Recording Game Run Time

Get-GamePlayTime.ps1

[CmdletBinding()]
param()

#Modified from original script https://herringsfishbait.com/2015/03/06/powershell-recording-process-run-time-or-how-long-have-i-played-that-game-for/

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	# Where the Output File Goes
	[string]$DataFilePath="$env:userprofile\Documents\GamePlayTimes.csv"

	# Which paths to include
	[Array]$Filters="D:\Games","D:\Steam\steamapps","D:\Origin Games","E:\","F:\steam\steamapps"

	# Which executables to exclude (without the file extension)
	[Array]$Exclude="Battle.net","Battle.net Helper"

	# Time to pause between discovery cycles
	$sleep = 30

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function Get-MatchingProcess{
    param
    (
        [System.Array]$DataArray,
        [parameter(Mandatory=$True)]
        [System.Object]$Item
    )
    $DataArray | ? {($_.Path -eq $Item.Path) -and ((get-date -date $_.Start -Millisecond 0) -eq (get-date -date $Item.Start -Millisecond 0))} | Select-Object -First 1
}

Write-Verbose "Process Search String : $Filters"
Write-Verbose "Data File Location : $DataFilePath"

while($true){
    Write-Verbose ("Running cycle.")
    if (Test-Path $DataFilePath){
        [System.Array]$Data=Import-Csv -Delimiter ',' -LiteralPath $DataFilePath
    }else{
        $Data=@()
    }
	$Processes = get-process
	foreach($Filter in $Filters){
		[Array]$FilteredProcesses += $processes | ? {($_.Path -like "*$filter*") -and ($_.ProcessName -notin $Exclude)} | select Path,@{name="Start";expression={$_.StartTime}},@{name="RunningTimeInSeconds";expression={(New-TimeSpan -Start ($_.StartTime)).TotalSeconds}}
	}
    Foreach ($Process in $FilteredProcesses){
        $Result=Get-MatchingProcess $Data $Process
        if ($Result){
            Write-Verbose "Modifying Existing Record."
            $Result.RunningTimeInSeconds=(New-TimeSpan -Start $Process.Start).TotalSeconds
        }else{
            Write-Verbose "Adding New Record."
            $Data=$Data+$Process
        }
    }
    $Data | Export-Csv -Path $DataFilePath -NoTypeInformation
    sleep $sleep
}