PowerShell: Display all Add/Remove Program Entries with Uninstall String

Here is a script that will display all Add/Remove Program entries with the uninstall string, directly from the x86 and x64 registry keys.

You can download the script from here.

 #*******************************************************************************  
 #      Author: Mick Pletcher  
 #        Date: 12 June 2013  
 #  
 #     Program: Add/Remove Programs  
 # Description: This script will either list all applications in the Add/Remove  
 #              programs, which is pulled from both the registry. On a 64-bit  
 #              machine, it pulls from both the x86 and x64 add/remove programs  
 #              registry entries. You will also have the option to search for  
 #              a specific application.   
 #*******************************************************************************  
 cls

 $Global:OS  

 Function GetOSArchitecture{  
      $Global:OS=Get-WMIObject win32_operatingsystem  
      #$Global:OS.OSArchitecture  
      #Answers: 32-bit, 64-bit  
 }  

 $DisplayOutput = $false  
 GetOSArchitecture  
 [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms")  
 [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('Microsoft.VisualBasic') | Out-Null  
 $Output = [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("Search for a specific program?" , "Status" , 4)  
 If ($Output -eq "Yes"){  
      $ProgramName = [Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction]::InputBox("Enter specific software name:")  
      $ProgramName = "*"+$ProgramName+"*"  
 }  
 If ($Global:OS.OSArchitecture -eq "32-bit"){  
      $RegPath = "HKLM:\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\"  
      $Results = Get-ChildItem $RegPath -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue  
      foreach ($item in $Resultsx86){  
           If (($item.GetValue("DisplayName") -ne $null) -and ($item.GetValue("UninstallString") -ne $null)) {  
                Write-Host  
                Write-Host  
             Write-Host "  Software: "$item.GetValue("DisplayName")  
                Write-Host "  Version: "$item.GetValue("DisplayVersion")  
             Write-Host "Uninstaller: "$item.GetValue("UninstallString")  
           }  
      }  
 }  
 If ($Global:OS.OSArchitecture -eq "64-bit"){  
      $RegPathx86 = "HKLM:\software\wow6432node\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\"  
      $RegPathx64 = "HKLM:\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\"  
      $Resultsx86 = Get-ChildItem $RegPathx86 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue  
      $Resultsx64 = Get-ChildItem $RegPathx64 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue  
      foreach ($item in $Resultsx86){  
           If (($item.GetValue("DisplayName") -ne $null) -and ($item.GetValue("UninstallString") -ne $null)) {  
                If ($Output -eq "Yes"){  
                     If ($item.GetValue("DisplayName") -like $ProgramName){  
                          $DisplayOutput = $true  
                     }  
                }else{  
                     $DisplayOutput = $true  
                }  
                If ($DisplayOutput -eq $true){  
                     Write-Host  
                     Write-Host  
                  Write-Host "  Software: "$item.GetValue("DisplayName")  
                     Write-Host "  Version: "$item.GetValue("DisplayVersion")  
                  Write-Host "Uninstaller: "$item.GetValue("UninstallString")  
                }  
           }  
           $DisplayOutput = $false  
      }  
      $DisplayOutput = $false  
      foreach ($item in $Resultsx64){  
           If (($item.GetValue("DisplayName") -ne $null) -and ($item.GetValue("UninstallString") -ne $null)) {  
                If ($Output -eq "Yes"){  
                     If ($item.GetValue("DisplayName") -like $ProgramName){  
                          $DisplayOutput = $true  
                     }  
                }else{  
                     $DisplayOutput = $true  
                }  
                If ($DisplayOutput -eq $true){  
                     Write-Host  
                     Write-Host  
                  Write-Host "  Software: "$item.GetValue("DisplayName")  
                     Write-Host "  Version: "$item.GetValue("DisplayVersion")  
                  Write-Host "Uninstaller: "$item.GetValue("UninstallString")  
                }  
           }  
           $DisplayOutput = $false  
      }  
 }  

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