How to tell if (and where) Outlook is installed

[jpstewart]

What would be the best way to programmatically determine if Outlook is
installed, and if so, where?

And scanning all available hard drives is not a good option... ;-)

Thanks,
Peter
Senior Software Developer
Green Backup, LLC
http://www/greenbackup.com

 

[Brian Tillman]

What would be the best way to programmatically determine if Outlook is
installed, and if so, where?

If Outlook is installed, it's path will be
%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\OfficeXX\Outlook.exe
where "XX" is version-specific.

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

And from code the easiest way to see what version is installed and where is
to read the registry key
HKCR\CLSID\{0006F024-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\LocalServer32.

That string value gives you the full path to Outlook.exe and you can parse
the string to find OFFICE11 (Outlook 2003), OFFICE10 (Outlook 2002), etc.

 

[jpstewart]

The problem here is that this would not be true if somebody didn't accept the
default location and installed it so some other directory.

Thanks,

-Peter

 

[jpstewart]

That looks like the answer I was looking for!

Thanks,

-Peter

 

[Brian Tillman]

The problem here is that this would not be true if somebody didn't
accept the default location and installed it so some other directory.

Yup, and I know squat about what Ken described, so I should have just kept
my mouth shut.

 

[jpstewart]

Well, it's the thought(fulness) that counts...;-)

Thanks,

Peter

 

[rsb2003OL]

I've often wondered "how to read code." Where can I mind a brief description
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