Any command to find list of compilers in windows command line?

Question

Is there any command like

dpkg --list | grep compiler  

(that is for terminal on ubuntu)

to run and find the list of already installed compilers in windows command line?

Answer 1

Caveats:

• Not all software installed in a Windows environment will register itself in such a way that you can find it in a single place.
• Not all software installed in a Windows environment will have a name or a description that provides the identifying information you are looking for, such as "compiler".

With those caveats in mind, well-behaved software will register itself for inclusion in the Add and Remove Programs or Programs and Features control panels. So, you can search through the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall section of the registry. This use of reg query should do it:

reg query HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall /f "compiler" /s

• The /f specifies the data to search for. The search is case-insensitive. (Unless you add a /c switch.)
• The /s parameter makes the query recursive, so it also queries subkeys. (You probably don't need this for the particular case of the Uninstall key.)
• If you have anything that recorded itself in the 32-bit section of the registry, you'll need to add the /reg:32 switch.

Like this:

reg query HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall /f "compiler" /s /reg:32