Powershell list of object comObject names

Question

Hello.

I have this comand in powerhsell:

$doc = New-Object -ComObject "Word.Appliction"

Is there any list of available application which can i create with New-Object -ComObject "Name".

Thanks for answare.

Answer 1

The available application with COM interface highly depends on which applications, driver, etc are installed on the current machine.
So a list of all COM apps don't exists.

For your machine you can look it up in registry =>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

Answer 2

From Windows Powershell in Action:

# find com progid's (2475!)
function Get-ProgId {
  param ($filter = '.')
  Get-ChildItem -Path 'REGISTRY::HKey_Classes_Root\clsid\*\progid' |
  foreach {if ($_.name -match '\\ProgID$') { $_.GetValue('') }} |
  Where-Object {$_ -match $filter}
}

get-progid internet

InternetExplorer.Application.1
Internet.HHCtrl.1
Internet.HHCtrl.1
Internet.HHCtrl.1
InternetShortcut