Programmatically detect if Media Feature Pack is installed

Question

Hey,

I'm creating a launcher application for a game that requires Media Feature Pack to be installed on the computer. Since I don't want to always download and force install Media Feature Pack, I'd love to be able to programmatically check if this software is installed or not. I found a question but the answer doesn't seem to work (when I installed Media Feature Pack, this entry hasn't changed, same when i uninstalled Media Feature Pack).

How can I check programmatically if Media Feature Pack is installed on a computer?

Best,
Daniel

Answer 1

Win32_OptionalFeature seems to work for me

Answer 2

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\WindowsFeatures\WindowsMediaVersion

Reading this registry key should also solve your problem, but I agree that Castorix31's solution will be better.

This is a sample code using Win32_OptionalFeature:

            ManagementClass objMC = new ManagementClass("Win32_OptionalFeature");  
            ManagementObjectCollection objMOC = objMC.GetInstances();  
            foreach (ManagementObject objMO in objMOC)  
            {  
                string featureName = (string)objMO.Properties["Name"].Value;  
                Console.WriteLine(featureName);  
            }  

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