PowerShell and ADSI: Searching the Registry to Find All Available Providers on Windows with .NET Objects

PS C:\\> $key = [Microsoft.Win32.Registry]::LocalMachine

PS C:\\> $key.GetSubKeyNames() HARDWARE SAM SECURITY SOFTWARE SYSTEM

PS C:\\> $subKey = $key.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\\\\Microsoft\\\\ADs\\\\Provide rs")

PS C:\\> $subKey.GetSubKeyNames() IIS LDAP NDS NWCOMPAT WinNT

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