How to get CLSID for an application

18. January 2012

If you need to get the CLSID of an application do the following:

1) Start >> Run >> Regedit

2) Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID

3) Within this branch hit ctrl + F to search for the application you require the CLSID for e.g. Excel

4) Hit F3 to go through the results until you find the application you need

Windows