Public/Get-Software.ps1
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.SYNOPSIS Retrieves installed software information from the Windows registry. .COMPONENT QuickSoft .DESCRIPTION Gets detailed information about installed software from both 32-bit and 64-bit registry locations. Provides comprehensive details including installation paths, versions, and uninstall strings. Supports wildcard searches for software names. .PARAMETER DisplayName The name of the software to search for. Supports wildcards (*). Default value is "*" which returns all installed software. .EXAMPLE Get-Software -DisplayName "Google Chrome" Returns detailed information about the Google Chrome installation. .EXAMPLE Get-Software -DisplayName "Microsoft*" Returns information about all installed Microsoft software. .EXAMPLE Get-Software Returns information about all installed software. .OUTPUTS System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject Returns objects containing software details including: - DisplayName - Publisher - Bit (32-bit or 64-bit) - GUID - Version - UninstallString - InstallDate .NOTES Name: Get-Software Author: AutomateSilent Version: 1.0.0 Last Updated: 2025-01-31 #> function Get-Software { [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter( Position = 0, Mandatory = $false, ValueFromPipeline = $true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true, HelpMessage = "Name of the software to search for (supports wildcards)" )] [SupportsWildcards()] [string]$DisplayName = "*" ) begin { $uninstallKeys = @( "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*", "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*" ) } process { $results = @() foreach ($key in $uninstallKeys) { $items = Get-ItemProperty -Path $key -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object { $_.DisplayName -like $DisplayName -and $_.UninstallString } foreach ($item in $items) { $GUID = $null if ($item.UninstallString -match "({[A-Z0-9-]+})") { $GUID = $matches[1] } $formattedDate = if ($item.InstallDate) { try { [DateTime]::ParseExact($item.InstallDate, "yyyyMMdd", $null).ToString("MMM dd, yyyy") } catch { $item.InstallDate # Return original if parsing fails } } else { "Not Available" } $results += [PSCustomObject]@{ DisplayName = $item.DisplayName Publisher = $item.Publisher Bit = if($key -like "*Wow6432Node*") {"32-bit"} else {"64-bit"} GUID = $GUID Version = $item.DisplayVersion UninstallString = $item.UninstallString InstallDate = $formattedDate } } } foreach ($result in $results) { Write-Host "----------------------------------------" -ForegroundColor Magenta Write-Host "DisplayName: " -ForegroundColor Cyan -NoNewline; Write-Host "$($result.DisplayName)" -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host "Publisher: " -ForegroundColor Cyan -NoNewline; Write-Host "$($result.Publisher)" -ForegroundColor White Write-Host "Bit: " -ForegroundColor Cyan -NoNewline; Write-Host "$($result.Bit)" -ForegroundColor White Write-Host "GUID: " -ForegroundColor Cyan -NoNewline; Write-Host "$($result.GUID)" -ForegroundColor White Write-Host "Version: " -ForegroundColor Cyan -NoNewline; Write-Host "$($result.Version)" -ForegroundColor White Write-Host "UninstallString: " -ForegroundColor Cyan -NoNewline; Write-Host "$($result.UninstallString)" -ForegroundColor White Write-Host "InstallDate: " -ForegroundColor Cyan -NoNewline; Write-Host "$($result.InstallDate)" -ForegroundColor White } } } |