Tip of the Day: Using Windows PowerShell to query the registry

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I always knew you could do it but I never had a reason to learn how.  But it’s SO EASY!

There are often times I just need to check a registry setting.  Or I need to include it in a script for a customer.  Both the Windows PowerShell cmdlets Get-Item and Get-ItemProperty can be used.

Here is an example of both used to check the VDS settings under the Services key…

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