I'm trying to filter out everything in the $remove array and display the remaining installed programs! it works if i replace Foreach-object with Where-Object and no array to filter one object.
Otherwise I just get a lot of false statements spit back at me.
$remove = @("Visual C*","Microsoft*")
$giveto = "\\path\here\UserFilesEdited.txt"
$svc = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service -Computer $compname `
-Filter "Name='RemoteRegistry'" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue `
if (-not $svc) {
"Cannot connect to $compname. Please use manual method."
}
if ($svc.State -eq 'Stopped') { $svc.StartService() }
$remove | get-wmiobject -class Win32_Product -ComputerName $CompName | foreach-object {$_.name -notlike $remove} | Format-Wide -Property Name -Column 1
<#
get-wmiobject -class Win32_Product -ComputerName $CompName| gm | select-string -pattern $remove -notmatch | Out-File $giveto
get-content $giveto
#>
