Application installed or not

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Hi all, Can anyone knows how we can find whether application installed or not in windows10 machine using c# code, If yes please guide me. Thanks in advance.

Amit Gupta · Answer

I am not sure about uwp apps but allmost the below code may used to detect whether it is installed or not. I am giving an overviewof the code System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("appname"); You can run the above code, if it doesn't exists then an exception will be thrown. Do ket me know, if it works

Rama Krishna · Answer

Hi, when I'm searching I got below link https://www.suchan.cz/2016/10/uwp-quick-tip-detecting-any-installed-app-on-windows-10/ this will work.

Rafnas T P · Answer

ya, you are right, well, I do not know about UWP application but i have found one thread it may help you https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/debfb69a-7a35-4a20-9ee3-bf471137d276/uwphow-to-detect-if-application-is-installed-on-the-device?forum=wpdevelop

Rama Krishna · Answer

Hi Rafnas, Thank you for given me the reply, Here UWP app is not .exe extension so with this we can not find

Rafnas T P · Answer

hi, try following thead it may help https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/edd88ae9-9690-4099-9c7f-52122263a1e1/how-to-know-if-a-exe-file-has-been-installed-using-c?forum=csharpgeneral

Application installed or not

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