PowerShell Commands for Checking Windows Executable Properties

Get-ItemProperty "path\to\file.exe"

Get-ItemProperty "path\to\file.exe" | Select-Object Name, Length, LastWriteTime

(Get-ItemProperty "path\to\file.exe").VersionInfo

(Get-ItemProperty "path\to\file.exe").VersionInfo | Format-List

(Get-ItemProperty "path\to\file.exe").VersionInfo | Select-Object ProductName, FileDescription, CompanyName, LegalCopyright

(Get-ItemProperty "path\to\file.exe").VersionInfo | Select-Object ProductName, FileDescription, CompanyName, LegalCopyright, FileVersion, ProductVersion, OriginalFilename

(Get-ItemProperty "path\to\file.exe").VersionInfo | Select-Object ProductName, FileDescription, CompanyName, LegalCopyright, FileVersion, ProductVersion | Format-Table -AutoSize

(Get-ItemProperty "path\to\file.exe").VersionInfo | Select-Object IsDebug, IsPatched, IsPreRelease, IsPrivateBuild, IsSpecialBuild

(Get-ItemProperty "path\to\file.exe").VersionInfo | Select-Object Language, FileVersionRaw, ProductVersionRaw

$file = Get-ItemProperty "path\to\file.exe"
$version = $file.VersionInfo

Write-Host "=== File Information ===" -ForegroundColor Green
Write-Host "File Name: $($file.Name)"
Write-Host "File Size: $([math]::Round($file.Length / 1MB, 2)) MB"
Write-Host "Last Modified: $($file.LastWriteTime)"
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "=== Application Metadata ===" -ForegroundColor Yellow
Write-Host "Product Name: $($version.ProductName)"
Write-Host "File Description: $($version.FileDescription)"
Write-Host "Company Name: $($version.CompanyName)"
Write-Host "Copyright: $($version.LegalCopyright)"
Write-Host "File Version: $($version.FileVersion)"
Write-Host "Product Version: $($version.ProductVersion)"

# Check file size - files with custom icons are typically larger
Get-ItemProperty "path\to\file.exe" | Select-Object Length

# Compare with default Electron executable size to see if icon was added

# This requires .NET reflection to access Windows API
Add-Type -TypeDefinition @"
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Drawing;

public class IconExtractor {
    [DllImport("shell32.dll")]
    public static extern IntPtr ExtractIcon(IntPtr hInst, string lpszExeFileName, int nIconIndex);
    
    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
    public static extern bool DestroyIcon(IntPtr hIcon);
}
"@

# Extract the main icon (index 0)
$iconHandle = [IconExtractor]::ExtractIcon([System.IntPtr]::Zero, "path\to\file.exe", 0)
if ($iconHandle -ne [System.IntPtr]::Zero) {
    Write-Host "Icon found in executable" -ForegroundColor Green
    [IconExtractor]::DestroyIcon($iconHandle)
} else {
    Write-Host "No icon found or default icon" -ForegroundColor Red
}

$files = @(
    "path\to\file.exe",
    "path\to\file2.exe"
)

foreach ($file in $files) {
    if (Test-Path $file) {
        Write-Host "=== $file ===" -ForegroundColor Cyan
        (Get-ItemProperty $file).VersionInfo | Select-Object ProductName, FileDescription, CompanyName | Format-List
        Write-Host ""
    } else {
        Write-Host "File not found: $file" -ForegroundColor Red
    }
}

$file1 = "path\to\file-a.exe"
$file2 = "path\to\file-b.exe"

Write-Host "=== Comparing Executables ===" -ForegroundColor Magenta
Write-Host "Unpacked vs Installer" -ForegroundColor Yellow

$props = @('ProductName', 'FileDescription', 'CompanyName', 'LegalCopyright', 'FileVersion')

foreach ($prop in $props) {
    $val1 = (Get-ItemProperty $file1).VersionInfo.$prop
    $val2 = (Get-ItemProperty $file2).VersionInfo.$prop
    
    $status = if ($val1 -eq $val2) { "✓ MATCH" } else { "✗ DIFFERENT" }
    $color = if ($val1 -eq $val2) { "Green" } else { "Red" }
    
    Write-Host "$prop`: " -NoNewline
    Write-Host "$status" -ForegroundColor $color
    if ($val1 -ne $val2) {
        Write-Host "  Unpacked: $val1" -ForegroundColor Yellow
        Write-Host "  Installer: $val2" -ForegroundColor Yellow
    }
}

(Get-ItemProperty "*.exe").VersionInfo | Select-Object ProductName, CompanyName, FileVersion

Get-ChildItem "dist" -Recurse -Filter "*.exe" | Where-Object { $_.Length -gt 50MB } | Select-Object Name, Length

$files = Get-ChildItem "dist" -Recurse -Filter "*.exe"
$results = foreach ($file in $files) {
    $version = (Get-ItemProperty $file.FullName).VersionInfo
    [PSCustomObject]@{
        FileName = $file.Name
        Path = $file.FullName
        ProductName = $version.ProductName
        FileDescription = $version.FileDescription
        CompanyName = $version.CompanyName
        FileVersion = $version.FileVersion
        Size = [math]::Round($file.Length / 1MB, 2)
    }
}
$results | Export-Csv "executable-metadata.csv" -NoTypeInformation
Write-Host "Exported metadata to executable-metadata.csv"

if (Test-Path "path\to\file.exe") {
    Write-Host "File exists and is accessible" -ForegroundColor Green
} else {
    Write-Host "File not found or not accessible" -ForegroundColor Red
}

Get-Acl "path\to\file.exe" | Select-Object Owner, AccessToString

try {
    $version = (Get-ItemProperty "path\to\file.exe").VersionInfo
    Write-Host "File is readable - ProductName: $($version.ProductName)" -ForegroundColor Green
} catch {
    Write-Host "File may be corrupted or locked: $($_.Exception.Message)" -ForegroundColor Red
}

# Save metadata before applying fix
$beforeFix = (Get-ItemProperty "path\to\file.exe").VersionInfo
$beforeFix | Select-Object ProductName, FileDescription, CompanyName | Export-Clixml "before-fix.xml"

# After applying fix, compare
$afterFix = (Get-ItemProperty "path\to\file.exe").VersionInfo
$beforeData = Import-Clixml "before-fix.xml"

Write-Host "=== Before vs After Comparison ===" -ForegroundColor Magenta
Compare-Object $beforeData $afterFix -Property ProductName, FileDescription, CompanyName

# Check if all required metadata is present
$requiredFields = @('ProductName', 'FileDescription', 'CompanyName', 'LegalCopyright')
$version = (Get-ItemProperty "path\to\file.exe").VersionInfo

$missing = @()
foreach ($field in $requiredFields) {
    if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($version.$field)) {
        $missing += $field
    }
}

if ($missing.Count -eq 0) {
    Write-Host "✓ All required metadata fields are present" -ForegroundColor Green
} else {
    Write-Host "✗ Missing metadata fields: $($missing -join ', ')" -ForegroundColor Red
}