Vista - New-PS Drive on remote computer

Hi,

I am using this script to get the list of all softwares installed on a
computer.

New-PSDrive -Name Uninstall -PSProvider Registry -Root
HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Get-ChildItem -Path Uninstall: | ForEach-Object -Process {
$_.GetValue("DisplayName") } | sort-object DisplayName

While this works fine for a local computer, how would I extend this script
to work on a remote computer and that also in a loop for hundreds of
computers.

Is it possible to connect to a remote computer and then create the drive,
extract the data and then delete the drive and then move on to the next
computer.

Thanks

Terminator.

You could use the .NET provider:

function Get-Apps {
Param([string]$server)
$regKey =
[Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey([Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive]::LocalMachine,
$Server)
$regKey =
$regKey.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall")
$regKey.GetSubKeyNames()
# $regKey | gm # uncomment for methods\properties you can use.
}

Of course you could pretty up the code a bit and get different information,
but this is basically it.
You could also add begin/process/end to process piped information.

function Get-Apps {
Param([string]$server)
Begin{
function CheckRegKey{
param([string]$srv)
$regKey =
[Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey([Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive]::LocalMachine,
$Srv)
$regKey =
$regKey.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall")
$regKey.GetSubKeyNames()
# $regKey | gm # uncomment for methods\properties you can use.
}
}
Process{
if($_){
CheckRegKey $_
}
}
End{
if($Server){
CheckRegKey $server
}
}
}


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"Terminator" <Terminator@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4DAA344B-77BD-4AD8-A4A6-D0E9E2418AAE@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I am using this script to get the list of all softwares installed on a
> computer.
>
> New-PSDrive -Name Uninstall -PSProvider Registry -Root
> HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
>
> Get-ChildItem -Path Uninstall: | ForEach-Object -Process {
> $_.GetValue("DisplayName") } | sort-object DisplayName
>
> While this works fine for a local computer, how would I extend this script
> to work on a remote computer and that also in a loop for hundreds of
> computers.
>
> Is it possible to connect to a remote computer and then create the drive,
> extract the data and then delete the drive and then move on to the next
> computer.
>
> Thanks
>
> Terminator.

Hi Brandon,

Thanks for the reply. Could you please help on how to invoke this function
from a ps1 file. and how would you write all the information to a file for
each server that is passed to the function.

Thanks

Terminator.

"Brandon Shell" wrote:

> You could use the .NET provider:
>
> function Get-Apps {
> Param([string]$server)
> $regKey =
> [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey([Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive]::LocalMachine,
> $Server)
> $regKey =
> $regKey.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall")
> $regKey.GetSubKeyNames()
> # $regKey | gm # uncomment for methods\properties you can use.
> }
>
> Of course you could pretty up the code a bit and get different information,
> but this is basically it.
> You could also add begin/process/end to process piped information.
>
> function Get-Apps {
> Param([string]$server)
> Begin{
> function CheckRegKey{
> param([string]$srv)
> $regKey =
> [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey([Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive]::LocalMachine,
> $Srv)
> $regKey =
> $regKey.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall")
> $regKey.GetSubKeyNames()
> # $regKey | gm # uncomment for methods\properties you can use.
> }
> }
> Process{
> if($_){
> CheckRegKey $_
> }
> }
> End{
> if($Server){
> CheckRegKey $server
> }
> }
> }
>
>
> p.s. Sorry for the formatting... Blasted News Readers!!!
>
> "Terminator" <Terminator@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4DAA344B-77BD-4AD8-A4A6-D0E9E2418AAE@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am using this script to get the list of all softwares installed on a
> > computer.
> >
> > New-PSDrive -Name Uninstall -PSProvider Registry -Root
> > HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
> >
> > Get-ChildItem -Path Uninstall: | ForEach-Object -Process {
> > $_.GetValue("DisplayName") } | sort-object DisplayName
> >
> > While this works fine for a local computer, how would I extend this script
> > to work on a remote computer and that also in a loop for hundreds of
> > computers.
> >
> > Is it possible to connect to a remote computer and then create the drive,
> > extract the data and then delete the drive and then move on to the next
> > computer.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Terminator.
>
>

You have two options...

1 - You could copy the function to a text file. Name it anything.ps1.
- You can then . source the file (this puts the function in your current
context.):
PS> . \PathtoScript\anything.ps1
When its in your context you can just call the function directly:
PS> Get-Apps ServerName
or
PS> $slist | Get-Apps

2 - Remove the function Get-Apps { and ending }.
- Save the text file as Get-Apps.ps1
PS> PathtoScript\Get-Apps.ps1 ServerName
or
PS> $slist | PathtoScript\Get-Apps.ps1
--
Brandon Shell
http://mybsinfo.blogspot.com/

"Terminator" <Terminator@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E2767453-2605-4619-935B-83BFE6A41CA8@microsoft.com...
> Hi Brandon,
>
> Thanks for the reply. Could you please help on how to invoke this function
> from a ps1 file. and how would you write all the information to a file for
> each server that is passed to the function.
>
> Thanks
>
> Terminator.
>
> "Brandon Shell" wrote:
>
>> You could use the .NET provider:
>>
>> function Get-Apps {
>> Param([string]$server)
>> $regKey =
>> [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey([Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive]::LocalMachine,
>> $Server)
>> $regKey =
>> $regKey.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall")
>> $regKey.GetSubKeyNames()
>> # $regKey | gm # uncomment for methods\properties you can use.
>> }
>>
>> Of course you could pretty up the code a bit and get different
>> information,
>> but this is basically it.
>> You could also add begin/process/end to process piped information.
>>
>> function Get-Apps {
>> Param([string]$server)
>> Begin{
>> function CheckRegKey{
>> param([string]$srv)
>> $regKey =
>> [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey([Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive]::LocalMachine,
>> $Srv)
>> $regKey =
>> $regKey.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall")
>> $regKey.GetSubKeyNames()
>> # $regKey | gm # uncomment for methods\properties you can use.
>> }
>> }
>> Process{
>> if($_){
>> CheckRegKey $_
>> }
>> }
>> End{
>> if($Server){
>> CheckRegKey $server
>> }
>> }
>> }
>>
>>
>> p.s. Sorry for the formatting... Blasted News Readers!!!
>>
>> "Terminator" <Terminator@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4DAA344B-77BD-4AD8-A4A6-D0E9E2418AAE@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I am using this script to get the list of all softwares installed on a
>> > computer.
>> >
>> > New-PSDrive -Name Uninstall -PSProvider Registry -Root
>> > HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
>> >
>> > Get-ChildItem -Path Uninstall: | ForEach-Object -Process {
>> > $_.GetValue("DisplayName") } | sort-object DisplayName
>> >
>> > While this works fine for a local computer, how would I extend this
>> > script
>> > to work on a remote computer and that also in a loop for hundreds of
>> > computers.
>> >
>> > Is it possible to connect to a remote computer and then create the
>> > drive,
>> > extract the data and then delete the drive and then move on to the next
>> > computer.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Terminator.
>>
>>