Determining version of an installed program on Windows 8.1

Question

I need to write a piece of code (script preferably) that tells if I have Adobe Reader installed and if it is, what it's version is. I think using PowerShell here would be right but i don't know.

Answer 1

$query = Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* | select DisplayName,DisplayVersion | where {$_.DisplayName -like "*Gimp*"}

if ($query)
{
Write-Host "Adobe Reader is installed with the version $query.DisplayVersion .."
}
else
{
Write-Host "Adobe Reader is not installed.."
}