Show Chrome and Edge extensions (User)
Search the local user profile for the specified user for Chrome & Edge Chrome extensions in the default location for the default Chrome profile and produce a list of them with the name of the extension
Created: 2020-06-01T01:42:00.497
Modified: 2020-06-01T01:42:00.497
Creator: Guy Leech
Downloads: 42
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<#
Show Chrome extensions installed for all users by looking at their local profiles
@guyrleech 19/05/20
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
Param
(
[string]$username ## if not specified then all profiles
)
$VerbosePreference = ‘SilentlyContinue’
$DebugPreference = ‘SilentlyContinue’
$ErrorActionPreference = ‘Stop’
[int]$outputWidth = 400
Function Get-ExtensionDetail
{
[CmdletBinding()]
Param
(
[Parameter(Mandatory)]
[string]$folder ,
[string]$browser = ‘Chrome’
)
Get-ChildItem -Path $folder| Where-Object { $_.PSIsContainer -and $_.Name -cmatch ‘^[a-z]{32}$’ } | . { Process
{
[string]$extensionid = $_.name
[string]$extensionName = $extensions[ $extensionid ]
if( [string]::IsNullOrEmpty( $extensionName ) )
{
## The * is for a folder which will be one or more version numbers so get the latest created
[string]$manifestFile = [System.IO.Path]::Combine( $folder , $extensionid , '*' , 'manifest.json' )
if( ( Test-Path -Path $manifestFile -PathType Leaf -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue )
-and ( $manifestFile = Get-ChildItem -Path $manifestFile | Sort-Object -Property CreationTime -Descending | Select-Object -First 1 )
-and ( $manifest = Get-Content -Path $manifestFile | ConvertFrom-Json )
-and ( $manifest.PSObject.Properties[ ‘name’ ] ))
{
if( ( $extensionName = $manifest.name ) -match ‘^__MSG_(.*)__’ )
{
[string]$appName = $Matches[1]
## need to look up in locale messages file
if( ( [string]$messagesFile = [System.IO.Path]::Combine( (Split-Path -Path $manifestFile -Parent ) , ‘_locales’ , ( (Get-Culture).Name -replace ‘-‘ , ‘_’ ) , ‘messages.json’ ) )
-and ( Test-Path -Path $messagesFile -PathType Leaf -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue )
-and ( $messages = Get-Content -Path $messagesFile | ConvertFrom-Json )
-and ( $messages.PSObject.Properties[ $appName ] ))
{
$extensionName = $messages.$appName | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'Message'
}
## if was for example en-GB then look up en
elseif( ( [string]$messagesFile = [System.IO.Path]::Combine( (Split-Path -Path $manifestFile -Parent ) , '_locales' , ( (Get-Culture).Name -replace '-.*$' ) , 'messages.json' ) )
-and ( Test-Path -Path $messagesFile -PathType Leaf -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue )
-and ( $messages = Get-Content -Path $messagesFile | ConvertFrom-Json )
-and ( $messages.PSObject.Properties[ $appName ] ))
{
$extensionName = $messages.$appName | Select-Object -ExpandProperty ‘Message’
}
elseif( ( [string]$messagesFile = [System.IO.Path]::Combine( (Split-Path -Path $manifestFile -Parent ) , ‘_locales’ , ‘en’ , ‘messages.json’ ) )
-and ( Test-Path -Path $messagesFile -PathType Leaf -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue )
-and ( $messages = Get-Content -Path $messagesFile | ConvertFrom-Json )
-and ( $messages.PSObject.Properties[ $appName ] ))
{
$extensionName = $messages.$appName | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'Message'
}
}
$extensions.Add( $extensionId , $extensionName )
}
}
[pscustomobject]@{ 'id' = $extensionid ; 'Extension' = $extensionName ; 'Browser' = $browser ; 'Path' = $folder }
}}
}
# Altering the size of the PS Buffer
$PSWindow = (Get-Host).UI.RawUI
$WideDimensions = $PSWindow.BufferSize
$WideDimensions.Width = $outputWidth
$PSWindow.BufferSize = $WideDimensions
## we'll cache extensions we've successfuly looked up
[hashtable]$extensions = @{}
## We will look up folder redirections in the registry if the profile is loaded
try
{
$provider = Get-PSDrive -Name HKU -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}
catch
{
$provider = $null
}
if( ! $provider )
{
if( ! ( $hku = New-PSDrive -Name 'HKU' -PSProvider Registry -Root "Registry::HKU" ) )
{
Write-Warning -Message "Failed to create HKU PS drive"
}
}
## See if we have a Chrome machine policy for user data directory
[string]$chromePoliciesMachineKey = Join-Path -Path (Join-Path -Path 'HKU:' -ChildPath $profile.SID ) -ChildPath 'SOFTWAREPoliciesGoogleChrome'
[string]$computeruserdatadir = (Get-ItemProperty -Path $chromePoliciesMachineKey -Name 'UserDataDir' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'UserDataDir' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
-replace ‘${machine_name}’ , $env:COMPUTERNAME
[int]$counter = 0
