How to open the list of installed programs in Windows

Basic article – 5 ways to open the list of installed programs in Windows 10, 8.1, etc. Display a list to uninstall a program or export a list of programs to a file.

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Start Menu

Open the list of installed programs in Windows 10, 8.1.

This method also allows you to uninstall the program.

Quick way

1. Click on the Start button with the right mouse button;
2. Select Apps and Features.

Standard way

1. Open the start menu;
2. Select Settings;
3. Select Apps;
4. Open the Apps & features list.

Folder This PC

In Window 10, you can also open the list of programs from the This PC folder menu.

This method also allows you to uninstall the program.

1. Open This PC;
2. In the folder ribbon (Ctrl+F1) select the Computer tab;
3. Select Uninstall or change a program.

Control panel file appwiz.cpl

Using the appwiz.cpl control panel file opens a list of installed programs in Windows 10, 8.1, 7 and earlier.

This method also allows you to uninstall the program.

Run the appwiz.cpl command from the Run (Windows+R) menu, Command Prompt, or PowerShell.

Get list of programs using PowerShell

This method allows you to get a list of installed programs and export it to a file using Windows PowerShell.

To display a list of installed programs, run in PowerShell:

To automatically export the list of installed programs to D:\list-of-programs.txt, run:

The text file with the name and version for the installed programs on your PC is generated and saved in the location you specified.

Get list of programs using CMD

You can display a list of installed Windows programs and export to a file using Command Prompt and the wmic command.

Consecutively execute the commands to display the list of programs:

Run the commands in sequence to export the list of installed programs to the file D:\programs.txt:

A text file with the name and version of the installed programs on your PC will be created and saved in the location you specified.

🟢 This basic article discussed how to open the list of installed programs in Windows. I hope you were able to get a list of installed programs in the selected way and follow the next steps. However, if you run into any problems, do not hesitate to write in the comments. I will try to help.

How to find *all* startup programs on Windows 10? [duplicate]

I’ve checked the «Start-up» tab under Task Manager, the «Services» tab in msconfig , and the startup folder ( C:\Users\ \AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup ) but there’s an app that keeps coming up whenever I boot (Patriot Dashboard) that’s not listed in any of those places.

Where can I find the rest of the startup apps?

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Use Autoruns for Windows from Sysinternals

This utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor, shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and when you start various built-in Windows applications like Internet Explorer, Explorer and media players. These programs and drivers include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys. Autoruns reports Explorer shell extensions, toolbars, browser helper objects, Winlogon notifications, auto-start services, and much more. Autoruns goes way beyond other autostart utilities.

Just search for Patriot Dashboard on Everything tab and Autoruns will locate it.

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What programs are there in the standard menu windows

The Start menu provides access to every program installed on the computer. To open the Start menu, click the the Start menu button at the bottom-left corner of the screen or press the Windows key on the keyboard.

Windows 7 start menu

Windows 10 start menu

Frequently Used Programs

In Windows 7 and older operating systems, the most frequently used programs are listed in the left section of the Start menu, with the folder All Programs near the bottom-left corner. The All Programs folder leads to every program installed on the computer. Windows 10 does not have the All Programs folder, but instead lists all programs on the left section of the start menu, with the most used at the top.

Windows 7 frequently used programs

Windows 10 frequently used programs

Control Panel

The Start menu also provides access to Control Panel, a settings program that allows you to change the computer’s settings. In Windows 7 and older, Control Panel is labeled Control Panel on the right section of the Start menu, while in Windows 10 it is represented by a gear icon on the left above the Start button.

The Start menu also provides a search text box or search button. Press the search button or type a word in the search box to search the computer for a program or file. (In Windows 10, the search box is not visible, but typing will trigger a search for what is being typed.)

Windows 7 search

Windows 10 search

Practice Question

Open a Program

Like dialog menus, the Start menu also can use the > shorthand in instructions for navigating. For example, in Windows 7, the snipping tool is at Start>All Programs>Accessories.

Shutting Down

You can also use the Start menu to turn your computer off. In Windows 7 and older, the power button is usually marked Shut Down near the right corner of the Start menu. In Windows 7, clicking the arrow to the right of the Shut Down button gives you additional options. In Windows 10, the power button is a power icon located on the left directly above the Start menu button. Clicking it will also provide additional options.

A Look at Some Shut Down Options

Not every shut down option is available on every version of Windows, but here are some common shut down options and what they mean.

