Working with Registry Properties – NoteProperty

[JohnM Participant Topics: 3 Replies: 43 Points: 78Rank: Member]

Trying to find a version of Vmware software installed on a server. Using the following command to query the server’s registry I get the information needed. I just want two values, the name of the software and the version. This is contained in a noteproperty named property.

This is the command I am using

PowerShell

"","Wow6432Node" | ForEach-Object {Get-ChildItem HKLM:\SOFTWARE\$_\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ | ? {($_.GetValue("DisplayName")) -like "*VMware*"}}

1	"","Wow6432Node" | ForEach-Object {Get-ChildItem HKLM:\SOFTWARE\$_\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ | ? {($_.GetValue("DisplayName")) -like "*VMware*"}}

This is a sample of the output:

PowerShell

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall Name Property ---- -------- {F32C4E7B-2BF8-4788-8408-824C6 AuthorizedCDFPrefix : 896E1BB} Comments : Build Contact : DisplayVersion : 10.3.5.10430147 HelpLink : HelpTelephone : InstallDate : 20190314 InstallLocation : C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\ InstallSource : C:\Program Files\Common Files\VMware\InstallerCache\ ModifyPath : MsiExec.exe /I{F32C4E7B-2BF8-4788-8408-824C6896E1BB} NoRepair : 1 Publisher : VMware, Inc. Readme : Size : EstimatedSize : 80288 UninstallString : MsiExec.exe /I{F32C4E7B-2BF8-4788-8408-824C6896E1BB} URLInfoAbout : URLUpdateInfo : VersionMajor : 10 VersionMinor : 3 WindowsInstaller : 1 Version : 167968773 Language : 1033 DisplayName : VMware Tools Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall Name Property ---- -------- {2E4FAF13-B720-4385-A23C-5C38D AuthorizedCDFPrefix : 742D6C6} Comments : Contact : DisplayVersion : 6.5.0.234 HelpLink : HelpTelephone : InstallDate : 20180927 InstallLocation : E:\Tools\PowerCLI\ InstallSource : C:\Users\sa00498\AppData\Local\Downloaded Installations\vSpherePowerCLI\{49AEB26E-F52E-46C1-9345-6E463CAA115B}\ ModifyPath : MsiExec.exe /I{2E4FAF13-B720-4385-A23C-5C38D742D6C6} Publisher : VMware, Inc. Readme : Size : EstimatedSize : 255892 UninstallString : MsiExec.exe /I{2E4FAF13-B720-4385-A23C-5C38D742D6C6} URLInfoAbout : http://www.vmware.com URLUpdateInfo : VersionMajor : 6 VersionMinor : 5 WindowsInstaller : 1 Version : 100990976 Language : 1033 DisplayName : VMware PowerCLI sEstimatedSize2 : 181988

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Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall     Name                           Property ----                           -------- {F32C4E7B-2BF8-4788-8408-824C6 AuthorizedCDFPrefix : 896E1BB}                       Comments            : Build                                Contact             :                                DisplayVersion      : 10.3.5.10430147                                HelpLink            :                                HelpTelephone       :                                InstallDate         : 20190314                                InstallLocation     : C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\                                InstallSource       : C:\Program Files\Common Files\VMware\InstallerCache\                                ModifyPath          : MsiExec.exe /I{F32C4E7B-2BF8-4788-8408-824C6896E1BB}                                NoRepair            : 1                                Publisher           : VMware, Inc.                                Readme              :                                Size                :                                EstimatedSize       : 80288                                UninstallString     : MsiExec.exe /I{F32C4E7B-2BF8-4788-8408-824C6896E1BB}                                URLInfoAbout        :                                URLUpdateInfo       :                                VersionMajor        : 10                                VersionMinor        : 3                                WindowsInstaller    : 1                                Version             : 167968773                                Language            : 1033                                DisplayName         : VMware Tools         Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall     Name                           Property ----                           -------- {2E4FAF13-B720-4385-A23C-5C38D AuthorizedCDFPrefix : 742D6C6}                       Comments            :                                Contact             :                                DisplayVersion      : 6.5.0.234                                HelpLink            :                                HelpTelephone       :                                InstallDate         : 20180927                                InstallLocation     : E:\Tools\PowerCLI\                                InstallSource       : C:\Users\sa00498\AppData\Local\Downloaded                                  Installations\vSpherePowerCLI\{49AEB26E-F52E-46C1-9345-6E463CAA115B}\                                ModifyPath          : MsiExec.exe /I{2E4FAF13-B720-4385-A23C-5C38D742D6C6}                                Publisher           : VMware, Inc.                                Readme              :                                Size                :                                EstimatedSize       : 255892                                UninstallString     : MsiExec.exe /I{2E4FAF13-B720-4385-A23C-5C38D742D6C6}                                URLInfoAbout        : http://www.vmware.com                                URLUpdateInfo       :                                VersionMajor        : 6                                VersionMinor        : 5                                WindowsInstaller    : 1                                Version             : 100990976                                Language            : 1033                                DisplayName         : VMware PowerCLI                                sEstimatedSize2     : 181988

