Public/Find-specInstalledProgram.ps1
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function Find-specInstalledProgram { <# .SYNOPSIS Find installed programs bysearching the registry. .DESCRIPTION This function searches for installed programs in the Windows registry and can be based on a wildcard search of the program display name. It is not case-sensitive any any of the searches. It outputs a custom object containing the Displayname, DisplayVersion, Publisher,InstallDate and Uninstall string. .PARAMETER Name Specifies the name of the program to search for. You can use wildcard characters such as '*' for pattern matching. .EXAMPLE Find-specInstalledProgram -Name "NVIDIA PhysX System Software 9.20.0221" This example searches for programs with the exact display name of "NVIDIA PhysX System Software 9.20.0221". .EXAMPLE Find-specInstalledProgram -Name "Nvidia*" This example searches for programs with a display name starting with the word "Nvidia". It will return all entries found. .OUTPUTS PSCustomObject .NOTES Author: owen.heaume Version: 1.0.0 - Initial release #> [cmdletBinding()] param( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true)] [string]$Name ) Begin { $regPaths = @( 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall', 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall' ) } Process { foreach ($path in $regPaths) { if (Test-Path $path) { Get-ChildItem $path | ForEach-Object { $program = Get-ItemProperty $_.PsPath if ($program.DisplayName -like $Name) { [pscustomobject]@{ DisplayName = $program.DisplayName DisplayVersion = $program.DisplayVersion Publisher = $program.Publisher InstallDate = $program.InstallDate UninstallString = $program.UninstallString } } } } } } } |