Windows – How to find all executable files in a windows directory

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I'm not sure of the commands or syntax needed to complete this but I thought it would be easy considering what I need it to do. Essentially I want to search C:\users\ for .exe files and output the computer name, path file was found so I know the user, and the .exe file into a log. I've been playing with for loops and Find. I just discovered the path command so I'm trying to understand that and how it can be used.

I'm so jumbled I wouldn't even know how to code this. I just know some of the bits that would go in it but I don't know them well enough to make anything work out of it. Any assistance or guidance would help a lot.

Oh and if possible I'd like to omit searching the users /temp folders or at least ignore any that are found there so they aren't in the log file.

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To search folder C:\users\ for .exe files

dir C:\users\*.exe /s /b | find ^"temp^" /v /i | findstr /e .exe > UserExecutablePaths.txt

dir /s Lists the files in the folder and also the ones in the subfolders recursively.

dir /b Lists the subfolders/files names in bare format.

find /v exclude "temp" string

find /i not case sensitive

findstr /e : Matches the pattern .exe if at the end of a line

greater than ">" outputs to file UserExecutablePaths.txt

-EDIT-

Add computer name to file by using as you said echo %computername%

Use ampersand "&" to separate multiple commands on one command line and output to file change the greater than ">" from previous example to double ">>" so you dont overwrite the first output.

echo Computer Name = %computername% > UserExecutablePaths.txt & dir C:\users\*.exe /s /b | find ^"temp^" /v /i | findstr /e .exe >> UserExecutablePaths.txt

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Try Cameyo, it's free for home / small business usage. It is very similar to VMware ThinApp.

In order to package an application, you will have to install Cameo and capture the installation with it. It monitors the files which were add or changed, and packages them to a standalone .exe file.

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