How do I get the DisplayName and DisplayVersion from that NoteProperty? I will need to do this against a list of servers, but first I have to figure this step out. Any help is appreciated. And if you could explain why your suggestion works that would be helpful too.
Thanks

[MvW Participant Topics: 11 Replies: 13 Points: 124Rank: Participant]

I use this

 

Get-ChildItem HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\, HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall |
ForEach-Object { Get-ItemProperty $_.pspath } |
Where-Object {$_.Displayname -like ‘*citrix*’} |
Select-Object PSChildName, DisplayName, DisplayVersion,UninstallString, PSPath |
Sort-Object PSChildName, DisplayName, DisplayVersion,UninstallString, PSPath |Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersion | Format-List

[MvW Participant Topics: 11 Replies: 13 Points: 124Rank: Participant]

or  this

 

Get-ChildItem HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\, HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall |
ForEach-Object { Get-ItemProperty $_.pspath } |
Where-Object {$_.Displayname -like ‘*citrix*’} |
Select-Object PSChildName, DisplayName, DisplayVersion,UninstallString, PSPath |
Sort-Object PSChildName, DisplayName, DisplayVersion,UninstallString, PSPath | Select-Object -expand DisplayName

[js Participant Topics: 32 Replies: 852 Points: 2,780Rank: Community Hero]

You can go straight to get-itemproperty with a wildcard:

PowerShell

# estimated size in kb $(get-itemproperty HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* get-itemproperty HKLM:\SOFTWARE\wow6432node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*) | where displayname -like v* | select DisplayName, DisplayVersion, EstimatedSize, InstallLocation, @{n='PSPath';e={$_.PSPath -replace 'Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\\Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE','HKLM:'}} | sort | ft DisplayName DisplayVersion EstimatedSize InstallLocation PSPath ----------- -------------- ------------- --------------- ------ Vulkan Run Time Libraries 1.0.33.0 1.0.33.0 1700 HKLM:\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\VulkanRT... Vulkan Run Time Libraries 1.0.33.0 1.0.33.0 1700 HKLM:\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\VulkanRT...

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# estimated size in kb $(get-itemproperty HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* get-itemproperty HKLM:\SOFTWARE\wow6432node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*) |   where displayname -like v* |   select DisplayName, DisplayVersion, EstimatedSize, InstallLocation,   @{n='PSPath';e={$_.PSPath -replace 'Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\\Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE','HKLM:'}} |   sort | ft     DisplayName                        DisplayVersion EstimatedSize InstallLocation PSPath -----------                        -------------- ------------- --------------- ------ Vulkan Run Time Libraries 1.0.33.0 1.0.33.0                1700                 HKLM:\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\VulkanRT... Vulkan Run Time Libraries 1.0.33.0 1.0.33.0                1700                 HKLM:\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\VulkanRT...

[JohnM Participant Topics: 3 Replies: 43 Points: 78Rank: Member]

Thank you. Works like a charm!
Now I have to look at each line and figure out what is happening under the covers
Much appreciated

[Joel /u/ta11ow @vexx32 Participant Topics: 2 Replies: 513 Points: 1,322Rank: Community Hero]

The simplest way is to pipe the result into Get-ItemProperty to translate the registry item into a more standard PowerShell object with easily-accessible properties. From there, you can use Select-Object -Property to trim down the properties to just the ones you’re interested in.

PowerShell

foreach ($item in "","Wow6432Node") { Get-ChildItem "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\$item\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\" | Get-ItemProperty | Where-Object DisplayName -like "*VMware*" | Select-Object -Property DisplayName, DisplayVersion }

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foreach ($item in "","Wow6432Node") {     Get-ChildItem "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\$item\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\" |         Get-ItemProperty |         Where-Object DisplayName -like "*VMware*" |         Select-Object -Property DisplayName, DisplayVersion }

[pwshliquori Participant Topics: 0 Replies: 113 Points: 590Rank: Major Contributor]

PowerShell

'','Wow6432Node' |ForEach-Object { Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\SOFTWARE\$_\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\VMware* | Select-Object DisplayName,DisplayVersion }

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'','Wow6432Node' |ForEach-Object {     Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\SOFTWARE\$_\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\VMware* |     Select-Object DisplayName,DisplayVersion }

or

PowerShell

'','Wow6432Node' |ForEach-Object { Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\SOFTWARE\$_\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* | Where-Object -Property DisplayName -like '*VMware*' | Select-Object DisplayName,DisplayVersion }

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'','Wow6432Node' |ForEach-Object {     Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\SOFTWARE\$_\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* |     Where-Object -Property DisplayName -like '*VMware*' |     Select-Object DisplayName,DisplayVersion }

The Get-ItemProperty works better with the registry and get all of the properties of the give path in a readable format. Then you can use Select-Object to output the properties to the console.

pwshliquori

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