Powershell: Verify if a application is installed (the right way)!

There are a few different ways to skin this problem… An initial search will point you in the direction of using WMI Win32_Product class. Avoid this at all costs for reasons mentioned here.

Use this approach instead:

gci "HKLM:\software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" | %{ gp $_.PSPath } | where {$_.DisplayName -match "{Application Name}"}


Enjoy!

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