How to get the firefox and it's variants version in C++ on Windows?

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Firefox has a lot of variants, like Waterfox, Palemoon, etc.

How can I get the version number of all Firefox and it's variant browsers present on a system?

Using C++ and Win32 SDK.

Another related question, how do I know if a browser is derived off Firefox or Chrome (like Comodo)?

To begin with, I'll probably know which all browsers to look for. — user1455545, Dec 12 '12 at 03:29

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

You could try this registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Clients\StartMenuInternet   // <-- x64 only

where all the browsers (even portable ones) should registers themselves (source). Then you lookup command subkey for the browser's main executable path. For example, my portable Chromium is found here:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Chromium.Y75GGO62VNIN4R2QLYJDH66X4I\shell\open\command

After that you can pull browser version from .exe directly - How do I programatically get the version of a DLL or EXE file?. You can check this version information in GUI as well - go to file Properties (via right-click Context Menu), then Details tab.

It worked for me for portable Chromium, but didn't try it on other non-standard browsers.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 14 '15 at 11:20

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You could try this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Mozilla Firefox\CurrentVersion

answered Jul 14 '15 at 11:20

Ferenc Horváth

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How to get the firefox and it's variants version in C++ on Windows?

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