PowerShell v3 Function Get ControlPanelView

Earlier this year I posted on how to track down registry tweaks with some incomplete information. After reworking the underlying function, I came up with this:

function Get-ControlPanelView

{

       [CmdletBinding()]

       param()

      

       Write-Verbose "$(Get-TimeStamp): Getting Control Panel View icon status.";

       $AllItemsIconView = (Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:SoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerControlPanel" -Name AllItemsIconView).AllItemsIconView

       $StartupPage = (Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:SoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerControlPanel" -Name StartupPage).StartupPage

      

       # $AllItemsIconView = 0/$StartupPage = 1 : Large Icons

       if(($AllItemsIconView -eq 0) -and ($StartupPage -eq 1))

       {

             Write-Verbose "$(Get-TimeStamp): Control Panel View set to `"Large Icons`"."

             return Large Icons;                  

       }

       # $AllItemsIconView = 1/$StartupPage = 0 : Category               

       if(($AllItemsIconView -eq 1) -and ($StartupPage -eq 0))

       {

             Write-Verbose "$(Get-TimeStamp): Control Panel View set to `"Category`"."

             return Category;

       }

      

       # $AllItemsIconView = 1/$StartupPage = 1 : Small Icons

       if(($AllItemsIconView -eq 1) -and ($StartupPage -eq 1))

       {

             Write-Verbose "$(Get-TimeStamp): Control Panel View set to `"Small Icons`"."

             return Small Icons;                  

       }

}

When I run this, it is a simple command which can use -Verbose to get more details.

 

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