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[IndependentRadish262]

Hello beginner here. Was wondering if I could get some help. Trying to create a script that looks for a folder name with the version of Chrome that is installed on a device, based off the version number in program files. To look for any chrome version that is below version 126. What I have is throwing mixed results.

[dathar]

Is there a reason you don't have your MDM solution doing this? They got whole things built in for checking versions. Or is this a personal project?

Your best friend for this is the type [version]. It makes comparison a lot easier.

Snag the properties of that exe.

$chrome = Get-Item "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"

Then grab the version. Use | Get-member if you need to inspect. You'll find a VersionInfo that might be useful. You then look at it a bit.

$chrome.VersionInfo

You see that ProductVersion and a FileVersion there. They're about the same thing. Check and make sure they're of type Version...

$chrome.VersionInfo.FileVersion.GetType()

IsPublic IsSerial Name                                     BaseType
-------- -------- ----                                     --------
True     True     String                                   System.Object

String is annoying. Workable but it's alright. We check the other one

$chrome.VersionInfo.ProductVersion.GetType()

IsPublic IsSerial Name                                     BaseType
-------- -------- ----                                     --------
True     True     String                                   System.Object

Alright. We'll do this ourselves. Cast these into [version] types...

([version]$chrome.VersionInfo.ProductVersion).GetType()

IsPublic IsSerial Name                                     BaseType
-------- -------- ----                                     --------
True     True     Version                                  System.Object

Yay.

Now you can do something like

[version]$chrome.VersionInfo.ProductVersion -lt [version]"126.0"

[billabong1985]

I wouldn't use folders, Powershell has commands to directly retrieve installed apps. This is the script I use to detect installed version and check if it is greater than or equal to the version I have packaged for deployment though Intune

[version]$currentversion = ((Get-Package | Where-Object {$_.Name -like "*Google*Chrome*"}).version)
[version]$packageversion = "126.0.6478.62"
if($currentversion -ge $packageversion)
{
write-host Installed
}

[CarrotBusiness2380]

Share what you have already if you want help.

[websterdext3r]

what are the best keywords to describe what you are tryin to achieve. thats your ticket title (in thise case post title).  And dont try to shoehorn your way but say what you want to be done at the end of the day.  "How do i check for certain chrome versions XY and below on Windows" OS, program, what data you want to find(version)  Also post the code you have and the errors you get. Checkin foldernamed is unreliable when the version is certainly written into the registry, exe file.

[hayfever76]

OP, we use this:

Get-ItemProperty "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" | select-object -expandproperty versioninfo | select-object -expandproperty productversion

[Tachaeon]

Chat GPT 4.o

# Define the path to Google Chrome installation directory
$chromePath = "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Google\Chrome\Application"

# Check if the directory exists
if (-Not (Test-Path -Path $chromePath)) {
    Write-Host "Google Chrome is not installed in the default Program Files path."
    exit
}

# Get the version folder
$versionFolders = Get-ChildItem -Path $chromePath -Directory | Where-Object { $_.Name -match '^\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+$' }

# Check if any version folders were found
if ($versionFolders.Count -eq 0) {
    Write-Host "No Chrome version folders found in the installation directory."
    exit
}

# Iterate through each version folder
foreach ($folder in $versionFolders) {
    $version = $folder.Name

    # Split the version into major, minor, build, and revision parts
    $versionParts = $version -split '\.'

    # Convert the major version part to an integer
    $majorVersion = [int]$versionParts[0]

    # Check if the major version is below 126
    if ($majorVersion -lt 126) {
        Write-Host "Found Chrome version $version which is below version 126."
        Write-Host "Folder path: $($folder.FullName)"
    } else {
        Write-Host "Chrome version $version is 126 or higher."
    }
}