The previous designed script is showing all the uninstall keys which are present on a particular machine in terms of installed Software. But what about if you want to search for a particular application and get this information? You can use the following PowerShell script:
# Define the registry paths for uninstall information
$registryPaths = @(
“HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall”,
“HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall”,
“HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall”
)
# Specify the application name to search for
$targetAppName = “Tableau Reader”
# Loop through each registry path and retrieve the list of subkeys
foreach ($path in $registryPaths) {
$uninstallKeys = Get-ChildItem -Path $path -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
# Skip if the registry path doesn’t exist
if (-not $uninstallKeys) {
continue
}
# Loop through each uninstall key and display the properties of the target application
foreach ($key in $uninstallKeys) {
$keyPath = Join-Path -Path $path -ChildPath $key.PSChildName
$displayName = (Get-ItemProperty -Path $keyPath -Name “DisplayName” -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).DisplayName
$uninstallString = (Get-ItemProperty -Path $keyPath -Name “UninstallString” -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).UninstallString
$version = (Get-ItemProperty -Path $keyPath -Name “DisplayVersion” -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).DisplayVersion
$publisher = (Get-ItemProperty -Path $keyPath -Name “Publisher” -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).Publisher
$installLocation = (Get-ItemProperty -Path $keyPath -Name “InstallLocation” -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).InstallLocation
if ($displayName -match $targetAppName) {
Write-Host “DisplayName: $displayName”
Write-Host “UninstallString: $uninstallString”
Write-Host “Version: $version”
Write-Host “Publisher: $publisher”
Write-Host “InstallLocation: $installLocation”
Write-Host “—————————————————”
}
}
}
You can also check the code here.
