Hi,
Nice to hear that the information is useful.
If you have any other
questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. It is always
my pleasure to be of assistance.
Have a nice day!
Best regards,
Emily Lin
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| Thanks, that was exactly what I was looking for.
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| "Emily Lin [MSFT]" wrote:
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| > Hi,
| >
| > I think that you can go to Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs to view
| > which version of Office was installed on the computer.
| >
| > By the way, the following registry keys also list what products were
| > installed on the computer.
| >
| > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\Installer\Products.
| > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
| >
| > If anything is unclear or if you have any other concerns, please don't
| > hesitate to contact me.
| >
| > Regards,
| >
| > Emily Lin
| >
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| > | Thank you for the helpful response.
| > |
| > | Basically we have a licensing exercise running and with the tools we
have
| > it
| > | is very difficult to differeniate what version of Office is installed
on
| > | machines. For instance consider the following scenario on three
different
| > | machines:
| > |
| > | Office Professional 2003
| > | Office Standard 2003 + Access 2003
| > | Word 2003, Excel 2003, Powerpoint 2003, Outlook 2003, Access 2003 all
| > | installed individually.
| > |
| > | The end result is that the same applications are on each macine, but
from
| > a
| > | licesning point of view they are different. We need to be able to
tell
| > which
| > | group of Office applications are installed to match against what
licenses
| > we
| > | have - at the moment with the tools at our disposal we can only tell
| > which
| > | individual applications are installed.
| > |
| > | Any further clues would be most helpful.
| > |
| > |
| > |
| > | "Beth Melton" wrote:
| > |
| > | > It's not stored in one specific location. That would be too easy.
;-)
| > Each
| > | > Office version has their own Registration data in the Registry that
| > includes
| > | > product names that can be used in the Help About. For example:
| > | > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\<version>\Registration
| > | >
| > | > Note that just because an application is listed that doesn't mean
it is
| > | > installed or that the application is part of that version. There's
a
| > GUID
| > | > that is also associated with the application that is installed and
is
| > used
| > | > elsewhere in the Registry, such as in the Windows Installer
content,
| > such as
| > | > what is found under:
| > | >
| >
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserD
| > ata
| > | >
| > | > This tracks the installed products, the install source and each
uses
| > the
| > | > GUID as a cross-reference. I can't tell you what Microsoft looks
for
| > | > specifically, or how it connects everything (such as which keys are
| > used
| > | > specifically) when presenting the About information -- I just know
| > where the
| > | > bits and pieces are.
| > | >
| > | > What are you trying to do exactly? Perhaps if we know more about
what
| > you
| > | > want we can provide some ideas. For example all you are trying to
do is
| > | > determine which application was installed as part of which suite
then I
| > | > believe there's at least one utility available that can provide
this
| > type of
| > | > information.
| > | >
| > | > Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
| > | > assistance by email cannot be acknowledged.
| > | >
| > | > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| > | > Beth Melton
| > | > Microsoft Office MVP
| > | >
| > | > Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:
| > | >
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/9801.aspx#AboutTheBook
| > | >
| > | > Word FAQ:
http://mvps.org/word
| > | > TechTrax eZine:
http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
| > | > MVP FAQ site:
http://mvps.org/
| > | >
| > | > | > | > > Thank you. Could you please point me to the location within the
| > registry
| > | > > where it is stored?
| > | > >
| > | > > "Beth Melton" wrote:
| > | > >
| > | > >> From the Registry, which is where Help About obtains its
information.
| > | > >>
| > | > >> Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests
for
| > | > >> assistance by email cannot be acknowledged.
| > | > >>
| > | > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| > | > >> Beth Melton
| > | > >> Microsoft Office MVP
| > | > >>
| > | > >> Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:
| > | > >>
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/9801.aspx#AboutTheBook
| > | > >>
| > | > >> Word FAQ:
http://mvps.org/word
| > | > >> TechTrax eZine:
http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
| > | > >> MVP FAQ site:
http://mvps.org/
| > | > >>
| > | > >> | > | > >> > Office Professional
| > | > >> > Office Standard + Access
| > | > >> > Individual Office Applications
| > | > >> >
| > | > >> > There are obviously different flavours of Office you can
install.
| > If
| > | > >> > you
| > | > >> > view Help, About Microsoft Office Word for instance it gives
you
| > the
| > | > >> > version
| > | > >> > and on the second line down is either blank or tells you
something
| > | > >> > similar
| > | > >> > to
| > | > >> > the below:
| > | > >> >
| > | > >> > "Part of Microsoft Office Professional Edition"
| > | > >> >
| > | > >> > My question is how can you get this information without using
| > Help,
| > | > >> > About?
| > | > >> > For instance if you view the properties of Word.exe it does
not
| > tell
| > | > >> > you
| > | > >> > whether it is part of Office Professional.
| > | > >> >
| > | > >> >
| > | > >>
| > | > >>
| > | > >>
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > |
| >
| >
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