PowerShell Providers CMDlets -2

In this lecture we will take a look at Item property and path cmdlets.

ItemProperty cmdlets

• New-ItemProperty \- creates a new property for a specified item and sets its value.Typically, this cmdlet is used to create new registry values.

• Get-itemProperty gets the property of an item like viewing registry properties and their values. You can use this cmdlet to get information about directories, files or registry entries.

• Remove-ItemProperty – This deletes a property and its value from an item. You can use it to delete registry values and the data that they store.

  Please note: That the registry entry must exist before you can edit the entry.

** **First, we need to create a new registry key in the HKLM registry hive. We will use the **New-item cmdlet.
**In the file system, New-Item creates files and folders. In the registry, New-Item creates registry keys and entries.

**Be sure to open PowerShell as an Administrator. **

** **Using this command we will create a registry key named MyCompany.

Command #1

**New-Item -Path "HKLM:\Software\MyCompany" **

Press return

**Displayed **is our registry key **MyCompany
**

Now we need to use the command New-itemproperty to add a new registry entry to the MyCompany registry key.

Command #2

**New-Itemproperty -Path "HKLM:\Software\MyCompany" -name NewProperty -value NewPropertyValue **

Press return

We just added the name NewProperty to the registry.

Now we need to add a new value of 400 employees to my company.

Command #3

New-itemproperty -path HKLM:\Software\MyCompany -name NoOfEmployees -value 400

And there is our employee values of 400.

Let’s take a look at the **results **by taking a look at the windows registry editor.

• From the search bar type registry
• From HKLM, follow the path software\MyCompany
• Click MyCompany…