Best way to check if an PowerShell Object exist?

Question

I am looking for the best way to check if a Com Object exists.

Here is the code that I have; I\'d like to improve the last line:

$ie = New-Object -Co         


        

Answer 1

Type-check with the -is operator returns false for any null value. In most cases, if not all, $value -is [System.Object] will be true for any possible non-null value. (In all cases, it will be false for any null-value.)

My value is nothing if not an object.