Disabling Startup programs

Question

I am looking to disable a list of startup programs using PowerShell. I have gotten so far but then hit a wall. Currently I cannot get a second listing of startup programs to list nicely like my first.

function Disable-Startups {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param(
        [parameter(DontShow = $true)]
        $32bit = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run",
        [parameter(DontShow = $true)]
        $32bitRunOnce = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce",
        [parameter(DontShow = $true)]
        $64bit = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run",
        [parameter(DontShow = $true)]
        $64bitRunOnce = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce",
        [parameter(DontShow = $true)]
        $currentLOU = "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run",
        [parameter(DontShow = $true)]
        $currentLOURunOnce = "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce"
    )

    Begin {
        $disableList = @(
            "iTunesHelper",
            "Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Agent for Windows",
            "Ccleaner Monitoring",
            #"SunJavaUpdateSched",
            "Steam",
            "Discord"
        )
        New-PSDrive -PSProvider Registry -Name HKU -Root HKEY_USERS | Out-Null
        $startups = Get-CimInstance Win32_StartupCommand | Select-Object Name,Location
    }
    Process {
        foreach ($startUp in $startUps){
            if ($startUp.Name -in $disableList){
                $number = ($startUp.Location).IndexOf("\")
                $location = ($startUp.Location).Insert("$number",":")
                Write-Output "Disabling $($startUp.Name) from $location)"
                #Remove-ItemProperty -Path "$location" -Name "$($startUp.name)" 
            }
        }

        $regStartList = Get-ItemProperty -Path $32bit,$32bitRunOnce,$64bit,$64bitRunOnce,$currentLOU,$currentLOURunOnce | Format-List
    }
    End {}
}

So basically when $regStartList starts I want the the display name and location of each item for each registry and I want to put all of that into one variable. but I cannot get a nice list like this to be listed

Name                Location
----                --------
OneDriveSetup       HKU\S-1-5-19\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
OneDriveSetup       HKU\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Send to OneNote     Startup
OneDrive            HKU\S-1-5-21-3687383513-804626811-2257261628-1001\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
CCleaner Monitoring HKU\S-1-5-21-3687383513-804626811-2257261628-1001\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

But instead get this, even if I run.

$regStartList = Get-ItemProperty -Path $32bit,$32bitRunOnce,$64bit,$64bitRunOnce,$currentLOU,$currentLOURunOnce | Select-Object name,location

name location
---- --------

Some reason there is not a location or name/displayname that gets grabbed.

EDIT: I answered my own question but if someone has a better one let me know.

$regStartList = Get-Item -path $32bit,$32bitRunOnce,$64bit,$64bitRunOnce,$currentLOU,$currentLOURunOnce |
    Where-Object {$_.ValueCount -ne 0} | Select-Object  property,name

foreach ($regName in $regStartList.name) {
   $regNumber = ($regName).IndexOf("\")
   $regLocation = ($regName).Insert("$regNumber",":")
   if ($regLocation -like "*HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*"){
    $regLocation = $regLocation.Replace("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE","HKLM")
    write-host $regLocation
   }
   if ($regLocation -like "*HKEY_CURRENT_USER*"){
    $regLocation = $regLocation.Replace("HKEY_CURRENT_USER","HKCU")
    write-host $regLocation
   }
    foreach($disable in $disableList) {
       if (Get-ItemProperty -Path "$reglocation" -name "$Disable"-ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
            Write-host "yeah i exist"
            #Remove-ItemProperty -Path "$location" -Name "$($startUp.name)" -whatif
       }else {write-host "no exist"}
    }   

}

Answer 1

I came up with my own solution. If anyone has a better idea let me know

$regStartList = Get-Item -path $32bit,$32bitRunOnce,$64bit,$64bitRunOnce,$currentLOU,$currentLOURunOnce |
Where-Object {$_.ValueCount -ne 0} | Select-Object  property,name

foreach ($regName in $regStartList.name) {
   $regNumber = ($regName).IndexOf("\")
   $regLocation = ($regName).Insert("$regNumber",":")
   if ($regLocation -like "*HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*"){
    $regLocation = $regLocation.Replace("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE","HKLM")
    write-host $regLocation
   }
   if ($regLocation -like "*HKEY_CURRENT_USER*"){
    $regLocation = $regLocation.Replace("HKEY_CURRENT_USER","HKCU")
    write-host $regLocation
   }
    foreach($disable in $disableList) {
       if (Get-ItemProperty -Path "$reglocation" -name "$Disable"-ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
            Write-host "yeah i exist"
            #Remove-ItemProperty -Path "$location" -Name "$($startUp.name)" -whatif
       }else {write-host "no exist"}
    }   

}