I manged to do this with a vbscript, trying to learn how with powershell. This topic has 0 replies, 1 voice, and was last updated 8 years, 2. Powershell must enumerate each of these keys, read each registry value. Download and use regkeytomof will make your life easier on this one. You can use the testpath cmdlet to check for the key, but not for specific. Server software inventory example of gathering software inventory from the registry.
However, it can also give you a list of all the programs on your computer, which is. The wmi approach i m going to cover the wmi first only because you should never. What you see is options for configuring software inventory. How do i query the powershell versions for all systems. Entries and values can be retrieved, added, changed, or deleted in powershell. Everything that is returned through the hardware and software inventory is actually present in the configuration manager database, and is out there waiting for you. But the problem with it is, it only retrieves the installed applications via. Triggering configmgr client actions with wmic without pesky right click tools. One is through wmi and another is by looking in the registry. Perhaps you simply need a quick way to perform a software inventory of a few system. Getting a persystem software inventory this latest script is a bit of a swerve from my last post, but i was reading about powershell providers recently and wanted to experiment with the registry provider, since in the past ive learned the hard way that any significant amount of registry work in batch files is painful at best. There are a number of different ways to test for the presence of a registry key and value in powershell. Currently the script runs, but only outputs a blank csv file.
Verifying that we do indeed have data in our run registry key. If you need something effective for software inventory of your companys computers, this windows powershell script will help you a lot. In this walkthrough, get introduced to a powershell script that allows you to use. If you want to do an inventory of all installed software in your active directory domain, then keep on reading my post. On a cold and rainy thursday morning, i thought that it would be a good time to write a post on searching the windows registry using powershell.
Powershell will give you a list of all your programs, complete with the version, name of the developer, and even the date you installed it. Script of software inventory powershell general ask the. Gathering installed software using powershell microsoft. Ps1 a powershell script for windows server inventory less than 1 minute read many of the customer projects i work on involve collecting an inventory of basic information about the windows servers in the environment, such as cpumemory specs, os versions, volume sizes, and so on. I have researched online, and through forums and from what ive read it should be working. The registry approach is often more effective for maintaining installed software. The powershell script introduced in this post allows you to easily list all installed programs on. Use powershell to quickly find installed software scripting. Psprovider provides a hierarchical namespace consisting of registry keys and. The contents of that registry key will be the same software you see under the control panel in programs. Gathering installed software using powershell microsoft certified.
The management point then forwards the inventory information to the configuration manager site server, which stores the information in the site database. Getting a persystem software inventory powershellshocked. Software inventory, add remove programs, remote registry, powershell remote computers, microsoft. Enable software inventory on clients this option should be set to yes for software inventory to work. We have a dumb application that we have to use at work. Aug 05, 2019 getremoteprogr am get list of installed programs on remote or local computer this script generates a list by querying the registry and returning the installed programs of a local or remote computer. But the problem with it is, it only retrieves the installed applications via msi, however, this wmi class might not list all the installed softwares that show in add or remove programs, appwiz. Script getremoteprogram get list of installed programs on. The usage and available wildcards below provide important information on how the registry scanner operates, how to use the correct series of patterns, and some examples to get you searching quickly.
Interacting with the registry in powershell 4sysops. The windows powershell registry provider psprovider supplies actions for. Software inventory configuration manager microsoft docs. Ps1 a powershell script for windows server inventory less than 1 minute read many of the customer projects i work on involve collecting an inventory of basic information about the windows servers in the environment, such as. Extend hardware inventory configuration manager microsoft. Powershell custom inventory rules for dell kace adams site. Script of software inventory powershell general ask.
How to audit installed software from the command line tips. This script generates a list by querying the registry and returning the installed programs of a local or remote computer. Create a list of installed programs using ccleaner. How to get registry information into hardware inventory. Those of you who have prior experience with powershell data providers may be familiar with getitem to retrieve objectlevel data. Jan 17, 2007 this means you can use the cd command command to move up and down the registry and type dir or ls in much the same way you would navigate the filestore using cmd. Registry keys have a property with the generic name of property that is a list of registry entries in the key. The other is with the standard apps and books section aka software distribution. Mar 22, 2016 from powershell, run whoami to verify the user context. I used it to report on what version of symantec products are.
