The following PowerShell script will return all installed software on a Windows server.
function GetInstalledMSIVersionNumber($MSIName) {
#Define the variable to hold the location of Currently Installed Programs
$registry = "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall","SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall";
$Results = "";
foreach($UninstallKey in $registry){
$computername="ServerName";
#Create an instance of the Registry Object and open the HKLM base key
$reg=[microsoft.win32.registrykey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey('LocalMachine',$computername)
#Drill down into the Uninstall key using the OpenSubKey Method
$regkey=$reg.OpenSubKey($UninstallKey)
#Retrieve an array of string that contain all the subkey names
$subkeys=$regkey.GetSubKeyNames()
#Open each Subkey and use GetValue Method to return the required values for each
foreach($key in $subkeys){
$thisKey=$UninstallKey+"\\"+$key
$thisSubKey=$reg.OpenSubKey($thisKey)
if ($($thisSubKey.GetValue("DisplayName"))) {
# header: DisplayName,DisplayVersion,Publisher,InstallDate,InstallLocation,InstanceId,UninstallString,EstimatedSize
$Results = $Results + """" + $($thisSubKey.GetValue("DisplayName") + """" + "," + """" + $thisSubKey.GetValue("DisplayVersion") + """" + "," + """" + $thisSubKey.GetValue("Publisher") + """" + "," + """" + $thisSubKey.GetValue("InstallDate") + """" + "," + """" + $thisSubKey.GetValue("InstallLocation") + """" + "," + """" + $thisSubKey.GetValue("InstanceId") + """" + "," + """" + $thisSubKey.GetValue("UninstallString") + """" + "," + """" + $thisSubKey.GetValue("EstimatedSize") + """" + "`n");
}
}
}
return $Results;
}
$Results = GetInstalledMSIVersionNumber("");
$Results;
