Use PowerShell to test for the existence of a COM Object.

Test-ComObject01.ps1

#region Test-ComObject
function Test-ComObject {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    PARAM(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, Position = 0, ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
        [string]
        $ComputerName = $env:COMPUTERNAME
        ,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 1, ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
        [string]
        $ComObject
    )

    begin {
        Write-Verbose $MyInvocation.MyCommand
    }

    process {
        try {
            $Type = [System.Type]::GetTypeFromProgID($ComObject, $ComputerName, $true)
        }
        catch {
        }
        finally {
            if ($Type) {
                $true
            }
            else {
                $false
            }
        }
    }

    end {
    }
}
#endregion Test-ComObject

Test-ComObject02.ps1

#region Test-ComObject
function Test-ComObject {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    PARAM(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, Position = 0, ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
        [string]
        $ComputerName
        ,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 1, ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
        [string]
        $ComObject
    )

    begin {
        Write-Verbose $MyInvocation.MyCommand
    }

    process {
        try {
            if ($ComputerName) {
                $key = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey([Microsoft.Win32.Registry]::ClassesRoot , $ComputerName)
            }
            else {
                $key = [Microsoft.Win32.Registry]::ClassesRoot
            }
            $subkey = $key.OpenSubKey("$($ComObject)\CLSID", $false)
            Set-Variable -Name "CLSID" -Value ([System.Guid]::Empty) -Scope Local
            [System.Guid]::TryParse($subkey.GetValue(''), [ref]$CLSID) | Out-Null
        }
        catch {
            # Throw $error[0]
        }
        finally {
            ($CLSID -ne '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000')
        }
    }

    end {
    }
}
#endregion Test-ComObject