Reading Registry Values Easily

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Here is the simplest way to read Registry values:

$Key = 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion'
$Name = 'RegisteredOwner'

$result = (Get-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::$Key" -ErrorAction Stop).$Name


"Registered Windows Owner: $result"

Simply replace the $Key with the Registry key and $Name with the Registry value to read the value.

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