Add-SqlServerStartupParameter.ps1

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## Add-SqlServerStartupParameter
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## by Eric Humphrey (http://www.erichumphrey.com/category/powershell/)
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## http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/erichumphrey/archive/2011/3/31/change-sql-startup-parameters-with-powershell.aspx
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<#

.SYNOPSIS

Adds an entry to the startup parameters list for all instances of SQL Server
on a computer

.EXAMPLE

PS >Add-SqlServerStartupParameter '-T3226'

#>

param(
    ## The parameter you wish to add
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
    $StartupParameter
)

$hklmRootNode = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server"

$props = Get-ItemProperty "$hklmRootNode\Instance Names\SQL"
$instances = $props.psobject.properties | ?{$_.Value -like 'MSSQL*'} | select Value

$instances | %{
    $inst = $_.Value;
    $regKey = "$hklmRootNode\$inst\MSSQLServer\Parameters"
    $props = Get-ItemProperty $regKey
    $params = $props.psobject.properties | ?{$_.Name -like 'SQLArg*'} | select Name, Value
    #$params | ft -AutoSize
    $hasFlag = $false
    foreach ($param in $params) {
        if($param.Value -eq $StartupParameter) {
            $hasFlag = $true
            break;
        }
    }
    if (-not $hasFlag) {
        "Adding $StartupParameter"
        $newRegProp = "SQLArg"+($params.Count)
        Set-ItemProperty -Path $regKey -Name $newRegProp -Value $StartupParameter
    } else {
        "$StartupParameter already set"
    }
}