🪀 Registry AppPaths 🗃

🪀 A Node.js module for reading the AppPaths registry key on Windows. Useful for retrieving applications that can be launched from the command prompt. 🗃

Uses reg.exe, WINDOWS ONLY!

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🕵🏼 Usage

Install it by executing:

npm i "@igor.dvlpr/registry-apppaths"

🤹🏼 API

getAppPaths(): string[]

Returns an array of sub-keys located in the AppPaths key.

import { getAppPaths } from '@igor.dvlpr/registry-apppaths'

const apps: string[] = getAppPaths()

console.log(apps) // ['chrome.exe', 'firefox.exe', 'opera.exe'...]

hasAppPaths(list: string[]): boolean[]

Returns an array of Booleans indicating whether the entries of the parameter list are installed on the system.

import { hasAppPaths } from '@igor.dvlpr/registry-apppaths'

const has: boolean[] = hasAppPaths(['chrome.exe', 'winword.exe', 'mspaintTYPO.exe'])

console.log(has) // [true, true, false]

refreshAppPaths(): void

Force refresh the info from the registry, instead of retrieving the cached data.

import { getAppPaths, refreshAppPaths } from '@igor.dvlpr/registry-apppaths'

let apps: string[] = getAppPaths()

console.log(apps) // ['chrome.exe', 'firefox.exe', 'opera.exe'...]

// application install...
// we installed Word for example

refreshAppPaths()

apps = getAppPaths()

console.log(apps) // ['chrome.exe', 'firefox.exe', 'opera.exe', 'winword.exe'...]

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🪪 License

Licensed under the MIT license which is available here, MIT license.

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