Working with the registry provider

The registry provider is a Windows-only provider that allows access to the local registry of a host. All local hives can be navigated like a filesystem, with the usual provider cmdlets.

How to do it...

Install and start PowerShell Core on Windows and execute the following steps:

1. Execute the following code to list items in the local machine registry hive:

# Like the filesystem, the local registry hives can be browsed.
# ACLs apply, so AccessDenied errors aren't uncommon
Get-ChildItem HKLM:\SOFTWARE

2. Since there're no additional filters, you don't have much control over Get-ChildItem, which only returns registry keys and displays their values. Trying to enumerate values this...