• Switch user: Switch between user accounts.
• Log off: Logs you out of the computer. The computer is still on, but programs are closed and you must enter your password to use the computer again.
• Lock: Locks the computer. You will not be logged out, and programs will still be running, but you must enter your password to use the computer again.
• Restart: Logs you out of the computer, closes all programs, shuts down Windows, turns the computer off, then turns the computer back on and restarts Windows. You will have to enter your password to use the computer again.
• Shut down: Logs you out of the computer, closes all programs, shuts down Windows, and turns the computer off.
• Sleep: This is sort of like pausing the computer. The screen will go dark, and you will be unable to use the computer until you wake it up by shaking the mouse or pressing a key on the keyboard. The computer will appear to be off. However, what is actually happening is that the computer will go into a low-power state. It will still be on, and programs will still be running, but the computer will use considerably less power. This is useful because waking the computer from sleep is much quicker than waiting for the computer to turn on and boot up Windows. By default, shutting your laptop lid will put the computer to sleep, and reopening the lid will wake the computer up.

Note about Windows 8

Windows 8 has a Start screen rather than a Start menu because Windows 8 was designed primarily for tablets. You can find instructions on navigating the Windows 8 start screen here.

What is the Program program showing up in Windows 8 Task Manager Startup tab?

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Some programs, particularly system maker’s included programs, do not identify
themselves by name in the StartUp tab.

If you Right Click on any of the existing Column Names at the top of the columns in the
StartUp tab there are other column display choices. Select «Command Line» and you can
see what program is opening.

You can use AutoRuns again and check the command line and the file name with those
programs running in Task Manager’s — StartUp tab — Command line column.

Note using Win Key + X and Win Key + W (to get to Control Panel, Run, and Settings
as needed). Win Key + D calls the desktop and the using Win Key toggles Desktop and
Start Screen.

How to perform a clean boot to troubleshoot a problem in Windows Vista, Windows 7,
or Windows 8/8.1

Other programs to help :

Autoruns — Free — See what programs are configured to startup automatically
when your system boots and you login. Autoruns also shows you the full list
of Registry and file locations where applications can configure auto-start settings.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx

Process Explorer — Free — Find out what files, registry keys and other objects
processes have open, which DLLs they have loaded, and more. This uniquely
powerful utility will even show you who owns each process.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

Hope this helps.

Rob Brown — Microsoft MVP Rob Brown — past Microsoft MVP — Windows Insider MVP 2016 — 2021
Microsoft MVP Windows and Devices for IT 2009 — 2020

What programs are there in the standard menu windows

Because there are various assignments you can perform on the computer, the operating system also provides many categories of objects. These objects allow you to perform available actions. The actions you can perform on the computer may depend on the object on which the action is performed and various other options. One of the objects the computer provides is called a menu.

In the previous lesson, we saw that when you right-click on the desktop, you see a series of words. This series of words is called a menu. A program’s menu, simply referred to as a menu, is a series of words usually aligned on a (vertical) column, each line of words indicating a particular action. Like everything else you will use on the computer, a menu depends simply on the person who created it.

To use a menu, you must first know whether and where it is available. We also saw that the menu that appears depended on what you had right-clicked: the Taskbar, an empty area on the desktop, or a picture on the desktop. The menus available on the programs are as varied as the programs themselves are.

Practical Learning: Opening a Menu

1. Start the computer
2. Click an empty area on the desktop and notice that nothing happens and nothing displays
3. On the Taskbar, click Start:

Notice that a menu appears

Right-click an empty area on the desktop. Notice that a different menu appears

Right-click an empty area on the Taskbar and notice the menu that appears

Right-click the clock on the right section of the Taskbar and notice the menu that appears:

Right-click Recycle Bin and notice the menu that appears

Click an empty area on the desktop. Notice that this dismisses any menu that was opened.

The following descriptions and rules apply to all menu items of all programs of the Microsoft Windows computer, regardless of the below screenshots.

Main Menu Display

We have just seen that, when you know where a menu is available, to access it, you can just click or right-click the item that holds the menu. How a menu appears can be influenced by the available room. The operating system decides on the availability of room to display the menu. Observe how the same menu is displayed in the following two illustrations:

If a menu is accessed from the middle to top section of a window, the operating system would display it under the item that was clicked.

If the menu is being accessed from the bottom section of the screen, the operating system would calculate the available room under the item that was clicked. If there is enough room, the menu would be displayed under the item that was clicked. If there is not enough room, then the operating system would decide to display the menu above the item that was clicked:

To diversify the actions that can be performed on a computer, there are six main categories of menus, each of which depends on the person who created the menu:

Stand-Alone Items: The simplest menu item displays a word or a group of words on its line. To use this menu type, you can simply click it. What happens depends on the program. Sometimes, it would appear as if nothing happened, in which case something could have happened behind the scenes. Sometimes nothing at all would happen. Being familiar with the program can give you more information

Disabled Menu Items: If a menu appears gray, this means that the menu is not available at this time. Such a menu is referred to as disabled. Clicking a disabled menu would not do anything, at all. most of the time, such a menu would require a prerequisite action in order to become available or enabled.

Ellipsis Menus: A menu with three periods indicates that an intermediary action is required. To use such a menu, click it. Once clicked, sometimes another window would be displayed.

