diff --git a/Get-RemoteProgram/Get-RemoteProgram.ps1 b/Get-RemoteProgram/Get-RemoteProgram.ps1
index a1a5cda..2269fd5 100644
--- a/Get-RemoteProgram/Get-RemoteProgram.ps1
+++ b/Get-RemoteProgram/Get-RemoteProgram.ps1
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ Generates a list of installed programs on a computer
 This function generates a list by querying the registry and returning the installed programs of a local or remote computer.
 
 .NOTES   
-Name: Get-RemoteProgram
-Author: Jaap Brasser
-Version: 1.2.1
+Name       : Get-RemoteProgram
+Author     : Jaap Brasser
+Version    : 1.3
 DateCreated: 2013-08-23
-DateUpdated: 2015-02-28
-Blog: http://www.jaapbrasser.com
+DateUpdated: 2016-08-26
+Blog       : http://www.jaapbrasser.com
 
 .LINK
 http://www.jaapbrasser.com
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ The computer to which connectivity will be checked
 .PARAMETER Property
 Additional values to be loaded from the registry. Can contain a string or an array of string that will be attempted to retrieve from the registry for each program entry
 
+.PARAMETER ExcludeSimilar
+This will filter out similar programnames, the default value is to filter on the first 3 words in a program name. If a program only consists of less words it is excluded and it will not be filtered. For example if you Visual Studio 2015 installed it will list all the components individually, using -ExcludeSimilar will only display the first entry.
+
+.PARAMETER SimilarWord
+This parameter only works when ExcludeSimilar is specified, it changes the default of first 3 words to any desired value.
+
 .EXAMPLE
 Get-RemoteProgram
 
@@ -46,16 +52,28 @@ Will gather the list of programs from Server01 and attempts to retrieve the disp
 
 Description
 Will retrieve the installed programs on server01/02 that are passed on to the function through the pipeline and also retrieves the uninstall string for each program
+
+.EXAMPLE
+'server01','server02' | Get-RemoteProgram -Property Uninstallstring -ExcludeSimilar -SimilarWord 4
+
+Description
+Will retrieve the installed programs on server01/02 that are passed on to the function through the pipeline and also retrieves the uninstall string for each program. Will only display a single entry of a program of which the first four words are identical.
 #>
     [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true)]
     param(
-        [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$true,
-            ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true,
-            Position=0)]
+        [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline              =$true,
+                   ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true,
+                   Position=0
+        )]
         [string[]]
             $ComputerName = $env:COMPUTERNAME,
         [Parameter(Position=0)]
-        [string[]]$Property 
+        [string[]]
+            $Property,
+        [switch]
+            $ExcludeSimilar,
+        [int]
+            $SimilarWord
     )
 
     begin {
@@ -71,7 +89,8 @@ Will retrieve the installed programs on server01/02 that are passed on to the fu
     process {
         foreach ($Computer in $ComputerName) {
             $RegBase = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey([Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive]::LocalMachine,$Computer)
-            foreach ($CurrentReg in $RegistryLocation) {
+            $RegistryLocation | ForEach-Object {
+                $CurrentReg = $_
                 if ($RegBase) {
                     $CurrentRegKey = $RegBase.OpenSubKey($CurrentReg)
                     if ($CurrentRegKey) {
@@ -90,6 +109,26 @@ Will retrieve the installed programs on server01/02 that are passed on to the fu
                         }
                     }
                 }
+            } | ForEach-Object -Begin {
+                if ($SimilarWord) {
+                    $Regex = [regex]"(^(.+?\s){$SimilarWord}).*$|(.*)"
+                } else {
+                    $Regex = [regex]"(^(.+?\s){3}).*$|(.*)"
+                }
+                [System.Collections.ArrayList]$Array = @()
+            } -Process {
+                if ($ExcludeSimilar) {
+                    $null = $Array.Add($_)
+                } else {
+                    $_
+                }
+            } -End {
+                if ($ExcludeSimilar) {
+                    $Array | Select-Object -Property *,@{name='GroupedName';expression={($_.ProgramName -split $Regex)[1]}} |
+                    Group-Object -Property 'GroupedName' | ForEach-Object {
+                        $_.Group[0] | Select-Object -Property * -ExcludeProperty GroupedName
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
     }