New file to get installed software via Registry

PowerShell/script_get-installedSoftware.ps1

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+    <#
+	.SYNOPSIS
+        Retrieves a list of all software installed on a Windows computer.
+    .DESCRIPTION
+        Retrieve all software from several registry keys and put it in one big list.
+        Written by Adam the Automator
+	.EXAMPLE
+		PS> .\ListInstalledSoftware.ps1
+        This example retrieves all software installed on the local computer.
+    .LINK
+        https://adamtheautomator.com/powershell-get-installed-software/
+    .NOTES
+        This script was adjusted for my personal need. Because of the following function I wanted it as a standalone script;
+        Invoke-CommandInRunspace - https://github.com/beakerflo/EnterMI/blob/master/PowerShell/function_Invoke-CommandInRunspace.ps1
+        Original author made a very helpful function of the original code below 
+	#>
+try {
+    New-PSDrive -Name HKU -PSProvider Registry -Root Registry::HKEY_USERS | Out-Null
+    $UninstallKeys = @(
+        "HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall",
+        "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall"
+    )
+    $UninstallKeys += Get-ChildItem HKU: | Where-Object { $_.Name -match 'S-\d-\d+-(\d+-){1,14}\d+$' } | ForEach-Object {
+        "HKU:\$($_.PSChildName)\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall"
+    }
+
+    ForEach ($UninstallKey in $UninstallKeys) {
+        Write-Verbose -Message "Checking uninstall key [$($UninstallKey)]"
+        $friendlyNames = @{
+            'DisplayName'    = 'Name'
+            'DisplayVersion' = 'Version'
+        }
+        $SwKeys = Get-ChildItem -Path $UninstallKey -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object { $_.GetValue('DisplayName') }
+        if (-not $SwKeys) {
+            Write-Verbose -Message "No software keys in uninstall key $UninstallKey"
+        } else {
+            foreach ($SwKey in $SwKeys) {
+                $output = @{ }
+                foreach ($ValName in $SwKey.GetValueNames()) {
+                    if ($ValName -ne 'Version') {
+                        $output.InstallLocation = ''
+                        if ($ValName -eq 'InstallLocation' -and 
+                            ($SwKey.GetValue($ValName)) -and 
+                            (@('C:', 'C:\Windows', 'C:\Windows\System32', 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64') -notcontains $SwKey.GetValue($ValName).TrimEnd('\'))) {
+                            $output.InstallLocation = $SwKey.GetValue($ValName).TrimEnd('\')
+                        }
+                        [string]$ValData = $SwKey.GetValue($ValName)
+                        if ($friendlyNames[$ValName]) {
+                            $output[$friendlyNames[$ValName]] = $ValData.Trim() ## Some registry values have trailing spaces.
+                        } else {
+                            $output[$ValName] = $ValData.Trim() ## Some registry values trailing spaces
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                $output.GUID = ''
+                if ($SwKey.PSChildName -match '\b[A-F0-9]{8}(?:-[A-F0-9]{4}){3}-[A-F0-9]{12}\b') {
+                    $output.GUID = $SwKey.PSChildName
+                }
+                New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Prop $output
+            }
+        }
+    }
+} catch {
+    Write-Error -Message "Error: $($_.Exception.Message) - Line Number: $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber)"
+}