Function Get-IniContent {
    <#
    .Synopsis
        Gets the content of an INI file

    .Description
        Gets the content of an INI file and returns it as a hashtable

    .Notes
        Author        : Oliver Lipkau <[email protected]>
        Blog        : http://oliver.lipkau.net/blog/
        Source        : https://github.com/lipkau/PsIni
                      http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/ea40c1ef-c856-434b-b8fb-ebd7a76e8d91
        Version        : 1.0 - 2010/03/12 - Initial release
                      1.1 - 2014/12/11 - Typo (Thx SLDR)
                                         Typo (Thx Dave Stiff)

        #Requires -Version 2.0

    .Inputs
        System.String

    .Outputs
        System.Collections.Hashtable

    .Parameter FilePath
        Specifies the path to the input file.

    .Example
        $FileContent = Get-IniContent "C:\myinifile.ini"
        -----------
        Description
        Saves the content of the c:\myinifile.ini in a hashtable called $FileContent

    .Example
        $inifilepath | $FileContent = Get-IniContent
        -----------
        Description
        Gets the content of the ini file passed through the pipe into a hashtable called $FileContent

    .Example
        C:\PS>$FileContent = Get-IniContent "c:\settings.ini"
        C:\PS>$FileContent["Section"]["Key"]
        -----------
        Description
        Returns the key "Key" of the section "Section" from the C:\settings.ini file

    .Link
        Out-IniFile
    #>

    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param(
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [ValidateScript( { (Test-Path $_) -and ((Get-Item $_).Extension -eq ".ini") })]
        [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $True, Mandatory = $True)]
        [string]$FilePath
    )

    Begin
    { Write-Verbose "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name):: Function started" }

    Process {
        Write-Verbose "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name):: Processing file: $Filepath"

        $ini = @{ }
        switch -regex -file $FilePath {
            "^\[(.+)\]$" { # Section
                $section = $matches[1]
                $ini[$section] = @{ }
                $CommentCount = 0
            }
            "^(;.*)$" { # Comment
                if (!($section)) {
                    $section = "No-Section"
                    $ini[$section] = @{ }
                }
                $value = $matches[1]
                $CommentCount = $CommentCount + 1
                $name = "Comment" + $CommentCount
                $ini[$section][$name] = $value
            }
            "(.+?)\s*=\s*(.*)" { # Key
                if (!($section)) {
                    $section = "No-Section"
                    $ini[$section] = @{ }
                }
                $name, $value = $matches[1..2]
                $ini[$section][$name] = $value
            }
        }
        Write-Verbose "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name):: Finished Processing file: $FilePath"
        Return $ini
    }

    End
    { Write-Verbose "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name):: Function ended" }
}