Need help to run a query via PSEXEC to look for a registry key and export the result to a text file.

Would it would be easier to use reg.exe query?  http://www.robvanderwoude.com/regsearch.php

REG Query HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{901......xxxxxx} /v Displayname \\Computer_Name
Since you made a picture instead of cutting and pasting the string, I'm not going to try and eyeball it and type that out.  You can figure it out yourself.

Put that in a for loop

for %i in (computer1, computer2, computer.) DO  REG Query HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{901......xxxxxx} /v Displayname \\%i

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If your have name in numerical sequence:

for /l in %i in (1,1,99)  DO REG Query HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{901......xxxxxx} /v Displayname \\Computer%i

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Dont I need to put abc.com somewhere in the script?  I want to run the command against our AD to look for all machines that might have that regisry key.

Here is what I am getting when i ran your command.


Here is the string if you need to use it for the command:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{90150000-008F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}

Sorry I misread the syntax.
It should be:

for %i in (computer1, computer2, computer3) DO  REG Query \\%i\HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{90150000-008F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE} /v Displayname 

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for /l in %i in (1,1,99)  DO REG Query \\computer%i\HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{90150000-008F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE} /v Displayname 

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How would I run this query against a domain controller (e.g. - abc.com)  or a certain OU? Let's say the OU is (e.g. - TEST).  I need to query all machines within the domain. That is the challenge. Can you share the command given the scenario as mentioned?

Any Expert have any other suggestion?

I wish experts exchange was more consistent with their notification emails.  They keep changing them and I missed the responses.


You don't need to be on the domain controller.  You just need to run it with an admin account that has Local administrator privileges.  

As for getting computers, you would run powershell.
$ou = "OU=Workstations,OU=Computers,DC=MyDomain,DC=com"
$Computers = Get-ADComputer -Filter '*' -SearchBase $ou
$Computers | Foreach { $_.DNSHostName } | Out-File -Filepath "output.txt"

Did this ever work out for you?