Your real answer is to figure out how to clean those systems proactively and then rescan using a tool like spiceworks, powershell, or any number of other proven methods. And that allows me the same script install antivirus mcaff and check other software i use in my business. Working with registry entries powershell microsoft docs. Get the list of installed softwares on remote computers. How to deploy a powershell script with workspace one.
Right click default client settings and click properties. How to get information from the configuration manager inventory using powershell. Feb 22, 2018 report software with windows powershell if you need something effective for software inventory of your companys computers, this windows powershell script will help you a lot. By using a powershell script, you can easily reach out to each of these systems, pull a realtime software inventory and generate a report in any fashion youdlike. Use powershell to find and uninstall software scripting blog. Like to be able to trigger your clients to perform activities when you wish, example a hardware inventory or software inventory without waiting for the scheduled time to occur on the client. Triggering configmgr client actions with wmic without. Script getremoteprogram get list of installed programs on remote. Most of software audit tools use both wmi and registry data to merge them and report an accurate list of installed programs. The windows powershell registry provider psprovider supplies actions for manipulating registry keys. Accordingly, to get a complete list of installed software, you will need to scan information from all three branches of the registry. Find the product guid of installed software with powershell. Each registry key in the windows registry can have registry value entries where each entry has a name and an associated value.
Jul 21, 2019 perhaps you simply need a quick way to perform a software inventory of a few system. You can use powershell or regedit commands to pull those registry entries if you know they are safe to remove. How to extract basic hardware inventory info using psinfo. Commercial software inventory programs typically include the unique signatures and.
It allows for retrieval of additional properties such as the uninstall string of an application as well. Before you head to configure software inventory in sccm, lets see the list of options and what each one of them does. The windows powershell registry provider lets you get, add, change, clear, and delete registry keys, entries, and values in windows powershell. What you basically need to do, is to browse your way to the registrykey you wish to inventory. You dont need an agent installed on computers, just that the same has the remote registry service enabled. Obtaining useful and accurate results from the registry scanner is dependent on the correct usage of the include patterns and exclude patterns. In the configuration manager console, choose administration client settings default client settings. The wmi approach im going to cover the wmi first only because you should. How to extract basic hardware inventory info using psinfo utility psinfo is a commandline utility that is a part of sysinternals toolkit named pstools. How to get registry information into hardware inventory when the hardware inventory agent is running its looking after values in the local wmi database on the client. I dont have a lot of experience working with the registry in powershell, so i took this as an opportunity to learn.
The wmi approach im going to cover the wmi first only because you should never. How to get configuration manager inventory data using. I used it to report on what version of symantec products are installed on servers. Learn how to use windows powershell to quickly find installed software on local and remote computers. As far as the registry provider is concerned, registry keys are items, and the values are item properties. This means you can use the cd command command to move up and down the registry and type dir or ls in much the same way you would navigate the filestore using cmd. By creating a simple powershell script, and using a little registry fu, we can create a function that easily extracts this information. By default wmi contains much valuable information that is easy to collect. The guid is what uniquely identifies a piece of installed software among all of the other pieces of software on a computer. In this case hklm\ software \companyname\ and check off installdate. Installed software is tracked in 2 hives in the registry, depending on how it was installed. It also provides an extra column in the output which indicates the architecturex86 or x64 of the software.
Get the list of installed softwares on remote computers with powershell. Getremoteprogr am get list of installed programs on remote or local computer this script generates a list by querying the registry and returning the installed programs of a local or remote computer. Nov 28, 2018 accordingly, to get a complete list of installed software, you will need to scan information from all three branches of the registry. Searching the registry using powershell derek newton. It allows for retrieval of additional properties such. I tried looking in the registry, but the install key is emptyfigures. Powershell can help us in gathering the software on a local or remote system by giving us a couple of different options to perform the software gathering. To troubleshoot your custom inventory rule, enable debug logging on a target system.
