- HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
- HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
- HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
Possible registry locations to find an installed program and get the product code from
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function Search-RegistryUninstallKey { | |
param($SearchFor,[switch]$Wow6432Node) | |
$results = @() | |
$keys = Get-ChildItem HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall | | |
foreach { | |
$obj = New-Object psobject | |
Add-Member -InputObject $obj -MemberType NoteProperty -Name GUID -Value $_.pschildname | |
Add-Member -InputObject $obj -MemberType NoteProperty -Name DisplayName -Value $_.GetValue("DisplayName") | |
Add-Member -InputObject $obj -MemberType NoteProperty -Name DisplayVersion -Value $_.GetValue("DisplayVersion") | |
if ($Wow6432Node) | |
{Add-Member -InputObject $obj -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Wow6432Node? -Value "No"} | |
$results += $obj | |
} | |
if ($Wow6432Node) { | |
$keys = Get-ChildItem HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall | | |
foreach { | |
$obj = New-Object psobject | |
Add-Member -InputObject $obj -MemberType NoteProperty -Name GUID -Value $_.pschildname | |
Add-Member -InputObject $obj -MemberType NoteProperty -Name DisplayName -Value $_.GetValue("DisplayName") | |
Add-Member -InputObject $obj -MemberType NoteProperty -Name DisplayVersion -Value $_.GetValue("DisplayVersion") | |
Add-Member -InputObject $obj -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Wow6432Node? -Value "Yes" | |
$results += $obj | |
} | |
} | |
$results | sort DisplayName | where {$_.DisplayName -match $SearchFor} | |
} |
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Source: https://smsagent.blog/2015/10/15/searching-the-registry-uninstall-key-with-powershell/
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Search-RegistryUninstallKey
in powershell and run