Making application visible to software audit tools

Question

I'm writing a software for Windows which is not always installed via msi installer. The software is aimed for business customers. Bigger companies use tools to audit software installed on employee machines.

My question is: Is there any standard way to make my software visible to these tools. Perhaps there is a place in Windows Registry where I should register my application?

Answer 1

You can create the standard registry key \Software\[YourCompanyName]\[YourProductName] in [HKLM] or in [HKCU], and in that key you can create a "Default Registry Value"

Here's a link for more info on how to create registry keys in C#.

Hope this helps.