06/05/2020 21:25, Yes wrote: it picked up those programs installed using 3rd party installers. This now proves that there are nutters like you who will use anything crap to mess up the system.Â* In Windows you have to use Microsoft's de-facto-method of doing things but idiots like you won't trust Microsoft but still continue using Microsoft products. Now go and **** yourself or go and get infected with Covid-19. It is available to all idiots out there. Knee-jerk reactionary bullying people without even asking for any clarification. Go to anger management class. |
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On Thu, 7 May 2020 16:21:06 -0000 (UTC), Yes wrote:
? Good Guy ? wrote: Now go and **** yourself or go and get infected with Covid-19. It is available to all idiots out there. Knee-jerk reactionary bullying people without even asking for any clarification. Go to anger management class. Congratulations -- you've given the troll just what it wanted: attention. It's hugging itself because in its sick mind the highest good is getting a rise out of people. The only good response to a troll is to ignore it, hard though that may be sometimes. -- Stan Brown, Tehachapi, California, USA https://BrownMath.com/ https://OakRoadSystems.com/ Shikata ga nai... |
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want to see location where program is installed
On 5/5/2020 1:40 PM, Yes wrote:
As far as I can tell, Control Panel Programs Programs and features displays info such as name, publisher, installed on size and version. I do not see any path to where it is actually installed. The bottom pane gives info such as contact data. I wish to identify the exact path to the installed program. Is there a way to do so within Windows? Or will it require a third party s/w to do so and if so, recommendations? Do a Windows search on the program name. When you find it, click on "Properties." -- Ken |
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