Update unique_identifier retrieval instructions (#35813)

Updated PowerShell script instructions for unique identifier retrieval
based on installer scope.

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Allen Houchins
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1. Find the Winget PackageIdentifier in the [winget-pkgs repo](https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs).
2. Get the unique identifier that Fleet will use for matching the software with software inventory:
- On a test Windows host, install the app manually, then run the following PowerShell script: `Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*' | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -like '*<App Name>*'} | Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersion, Publisher`
- Use the exact value from `DisplayName` as the `unique_identifier`.
- On a test Windows host, install the app manually, then run the following PowerShell script that correlates to the defined `installer_scope`:
- Machine scope: `Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -like '*<App Name>*'} | Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersion, Publisher`
- User scope: `Get-ItemProperty 'HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -like '*<App Name>*'} | Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersion, Publisher`
If the `unique_identifier` doesn't match the `DisplayName`, then Fleet will incorrectly create two software titles when the Fleet-maintained app is added and later installed. One title for the Fleet-maintained app and a separate title for the inventoried software.