Get only the version number of software from Reg

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I am trying to get just the version number from a registry key and it is proving to be very hard. I have this code which works but it will give me the following:

DisplayVersion

5.9.0.21

$VER = Get-ChildItem -Path HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall |
Get-ItemProperty | Where-Object { $_.DisplayName -match “Common.*Core” } | Select-Object -Property displayversion -unique

All I want is the 5.9.0.21 and I don’t want to have to use regular expressions etc… can’t you search for a Display Name and get just the version number from the registry?

Thank you.

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Thanks in advance

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Either you do

$VER.DisplayVersion

or

$VER = 
    Get-ChildItem -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall' |
        Get-ItemProperty | 
            Where-Object { $_.DisplayName -match 'Common.*Core' } | 
                Select-Object -ExpandProperty DisplayVersion