Pwershell Script

I am new to Powershell - and I am trying to create a script that will check to see if a registry key exists, if it does - change the value, if it does not exist - then create it and set the value. What I have is below - and it does not work (IWhereas I am new, am not surprised)

$key = Test-Path HKCU:\Software\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters
If $key=False
New-Item –path HKCU:\Software\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters –name AutoShareServer
else
New-Itemproperty -path " HKCU:\Software\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters\AutoShareServer  -value  0

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dawber39

8/22/2022 - Mon

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marek1712

12/4/2011

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marek1712

12/4/2011

Ehh, should be:

$key = Test-Path HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters\AutoShareServer
If ($key.Exists -eq $false)
{
    New-Itemproperty -path HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters\ -PropertyType DWORD -Name AutoShareServer -Value 0
}
else
{
    Set-Itemproperty -path HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters\ -Name AutoShareServer -Value 0
}

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dawber39

12/4/2011

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Thank you for your explanation - I really appreciate it

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