powershell sort-object and keeps window open - powershell

Question

I have following script to check the installed software on local and remote machines.
Usually it works fine but i have two problems. It only works when i open it in ISE. If i open it in a normal powershell, the script close immediately. Even a pause or read-host command won't work.
For example here is my script for a local machine. Hope you guys can help me.
Function Get-InstalledSoftware {
Param(
[Alias('Computer','ComputerName','HostName')]
[Parameter(
ValueFromPipeline=$True,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true,
Position=1
)]
[string]$Name = $env:COMPUTERNAME
)
Begin{
$lmKeys = "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall","SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall"
$lmReg = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive]::LocalMachine
$cuKeys = "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall"
$cuReg = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive]::CurrentUser
}
Process{
if (!(Test-Connection -ComputerName $Name -count 1 -quiet)) {
Write-Error -Message "Unable to contact $Name. Please verify its network connectivity and try again." -Category ObjectNotFound -TargetObject $Computer
Break
}
$masterKeys = #()
$remoteCURegKey = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey($cuReg,$computer)
$remoteLMRegKey = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey($lmReg,$computer)
foreach ($key in $lmKeys) {
$regKey = $remoteLMRegKey.OpenSubkey($key)
foreach ($subName in $regKey.GetSubkeyNames()) {
foreach($sub in $regKey.OpenSubkey($subName)) {
$masterKeys += (New-Object PSObject -Property #{
"ComputerName" = $Name
"Name" = $sub.getvalue("displayname")
"SystemComponent" = $sub.getvalue("systemcomponent")
"ParentKeyName" = $sub.getvalue("parentkeyname")
"Version" = $sub.getvalue("DisplayVersion")
"UninstallCommand" = $sub.getvalue("UninstallString")
"InstallDate" = $sub.getvalue("InstallDate")
"RegPath" = $sub.ToString()
})
}
}
}
foreach ($key in $cuKeys) {
$regKey = $remoteCURegKey.OpenSubkey($key)
if ($regKey -ne $null) {
foreach ($subName in $regKey.getsubkeynames()) {
foreach ($sub in $regKey.opensubkey($subName)) {
$masterKeys += (New-Object PSObject -Property #{
"ComputerName" = $Name
"Name" = $sub.getvalue("displayname")
"SystemComponent" = $sub.getvalue("systemcomponent")
"ParentKeyName" = $sub.getvalue("parentkeyname")
"Version" = $sub.getvalue("DisplayVersion")
"UninstallCommand" = $sub.getvalue("UninstallString")
"InstallDate" = $sub.getvalue("InstallDate")
"RegPath" = $sub.ToString()
})
}
}
}
}
$woFilter = {$null -ne $_.name -AND $_.SystemComponent -ne "1" -AND $null -eq $_.ParentKeyName}
$props = 'Name','Version','ComputerName','Installdate','UninstallCommand','RegPath'
$masterKeys = ($masterKeys | Where-Object $woFilter | Select-Object $props | Sort-Object Name)
$masterKeys
}
End{}
}
Get-InstalledSoftware | select-object name | sort-object

Answer 1

Send your output somewhere, not just to the host window. I suspect the windows closes or your pause command is kicking in before its retrieved the results thus they aren't sent to the host window.
The following works fine for me run as a script:
Get-InstalledSoftware | Select-Object name | Sort-Object | Out-Gridview