Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey uninstallNode = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(@"SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Uninstall"); foreach (string subKeyName in uninstallNode.GetSubKeyNames()) { Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey subKey = uninstallNode.OpenSubKey(subKeyName); object displayName = subKey.GetValue("DisplayName"); if (displayName != null) { //if (displayName.ToString().Contains("Adobe Reader")) //{ //Console.WriteLine("Exists!");s //} Console.WriteLine(displayName.ToString()); } }