How do I get the value of a registry key and ONLY the value using powershell

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Can anyone help me pull the value of a registry key and place it into a variable in PowerShell? So far I have used `Get-ItemProperty` and `reg query` and although both will pull the value, both also add extra text. I need just the string text from the registry key and ONLY the string text from the key. I'm sure I could create a function to strip off the extra text but if something changes (i.e. reg key name) it might affect this.

Accepted Answer

```
$key = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion'
(Get-ItemProperty -Path $key -Name ProgramFilesDir).ProgramFilesDir
```

I've never liked how this provider was implemented like this : /

Basically, it makes every registry value a `PSCustomObject` object with `PsPath`, `PsParentPath`, `PsChildname`, `PSDrive` and `PSProvider` properties and then a property for its actual value. So even though you asked for the item by name, to get its value you have to use the name once more.

How do I get the value of a registry key and ONLY the value using powershell

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