Abstract: A product browser with a user interface at a device configured for receiving a user selection of a product from a source, the source including a plurality of products, for execution at the device, wherein the product is a self-contained file resolvable by the product browser. The product browser includes searching code for discovering the product at the source based on metadata associated with the product responsive to a user input at the product browser and wherein the product requires a license for execution, license accessing code for automatically accessing the license for the product from a database of licenses, and storing code for storing the license for automatic license activation upon execution of the product.

Abstract: A method for creating a product which is a single file executable by a product browser is provided. The method includes: initiating installation operations for application software on a computer system; recording the installation operations of the application software via a product browser, wherein the product browser is configured to create the product and execute the product; and creating the product based on the recording, wherein the creating structures the product with critical dynamic-link library (dll) files that will be pre-fetched by the second instance of the product browser, and wherein the product is structured with a virtualized private registry to be integrated with an operating system registry upon execution such that certain registry keys are virtualized in the virtualized private registry and other registry keys will be deferred to the operating system registry.

Abstract: Linking a file with a product. A command to open a file with a file type is detected at a product browser associated with a user device. Available compatible products compatible with the file type and capable of opening the file are searched for, wherein the searching searches, at least in part, for a product that is a self-contained file resolvable by the product browser. A list of the available compatible products is presented at the user device via a user interface associated with the product browser. A selected product is executed via the product browser in response to a selection of the selected product from the list of the available compatible products. The file is opened via the selected product at the user device.

Abstract: A computer-usable storage medium having instructions embodied therein that when executed cause a computer system to perform a method for creating a product. The method comprising, initiating installation operations for application software on a computer system; recording the installation operations of the application software via a product browser; and creating the product based on the recording the installation operations wherein the product is a self-contained single file resolvable by the product browser.

Abstract: A computer usable storage medium having computer readable program code embedded therein for a product browser. The program code comprising, a product browser with a user interface at a device configured for receiving a user selection of a product from a source, the source comprising a plurality of products, for execution at the device, wherein the product is a self-contained file resolvable by the product browser and wherein the device comprises an operating system comprising a registry and a file system. The product browser further comprising, searching code for discovering the product at the source based on metadata associated with the product responsive to a user input at the product browser; and displaying code for displaying information related to the product at the device via the product browser.

Abstract: A computer-usable storage medium having instructions embodied therein that when executed cause a computer system to perform a method for managing a license for a product. The method comprising, receiving a command from a user to execute the product at the computer system, wherein the product requires a license for execution; automatically accessing the license for the product from a database of licenses; and storing the license at the computer system for automatic license activation upon execution of the product.

Abstract: System and methodology automating delivery, licensing, and availability of software products are shown and described.