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Get-ExePaths

SYNOPSIS

Gets the exe's of a matching program name

SYNTAX

Get-ExePaths [[-name] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Searches through all common install directories for exes with a matching parent directory name

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Get-ExePaths -name "steam"

Will return all exes in the steam program file and appdata folders

PARAMETERS

-name

The name to use when searching for exe's will be matched anywhere in the name

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

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NOTES

Uses a list collection object and get-childitem. Adds to the list at the of filtering with get child item so each item is a single entry in the list

Get-ExePaths

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