Powershell get CLSID of desktop icons

Question

Hello everybody.

Can I get somehow CLSID of icon on my desktop.
For example recycle bin have CLSID "{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}" but can i somewho get it with powershell.
In registry editor it look that: But i want get the CLSID of recycle bin with powershell.

Is it possible to get the CLSID of recycle bin or other application on my desktop?

Thanks for help.

Answer 1

Hi

You may try something like this

$path = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID'  
$data = 'Recycle Bin'   
Get-ChildItem -Path $path | ForEach-Object{  
    Get-ItemProperty -Path $_.PSPath | Where-Object {$_.'(default)' -eq $data} | Select-Object -ExpandProperty PSChildName  
}  

Best Regards,
Ian Xue

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