WMI “installed” query different from add/remove programs list?

Question

Trying to use WMI to obtain a list of installed programs for Windows XP. Using wmic, I tried:

wmic /output:c:\\ProgramList.txt product get name,version


        

Answer 1

Installed products consist of installed software elements and features so it's worth checking wmic alias's for PRODUCT as well as checking SOFTWAREELEMENT and SOFTWAREFEATURE:

wmic product get name,version

wmic softwareelement get name,version

wmic softwarefeature get name,version