ShowFileDescription.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script shows the build description of file version object. 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script is a re-implementation of an MSDN Sample script 
6.     that uses System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo to get 
7.     the description of the file. 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Show-FileDescription.ps1 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
12. .LINK 
13.     This script posted to: 
14.         http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2011/11/showfiledescriptionps1.html 
15.     MSDN sample posted to: 
16.          http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.fileversioninfo.filedescription.aspx  
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.     Psh> .\Show-FileDescription.ps1 
19.     File description for C:\Windows\system32\Notepad.exe is: Notepad 
20. #> 
21. # Set filename 
22. $File = [System.Environment]::SystemDirectory + "\Notepad.exe" 
23.  
24. #Get Version information for this file 
25. $myFileVersionInfo = [System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo]::GetVersionInfo($File) 
26.  
27. # Print the Build details name 
28. "File description for {0} is: {1}"  -f $file,$myFileVersionInfo.FileDescription