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Get-Object or equivalent command

I'm working with some software and I'm needing to create a new COM object. I have a powershell script that uses "New-Object -ComObject" with all the settings to create this object. My question is how I can determine if this script has already been run. I have seen some articles refer to a Get-Object command, but Windows doesn't recognize that command. Is there any way I can see if I have already created this object on a specific machine?

David Sankovsky

I don't see a Get-Object CMDLET on technet, but searching CMDLETs that are related to New-Object, I came across this one:
Select-Object. Perhaps it can help your cause.

ITguy565

you could try this :

$test = New-Object Psobject -Property @{  Testprop = "" }
if (($test | gm | select -exp name) -contains 'testprop' ) {"true"}
else { "false" }

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reference : https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/843e2734-d96f-4ce4-96d5-7b5a00b85eb9/check-object-property-existance?forum=winserverpowershell

ITguy565

change it to meet your needs as I don't know your object names.

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David Sankovsky

Jason, If any of the question above helped you in the right direction, Please assign points as you see fit,
if you arrived on the solution completely on your own, that's great too, But please don't leave the question open, close it.
I'm glad that you resolved your issue though.

Jason Tenpenny

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I've tried a couple of times to mark my own comment as the answer, but I keep getting an error every time.

David Sankovsky

I've open a request to a moderator, he should be able to assist.

Jason Tenpenny

ASKER

it's super generic.
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