How do I add a newline to command output in PowerShell?

Question

I run the following code using PowerShell to get a list of add/remove programs from the registry:

Get-ChildItem -path hklm:\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall `
    | ForEach-Object -Process { Write-Output $_.GetValue("DisplayName") } `
    | Out-File addrem.txt

I want the list to be separated by newlines per each program. I've tried:

Get-ChildItem -path hklm:\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall `
    | ForEach-Object -Process { Write-Output $_.GetValue("DisplayName") `n } `
    | out-file test.txt

Get-ChildItem -path hklm:\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall `
    | ForEach-Object {$_.GetValue("DisplayName") } `
    | Write-Host -Separator `n

Get-ChildItem -path hklm:\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall `
    | ForEach-Object -Process { $_.GetValue("DisplayName") } `
    | foreach($_) { echo $_ `n }

But all result in weird formatting when output to the console, and with three square characters after each line when output to a file. I tried Format-List, Format-Table, and Format-Wide with no luck. Originally, I thought something like this would work:

Get-ChildItem -path hklm:\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall `
    | ForEach-Object -Process { "$_.GetValue("DisplayName") `n" }

But that just gave me an error.

Answer 1

Or, just set the output field separator (OFS) to double newlines, and then make sure you get a string when you send it to file:

$OFS = "`r`n`r`n"
"$( gci -path hklm:\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall | 
    ForEach-Object -Process { write-output $_.GetValue('DisplayName') } )" | 
 out-file addrem.txt

Beware to use the ` and not the '. On my keyboard (US-English Qwerty layout) it's located left of the 1.
(Moved here from the comments - Thanks Koen Zomers)