For the more recent versions of Softimage, you can get the install location quite easily from the registry. Just look for the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Softimage\Install key:
The GUIDs are the names of C:\Windows\Installer folders:
This Python snippet will get the version numbers for the different versions of Softimage installed on the local system.
#http://docs.python.org/library/_winreg.html
from _winreg import *
t = OpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, r"SOFTWARE\Softimage\CoExistence", 0, KEY_READ )
try:
count = 0
while 1:
name = EnumKey(t, count)
sKey = "SOFTWARE\Softimage\CoExistence\%s" % name
t1 = OpenKey( t, name, 0, KEY_READ )
value = QueryValueEx(t1, "AppVersion" )
Application.LogMessage( "%s: %s" % (name.rsplit('|',3)[1], value[0]) )
count = count + 1
except WindowsError:
pass
On my machine, the script output looks like this:
# INFO : Softimage 2011 SP1: 9.1.91.0 # INFO : Softimage 2011 SP2: 9.2.102.0 # INFO : Softimage 2011 Subscription Advantage Pack SP1: 9.6.194.0 # INFO : Softimage 2011: 9.0.243.0 # INFO : Softimage 2012.SAP: 10.5.98.0 # INFO : Softimage 2012: 10.0.422.0 # INFO : Softimage 2013 SP1: 11.1.1.0 # INFO : Softimage 2013: 11.0.525.0 # INFO : Softimage_2010_SP1_x64: 8.0.249.0 # INFO : Softimage_2010_x64: 8.0.201.0 # INFO : Softimage_7.5_x64: 7.5.191.0 # INFO : XSI_7.01_x64: 7.01.698.0
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