# MrNetTek # eddiejackson.net/blog # 10/18/2020 # free for public use # free to claim as your own Clear-Host # What to search for $Search = "Microsoft" $oShell = New-Object -Com WScript.Shell # Return Menu Paths $UserStartMenu = [Environment]::GetFolderPath("StartMenu") $AllUsers = $oShell.SpecialFolders.Item("AllUsersStartMenu") # Parse Search for RegEx $eMatch = [Regex]::Escape($Search) # Search for pattern dir $UserStartMenu *.lnk -rec | ? { $_.Name -match "$eMatch" } dir $AllUsers *.lnk -rec | ? { $_.Name -match "$eMatch" } dir $UserStartMenu *.lnk -rec | Where-Object { $_ | Select-String "\\[^\\]*$eMatch\." -Quiet } dir $AllUsers *.lnk -rec | Where-Object { $_ | Select-String "\\[^\\]*$eMatch\." -Quiet } Write-Host "`nDone!" exit 0