Get-ADTApplication
SYNOPSIS
Retrieves information about installed applications.
SYNTAX
Get-ADTApplication [-Name <String[]>] [-NameMatch <String>] [-ProductCode <Guid[]>] [-ApplicationType <String>]
[-IncludeUpdatesAndHotfixes] [[-FilterScript] <ScriptBlock>] [<CommonParameters>]
DESCRIPTION
Retrieves information about installed applications by querying the registry. You can specify an application name, a product code, or both. Returns information about application publisher, name & version, product code, uninstall string, install source, location, date, and application architecture.
EXAMPLES
EXAMPLE 1
Get-ADTApplication
This example retrieves information about all installed applications.
EXAMPLE 2
Get-ADTApplication -Name 'Acrobat'
Returns all applications that contain the name 'Acrobat' in the DisplayName.
EXAMPLE 3
Get-ADTApplication -Name 'Adobe Acrobat Reader' -NameMatch 'Exact'
Returns all applications that match the name 'Adobe Acrobat Reader' exactly.
EXAMPLE 4
Get-ADTApplication -ProductCode '{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-AC0F074E4100}'
Returns the application with the specified ProductCode.
EXAMPLE 5
Get-ADTApplication -Name 'Acrobat' -ApplicationType 'MSI' -FilterScript { $_.Publisher -match 'Adobe' }
Returns all MSI applications that contain the name 'Acrobat' in the DisplayName and 'Adobe' in the Publisher name.
PARAMETERS
-Name
The name of the application to retrieve information for. Performs a contains match on the application display name by default.
Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
-NameMatch
Specifies the type of match to perform on the application name. Valid values are 'Contains', 'Exact', 'Wildcard', and 'Regex'. The default value is 'Contains'.
Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: Contains
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
-ProductCode
The product code of the application to retrieve information for.
Type: Guid[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
-ApplicationType
Specifies the type of application to remove. Valid values are 'All', 'MSI', and 'EXE'. The default value is 'All'.
Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: All
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
-IncludeUpdatesAndHotfixes
Include matches against updates and hotfixes in results.
Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
-FilterScript
A script used to filter the results as they're processed.
Type: ScriptBlock
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
CommonParameters
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.
INPUTS
None
You cannot pipe objects to this function.
OUTPUTS
PSADT.Types.InstalledApplication
Returns a custom type with information about an installed application:
- UninstallKey
- UninstallParentKey
- UninstallSubKey
- ProductCode
- DisplayName
- DisplayVersion
- UninstallString
- QuietUninstallString
- InstallSource
- InstallLocation
- InstallDate
- Publisher
- SystemComponent
- WindowsInstaller
- Is64BitApplication
NOTES
An active ADT session is NOT required to use this function.
Tags: psadt
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