[array]$profiles = @()
if( ! [string]::IsNullOrEmpty( $username ) )
{
if( ! ( $sid = (New-Object System.Security.Principal.NTAccount($username)).Translate([System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier]).value ) )
{
Throw “Unable to get SID for user $username”
}
$profiles = @( Get-CimInstance -ClassName win32_userprofile -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Filter “sid = ‘$sid'”)
if( ! $profiles -or ! $profiles.Count )
{
Throw “Unable to find profile for user $username in session $sessionid (sid $sid)”
}
}
else
{
$profiles = @( Get-CimInstance -ClassName win32_userprofile -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Filter “Special = ‘FALSE'” )
}
[array]$results = @( $profiles | . { Process
{
$profile = $PSItem
$counter++
[string]$user = $null
try
{
$user = ([System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier]( $profile.SID )).Translate([System.Security.Principal.NTAccount]).Value
}
catch
{
$user = $null
}
Write-Verbose "$counter : user $user"
## see if local appdata has been redirected
[string]$localAppdata = $null
[string]$userdatadir = $computeruserdatadir
if( $profile.Loaded )
{
[string]$folderRedirectionsKey = Join-Path -Path (Join-Path -Path 'HKU:' -ChildPath $profile.SID ) -ChildPath 'SoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerShell Folders'
$localAppdata = Get-ItemProperty -Path $folderRedirectionsKey -Name 'Local AppData' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'Local AppData' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if( [string]::IsNullOrEmpty( $userdatadir ) )
{
## Computer takes precedence over machine
[string]$chromePoliciesKey = Join-Path -Path (Join-Path -Path 'HKU:' -ChildPath $profile.SID ) -ChildPath 'SOFTWAREPoliciesGoogleChrome'
## Replace Chrome building blocks https://www.chromium.org/administrators/policy-list-3/user-data-directory-variables
$userdatadir = Get-ItemProperty -Path $chromePoliciesKey -Name 'UserDataDir' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'UserDataDir' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}
}
if( [string]::IsNullOrEmpty( $userdatadir ) -and [string]::IsNullOrEmpty( $localAppdata ) )
{
$localAppdata = Join-Path -Path $profile.LocalPath -ChildPath 'AppDataLocal'
}
else
{
$userdatadir = $userdatadir -replace '${profile}' , $profile.LocalPath -replace '${user_name}' , $user ## More variables to do
}
## If profile is loaded, look in HKU to see if localappdata is redirected
[string]$chromeBaseFolder = $(if( ! [string]::IsNullOrEmpty( $userdatadir ) )
{
Join-Path -Path $userdatadir -ChildPath 'DefaultExtensions'
}
else
{
Join-Path -Path $localAppdata -ChildPath 'GoogleChromeUser DataDefaultExtensions'
})
if( Test-Path -Path $chromeBaseFolder -PathType Container -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue )
{
Write-Verbose -Message "$counter : $chromeBaseFolder"
Get-ExtensionDetail -folder $chromeBaseFolder -browser 'Chrome'
}
[string]$edgeBaseFolder = Join-Path -Path $profile.LocalPath -ChildPath 'AppDataLocalMicrosoftEdgeUser DataDefaultExtensions'
if( Test-Path -Path $edgeBaseFolder -PathType Container -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue )
{
Write-Verbose -Message "$counter : $edgeBaseFolder"
Get-ExtensionDetail -folder $edgeBaseFolder -browser 'Edge'
}
}})
## can be in "Google Chrome" key or a GUID
if( ! ( Get-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:SoftwareWOW6432NodeMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstall*' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object { $_.PSObject.Properties[ 'DisplayName' ] -and $_.DisplayName -eq 'Google Chrome' } )
-and ! ( Get-ItemProperty -Path ‘HKLM:SoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstall*’ -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object { $_.PSObject.Properties[ ‘DisplayName’ ] -and $_.DisplayName -eq ‘Google Chrome’ } ) )
{
Write-Warning -Message “Google Chrome is not installed”
}
if( $results -and $results.Count )
{
if( [string]::IsNullOrEmpty( $username ) )
{
Write-Output -InputObject “Found $($extensions.Count) unique extensions for $counter local user profiles”
}
else
{
Write-Output -InputObject “Found $($extensions.Count) unique extensions for user $username”
}
## Because we group on id and browser, Name will be “id, browser”
$results|Group-Object -Property id,Browser | Select-Object @{n=’Id’;e={($_.Name -split ‘,’)[0]}},@{n=’Browser’;e={($_.Name -split ‘,’ , 2)[-1].Trim()}},@{n=’Extension’;e={$_.Group[0].Extension}},Count | Sort-Object -Property @{ e=’Count’ ; Descending = $true },@{ e=’Extension’; Descending = $false} | Format-Table -AutoSize
}
else
{
Write-Warning -Message “No Chrome extensions found”
}