What software is installed on my PC?

Somebody asked me:

How can I easily get a list of all installed software?

I didn't know how to do this, but I got lucky searching. At least, it seemed to work for me:

1. Open a command prompt.
2. Input WMIC and press Return. You will see a prompt that looks like this:

wmic:root\cli>

3. At the new prompt, execute the following command:

   product get name

4. Then "quit".

This will generate a list of installed applications.

Here's a nice article with more fun ideas about how to use wmic: WMIC: the best command line tool you've never used