Test if a registry value exists.

Test-RegistryValue [-Key] <Object> [-Value] <Object> [[-SID] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Checks a registry key path to see if it has a value with a given name. Can correctly handle cases where a value simply has an empty or null value.

-Key <Object>

Path of the registry key.

-Value <Object>

Specify the registry key value to check the existence of.

-SID <String>

The security identifier (SID) for a user. Specifying this parameter will convert a HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry key to the HKEY_USERS$SID format.

Specify this parameter from the Invoke-HKCURegistrySettingsForAllUsers function to read/edit HKCU registry settings for all users on the system.

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

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PS C:>Test-RegistryValue -Key 'HKLM:SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager' -Value 'PendingFileRenameOperations'

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