ndalmolin_13

System Admin

Robert

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Note - you can actually use the full path as in regedit if you prepend it with &quot;registry::&quot;, for example:<br />

<pre><code id="code-20-43316798-1">test-path -Path 'registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{F66F74D4-ACF1-48EE-BF6F-2C6629581859}'</code></pre>
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Or if you're already in the registry drive, so that the cmdlet knows to use the registry provider, your original command will work.<br />

<pre><code id="code-20-43316798-2">cd hklm:\
test-path -Path 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{F66F74D4-ACF1-48EE-BF6F-2C6629581859}'</code></pre>
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Note - you can actually use the full path as in regedit if you prepend it with "registry::", for example:


test-path -Path 'registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{F66F74D4-ACF1-48EE-BF6F-2C6629581859}'


Or if you're already in the registry drive, so that the cmdlet knows to use the registry provider, your original command will work.


cd hklm:\
test-path -Path 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{F66F74D4-ACF1-48EE-BF6F-2C6629581859}'

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Hello All,<br><br>I'm trying to test for the existence of a registry key using the test-path command. &nbsp;Here is what I'm doing:<br>test-path -Path 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{F66F74D4-ACF1-48EE-BF6F-2C6629581859}'<br><br>I know for a fact this exists, but the test-path is coming up as "False".<br><br>Any help would be appreciated.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Nick
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Hello All,
I'm trying to test for the existence of a registry key using the test-path command.  Here is what I'm doing:
test-path -Path 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{F66F74D4-ACF1-48EE-BF6F-2C6629581859}'
I know for a fact this exists, but the test-path is coming up as "False".
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Nick

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