Check Menus: A menu that appears with a check mark is used as a «witness» of a window object being available or not. This means that, when the check mark is set, the object the menu item refers to is visible. If you click such a menu item, the check mark disappears along with the item it refers to; the menu item is still visible: only its check mark and the item it refers to disappear.

Radio Menus: Some menu items appear in a group of two or more (usually not more than 7). The group is delimited by a horizontal line above the top menu item and another horizontal line below the bottom object. At any time, one of the menu items has a big round dot on its left side. This dot is called a radio button. The item that is currently active has the radio button and the other menu items don’t. If you click an item other than the one with the radio button, the dot moves to the item you clicked and the previous item looses the radio button. This type of menu is used when the programmer wants only one item of the group to indicate which item of a category is active.

Arrow Menus: When a menu appears with an arrow, this means that the menu item holds its own list, called a submenu. Again, this design depends on the person who created the menu and is not subject to any preconceived rule. To access the menu item, simply position the mouse cursor on the menu item that has the arrow. How the submenu appears may depend on the section of the screen from where the menu is being accessed. The operating system decides how to display this submenu based on the available room.

If the menu with arrow is accessed from the upper-left section of a window, the submenu would display on the right side of the menu and under the arrow:

If the menu is accessed from the upper-right section of the window, the operating system would check if there is enough room to display the submenu to the right and under the arrow. If there is enough room, the menu would be displayed as above. If there not enough room, then the submenu would be display on the left side of the menu and under the arrow.

If the menu is accessed from the lower-left section of the window, the operating system would check if there is enough room on the right side of the menu and under the menu with arrow. If there is enough room, the submenu would display under the arrow.

If there is not enough room under the menu, the submenu would be displayed on the right side of the menu but above the arrow.

If the menu is being accessed from the lower-right section of the screen, if there is enough room on the right side of the menu, the submenu would be displayed on the right side of the menu but above the arrow.

If there is not enough room on the right side of the arrow, the submenu would be displayed on the left side of the menu but above the arrow.

Practical Learning: Using Categories of Menus

On the Taskbar, click Start To dismiss the menu, click an empty area on the desktop. On the Taskbar, right-click Start and notice that a different type of menu appears On the menu, click Explore: To close the window, double-click the small picture on its top-left corner On the Taskbar, click Start, position the mouse cursor on Programs (if you are using Microsoft Windows XP, position the mouse on All Programs) Notice that many names of programs appear To dismiss the menu, click Start again On the desktop, right-click an empty area (not any button) Position the mouse on Arrange Icons, and click by Name: Notice the items on the desktop have been ordered by name

Main and Context-Sensitive Menus

We have seen that a menu on the same object can be different depending on what item you click to access such a menu. Based on this, a menu that appears when you simply click an object is considered the regular menu of the object, and it is simply called the menu. Sometimes when you click or even right-click an object, a menu might not appear. On the other hand, if a menu appears when you right-click an item or an area of a window, this menu is referred to as the context-sensitive menu.

Most applications display a menu in their top section. On this site, such a menu will be referred to as the Main Menu. The main menu displays columns of menus, each column is represented by a word (sometimes it will be more than one word for a menu item). To use this main menu, you can click a word. This causes a list of menu items to display. There are no strict rules (only suggestions) on what items must appear under what word. The person who creates an application also decides on the menu columns, their items, and their roles.

After clicking a menu column, if you find the item you are looking for, you can click it. If you don’t see the item you are looking for and you want to check another column, you have two options. You can simply move the mouse to another menu column of your choice. You can also click the menu item you had opened, then click the new column you desire. If you still don’t see what you are looking for, you can dismiss the menu.

There are various ways you can dismiss the menu if it is opened. If you click an item in the list of the displayed column, the menu would retract and close itself. If you have opened a menu but don’t want to use it anymore, you can click one of the menu items on top. You can also click anywhere other than the opened menu; this also closes the menu. We will also learn how to close the menu using the keyboard.

If a menu appears when you right-click an item, we will call it the context-sensitive menu. When necessary, you will be directed when to use the main menu or the context-sensitive menu.

Practical Learning: Using Menu Types

To open an application, on the desktop, double-click Recycle Bin Notice the list of words on the upper section of the window: File, Edit, View, etc On the top list, click File and notice that a list appears under File Without clicking, move the mouse on Edit and, without clicking, move the mouse on Select All Without clicking, move the mouse on Help To dismiss the main menu, click Help. Notice that the menu has been closed On the top section, right-click File and notice that a different menu appears Right an empty area on the right side of Help. Notice that the same context-sensitive menu appears: In the right section of the window, right-click any word you see or the empty area Notice the menu that appears On the main menu, click File and click Close.

From now on, when referring to a menu, we will use a right-pointing arrow to indicate subsequent clicks. Based on this, we will use the following conventions: