PowerShell can read and write Registry keys and values easily, but there is no a built-in way to check the data type of a given value.
To find out the data type of a value, first access the Registry key as usual. Then, use its GetValueKind() method. This example checks the value data type for two Registry values:
$RegKey = Get-Item 'HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion' $RegKey.GetValueKind('RegisteredOwner') $RegKey.GetValueKind('DigitalProductID')
