Create a Custom Detection Script for Autodesk Navisworks Exporters 2025 (PowerShell)

Microsoft Endpoint Manager Configuration Manager (MEMCM / SCCM) and Microsoft Intune use Detection Rules to determine the presence of Applications & Win32 Apps. The detection rules ensure that application installations only begin to run if the application is not already installed on the device. This article will serve as an informative guide and give you a clear understanding of how to create an updated custom detection script for each new version of Autodesk Navisworks Exporters 2025 using PowerShell.

How to Create a Custom Detection Script for Autodesk Navisworks Exporters 2025

Autodesk Navisworks Exporters 2025 (Registry Detection Method)

## Check for Autodesk Navisworks Exporters 2025 (Registry Detection Method)
$NavisworksExporters2025 = Get-ChildItem -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" | 
Get-ItemProperty | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -match 'Autodesk Navisworks Exporters 2025' -and ($null -eq $_.WindowsInstaller -or $_.WindowsInstaller -ne '1')} | 
Select-Object -Property DisplayName, DisplayVersion, PSChildName

$NavisworksExporters2025.DisplayVersion
$NavisworksExporters2025.PSChildName

## Create Text File with Autodesk Navisworks Exporters 2025 Registry Detection Method
$FilePath = "C:\Windows\Temp\Autodesk_Navisworks_Exporters_2025_Detection_Method.txt"
New-Item -Path "$FilePath" -Force
Set-Content -Path "$FilePath" -Value "If([Version](Get-ItemPropertyValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\$($NavisworksExporters2025.PSChildName)' -Name DisplayVersion -ea SilentlyContinue) -ge '$($NavisworksExporters2025.DisplayVersion)') {"
Add-Content -Path "$FilePath" -Value "Write-Host `"Installed`""
Add-Content -Path "$FilePath" -Value "Exit 0"
Add-Content -Path "$FilePath" -Value "}"
Add-Content -Path "$FilePath" -Value "else {"
Add-Content -Path "$FilePath" -Value "Exit 1"
Add-Content -Path "$FilePath" -Value "}"
Invoke-Item $FilePath
  • Click Run Script (F5)
  • A text file will open with the Autodesk Navisworks Exporters 2025 Detection Method script required to detect the current version of Autodesk Navisworks Exporters 2025 that is installed on the device you are running the script from.

Example:

If([Version](Get-ItemPropertyValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{92B93BB1-994B-3529-9D2B-7FF26BF08001}' -Name DisplayVersion -ea SilentlyContinue) -ge '22.1.141496') {
Write-Host "Installed"
Exit 0
}
else {
Exit 1
}

Always make sure to test everything in a development environment prior to implementing anything into production. The information in this article is provided “As Is” without warranty of any kind.