How to check if word , excel ,access or any office application is Installed ??

[maged]

first of all you must import namespace [ microsoft.win32] to access the registery classes in .net framwork

then this code will check the regestery if the application is installed or not

Dim TargetKey As RegistryKey
        TargetKey = Registry.ClassesRoot.OpenSubKey("word.application")
        If TargetKey Is Nothing Then
            MsgBox("Word application is not found")
        Else    'key is found
            MsgBox("Word application is found")
            TargetKey.Close()
        End If

you can change the string in the second line from "word.application" to "excel.application" or "access.application" in order to check for different components.

rgds