PowerShell command to get installed application/software version

Question

I need to read product version from control panel for specific application. I'm using this command till now.

Get-WmiObject Win32_Product -Filter "Name like 'ISASmaartHub'" | Select-Object -ExpandProperty

after upgrading my system to Windows 11 it is throwing this exception -

Select-Object : Missing an argument for parameter 'ExpandProperty'. Specify a parameter of type 'System.String' and try again.
At line:1 char:82
+ ...  -Filter "Name like 'ISASmaartHub'" | Select-Object -ExpandProperty
+                                                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Select-Object], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : MissingArgument,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SelectObjectCommand

Can anyone please suggest which command I should use to read the version of an application on Windows 11 system.

Thanks in advance!

This would not have worked on Win10 either. Change Select-Object -ExpandProperty to Select-Object -ExpandProperty Version — Mathias R. Jessen
– Mathias R. Jessen, Commented Aug 23, 2022 at 10:45
As a tip I can give you: don't use win32_product, it's broken (very slow and it can actually reset software settings in some rare cases because of the consistency check). See learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/samples/… for more info — bluuf
– bluuf, Commented Aug 23, 2022 at 11:11
Thank you, I'm able to get the version now using Get-CimInstance as well as Get-WmiObject. As suggested will go with Get-CimInstance. — Shivani G
– Shivani G, Commented Aug 23, 2022 at 14:00

filimonic · Accepted Answer · 2022-08-23 11:22:38Z

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Prefer using Get-CimInstance over Get-WmiObject for new applications, as WMI is being deprecated.
For WMI\CIM, operator LIKE uses WQL language and should have a % sign as a mark for Any symbols. WQL Like Syntax
Select -ExpandProperty smth means from this big object select only value of smth property. This means, property name MUST present.

Working Example for product named 1C:

Get-CimInstance -Filter 'NAME LIKE "%1C%"' -ClassName 'Win32_Product' | 
    Select -ExpandProperty 'Version'

answered Aug 23, 2022 at 11:22

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