Query Regsitry using a Variable

DustinB3403

Hey All, Hoping I can get some help as I'm just not thinking straight.

I want to be able to use reg query $variablePathName /f /InstallDate /s

But I'm being told that $VariablePathName isn't a valid path (no dur) yet it is if I run the prior command which gives me the path.

How can I use reg query to search using a variable?

DustinB3403

Get-ChildItem -path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\' | W
here-Object -FilterScript { $_.GetValue("DisplayName") -eq 'Software' }

Gets me the content I want, now I gotta filter out how I can pull just the single string I need...

Obsolesce

Get-ChildItem -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall' | Get-ItemProperty | Where-Object -Property DisplayName -EQ "Software"

#or

Get-ChildItem -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall' | Get-ItemProperty | Where-Object -Property DisplayName -Match "Software"

DustinB3403

@Obsolesce Yeah I got that far along, what I need to pull is a specific string from the output.

I have a few other ways that I was manipulating the string, like writing the entire output to a file and then pulling the 23rd line (for example) but that literally gets everything on that line.

When all I want is the InstallDate

Obsolesce

@DustinB3403 said in Query Regsitry using a Variable:

@Obsolesce Yeah I got that far along, what I need to pull is a specific string from the output.

I have a few other ways that I was manipulating the string, like writing the entire output to a file and then pulling the 23rd line (for example) but that literally gets everything on that line.

When all I want is the InstallDate

Get-ChildItem -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall' | Get-ItemProperty | Where-Object -Property DisplayName -EQ "Microsoft Edge" | Select-Object -Property InstallDate

$InstallDate = Get-ChildItem -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall' | Get-ItemProperty | Where-Object -Property DisplayName -EQ "Microsoft Edge" | Select-Object -Property InstallDate
$InstallDate
$InstallDate.InstallDate

Obsolesce

@DustinB3403 depending on what you want, you can also:

$app = Get-ChildItem -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall' | Get-ItemProperty | Where-Object -Property DisplayName -EQ "Microsoft Edge"

$installDate = $app.InstallDate

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