Get all browsers list installed on system using C#

Mahesh Kumar Yadav answered on August 22, 2022 Popularity 1/10 Helpfulness 1/10

answer Get all browsers list installed on system using C#

Get all browsers list installed on system using C#

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/// 08/22/2022 Mahesh Kumar Yadav. <br/>
/// <summary>
/// Get all browsers installed on system
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public static IEnumerable<Browser> GetBrowsers()
{
    RegistryKey browserKeys;
    string[] keys;
    try
    {
        //on 64bit the browsers are in a different location
        browserKeys = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(@"SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Clients\StartMenuInternet");
        if (browserKeys == null)
            browserKeys = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(@"SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet");

        if (browserKeys is null)
        {
            Log.DebugWrite(nameof(SeleniumAuthenticator), "Could not open registry");
            yield break;
        }

        keys = browserKeys.GetSubKeyNames();
        if (keys is null)
        {
            Log.DebugWrite(nameof(SeleniumAuthenticator), "No sub keys found");
            yield break;
        }
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        Log.DebugWrite(nameof(SeleniumAuthenticator), ex, "Failed to read regex");
        yield break;
    }

    foreach (var key in keys)
    {
        Browser browser = new Browser();
        try
        {
            RegistryKey browserKey = browserKeys.OpenSubKey(key);
            if (browserKey is null) continue; // no sub key found
            browser.Name = (string)browserKey.GetValue(null);
            RegistryKey browserKeyPath = browserKey.OpenSubKey(@"shell\open\command");
            browser.Path = StripQuotes(browserKeyPath.GetValue(null).ToString());
            RegistryKey browserIconPath = browserKey.OpenSubKey(@"DefaultIcon");
            browser.IconPath = StripQuotes(browserIconPath.GetValue(null).ToString());
            if (browser.Path != null)
                browser.Version = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(browser.Path).FileVersion;
            else
                browser.Version = "unknown";
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Log.DebugWrite(nameof(SeleniumAuthenticator), ex, "Failed to read value from regex");
            continue;
        }

        yield return browser;
    }
}

/*internal class Browser
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string Path { get; set; }
    public string IconPath { get; set; }
    public string Version { get; set; }
}*/

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