Re: script to check a setting in a vmx file for specific entry

Sure, try something like this

$vmName="VM*"
$tgtFolder="C:\Temp\VMX\"
$tgtString='scsi0:1.writeThrough = "true"'

Get-VM-Name$vmName|%{
  $dsName,$vmxPath=$_.ExtensionData.Config.Files.VmPathName.Split()
  $dsName=$dsName.Trim('[]')
  $ds=Get-Datastore-Name$dsName
  New-PSDrive-Location$ds-NameDS-PSProviderVimDatastore-Root"\"|Out-Null
  Copy-DatastoreItem-Item"DS:$vmxPath"-Destination$tgtFolder
  Remove-PSDrive-NameDS-Confirm:$false
}

Get-ChildItem-Path$tgtFolder-Filter"*.vmx"|
Where {Get-Content-Path$_.FullName|Select-String-Pattern$tgtString} |
SelectName

It will display the name of each VMX file in which the string 'scsi0:1.writeThrough="True"'  is found.