Instead, you can enable and disable wmi classes, and add new classes to collect by hardware inventory by using client settings. The company has released a new version of this application. Ccleaner is a windows application designed to free up space on your pc by deleting temporary files and erasing private data, such as your browsing and download history and lists of recent documents in various programs. As such, im not sure if this is the best way to do all of this, but i ran a test on my computer and it seemed to work. Solved powershell script for software inventory spiceworks. Feb 10, 2015 your real answer is to figure out how to clean those systems proactively and then rescan using a tool like spiceworks, powershell, or any number of other proven methods. Of course, you can also use a software inventory tool. Need powershell script that checks which softaware be installed on the machines in the network via the windows registry and get back to me in a file the software installed.
In my case, one of my tasks was to identify the all current local admins of all of the computers currently deployed. I am trying to create an exportable report of software installed on systems, either servers or pcs via the registry with the following line of commands and i am not sure where i am failing. Checking domain computers for specific software installed im working on a script to find out what computers in our domain a specific piece of software is installed on. To configure software inventory in sccm, perform the following steps. Searching the registry to find installed software in the first part of this series we looked at using wmi to identify installed applications. In my case, one of my tasks was to identify the all current local admins of all of the computers. The scripting wife and i were lucky enough to attend the first powershell user group meeting in corpus christi. There are two ways to deploy a powershell script with workspace one. Get list of installed software of remote computer stack overflow.
The simplest way is to get the property names associated with a key. Checking domain computers for specific software installed. Dont feel like installing right click tools and dealing with the mess that can come with them. Six methods to automatically discover sql server instances. Report software with windows powershell if you need something effective for software inventory of your companys computers, this windows powershell script will help you a lot.
Use powershell to get installed software with a simple script. In this case hklm\software\companyname\ and check off. There are several registry locations where installed software is logged. In this blog post i am going to play with wmi objects on the local computer and on remote computers. Using powershell to get a list of installed software from a remote. Testing for the presence of a registry key and value. Besides software inventory, which will return many more items the you might need, here are 2 options. If you want to do an inventory of all installed software in your active directory domain, then keep on reading my. List installed programs on remote computers with powershell. This topic has 0 replies, 1 voice, and was last updated 8 years, 2 months ago by forums archives. How to create a list of your installed programs on windows. This script is updated recently to query 32bit as well as 64bit applications installed on remote computers.
How to configure software inventory in sccm prajwal desai. Use powershell to find installed software scripting blog. Aug 02, 2018 most of all there are many settings available when you visit software inventory section. By creating a simple powershell script, and using a little registryfu, we can create a function that easily extracts this information. Each method has its strengths and weaknesses and should be used accordingly. Like to pull the system name, product, display version, installdate and uninstallstring.
The management point then forwards the inventory information to the configuration manager site server, which stores the. In this article, ill show you a function that you can use today that allows you to point to one or more systems and generate a list of all the software thats installed on each. Using the system account will simulate the privileges used when kagent. How to audit installed software from the command line. Triggering configmgr client actions with wmic without pesky.
In the following example, the powershell command displays the value name and data of each of the registry entries contained in the microsoft sql server registry subkey. Learn how to use windows powershell to get software installation locations, and to uninstall software from remote computers. Powershell query installed software on remote computers. Configuration manager provides the following methods to extend hardware inventory.
How to get list of installed programs in windows 10. Collect osd ipu info with hardware inventory garytown. Get the list of installed softwares on remote computers with. If you prefer to use one of software audit tools instead of using the command line, read the how to audit software using software inventory tools article. The first step is to create an array of each machinebased registry path. After you enable software inventory and the clients run a software inventory cycle, the client sends the information to a management point in the clients site. Learn how to use windows powershell to inventory objects in your sharepoint environment and to script updates. How to get configuration manager inventory data using powershell. Hardware inventory means changes to the configuration. Mar 07, 2015 are you a configmgr 2007 \ 2012 administrator. This repository of powershell sample scripts show how to access intune service resources.
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