The Software node in Resource Explorer is used to view the most recent software inventory information reported by Configuration Manager clients. You can use this information to determine the software installed on clients and specific information about the installed software itself.

The Software node of Resource Explorer contains information about:

Collected Files

If you have specified files to be collected from clients during software inventory, information about the collected files is displayed in Collected Files.

To display the following information in the results pane of Resource Explorer, click Collected Files:

Collection Date

The date when the file was collected from the client.
File Name

The name of the file that was collected.
File Path

The path to the file on the client.
File Size

The size of the collected file (in bytes).
Modified Date

The date and time when the collected file was last modified.

Last Software Scan Information

Information about the last software inventory cycle.

Last Inventory Collection

The date of the last software inventory collection on the client.
Last File Collection

The date of the last file collection on the client.

Product Details for Installed Applications

Information about products that were inventoried on the client, grouped by software manufacturer names. To display the following information in the results pane, double-click Product Details:

Company Name

A list of all company names associated with the inventoried products (for example, Microsoft Corporation). To display all product details, expand the Product Details folder.

Select a manufacturer to display the following information for each inventoried product that is associated with the selected manufacturer:

Product Name

The inventoried product name (for example, Microsoft Office 2000).
Product Version

The version of the product inventoried (for example, 7.0).
Product Language

The language of the product inventoried; for example, English (United States).

To display all inventoried files that are associated with a product, select a product. The same information that is displayed when you click the File Details folder is displayed in the results pane.

Inventoried File Details

Detailed information about inventoried files that are not associated with any specific product or manufacturer.

To display the following information in the results pane, click Unknown Files:

File Name

The name of the file that was inventoried (for example, Fastopen.exe).
File Description

A description of the file, if one exists in the file header.
File Version

The version number of the file, if one exists in the file header.
File Size

The size of the file, in bytes.
FilePath

The path of the file on the client computer. For example, if more than one copy of Install.cmd exists on a computer, this column displays the number of copies that are found.
Modified Date

The date and time when the file was last modified (for example, 8:00:00 AM 7/31/98).

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