how do I get a list of all programs?

I'm wondering how I can get a list of all programs, that are able to run, maybe limit it to everything in my programs, and another folder, I just need the names of the processes that can run.. like ccleaner.exe, firefox.exe, fl.exe, notepad.exe, ect is there a way to collect them all with running them, and that wont take to long..?

 

Dunno if this tool is what you're after, but it's free and excellent...

Autoruns...

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html

 

you could try this program, it generates lists of the contents of folders. it might be able to only list .exe files if you use this wildcard:-
*.exe

i use it to make lists and love it, it's one of my favourite programs. my windows install doesn't really work atm so i can't try it out and see if it does what you want. it's a standalone program.
http://www.acc.umu.se/~max/maxlister/index.html

 

Here's something i've used that should do the trick.

. . .

LExE is a small freeware utility that lists all executable extensions
on *your* system. The Windows registry entries that determine which
files are executable can vary from system to system, and this program
will find those extensions that are marked as executable on your
particular Windows installation. You will also be able to see if there
are any suspicious entries marked as executable - on most systems the
list should just read .exe, .scr, .com, .bat and .pif.

No installation required! Simply unzip LExE.exe to any directory and run it.

http://www.misec.net/freeware/


StevieO

 

Looks like if you use the tools that StevieO and iceni60 mentioned TOGETHER, then you'll have what you asked for.