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David White
David White

Reputation: 3024

Registry keys: PowerShell different from RegEdit

I'm getting different results when I interrogate my registry, depending on the method used. Why is this? Is it some 32-bit v 64-bit trickiness? How do I get the RegEdit answers via PowerShell?

Method 1 - RegEdit

If I browse to HKLM\SOFTWARE in RegEdit.exe, I see a list of subkeys, starting with:

7-Zip
Alps

Method 2 - PowerShell 

ForEach-Object{Get-ChildItem -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE'} | Select PSChildName

produces a list, starting with: 

Adobe
ATI

Method 3 - reg query

Just for fun I tried a third method I discovered while hunting on Stack Overflow for an answer:

reg query hklm\SOFTWARE

returns a list, starting with: 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ATI

Upvotes: 1

Views: 983

Answers (1)

David White
David White

Reputation: 3024

Credit to user3211152 and Matt...

I can see the 32-bit keys under the HKLM\Software\WOW6432Node. But also, I discovered that I was running my PowerShell in the Windows PowerShell ISE (x86) shell. When I changed to the Windows PowerShell ISE shell, I could see the other data (ie the same my RegEdit example in my question).

Upvotes: 1

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