Deletes a key or one of its values from the registry.
object.RegDelete(strName) |
Arguments
- object
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WshShell object.
- strName
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String value indicating the name of the registry key or key value you want to delete.
Remarks
Specify a key-name by ending strName with a final backslash; leave it off to specify a value-name. Fully qualified key-names and value-names are prefixed with a root key. You may use abbreviated versions of root key names with the RegDelete method. The five possible root keys you can use are listed in the following table.
Root key Name | Abbreviation |
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER |
HKCU |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
HKLM |
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT |
HKCR |
HKEY_USERS |
HKEY_USERS |
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG |
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG |
Example
The following code creates a key and two values, reads them, and deletes them.
Visual Basic Script | Copy Code |
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Dim WshShell, bKey Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") WshShell.RegWrite "HKCU\Software\ACME\FortuneTeller\", 1, "REG_BINARY" WshShell.RegWrite "HKCU\Software\ACME\FortuneTeller\MindReader", "Goocher!", "REG_SZ" bKey = WshShell.RegRead("HKCU\Software\ACME\FortuneTeller\") WScript.Echo WshShell.RegRead("HKCU\Software\ACME\FortuneTeller\MindReader") WshShell.RegDelete "HKCU\Software\ACME\FortuneTeller\MindReader" WshShell. RegDelete"HKCU\Software\ACME\FortuneTeller\" WshShell.RegDelete "HKCU\Software\ACME\" |
JScript | Copy Code |
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var WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell"); WshShell.RegWrite ("HKCU\\Software\\ACME\\FortuneTeller\\", 1, "REG_BINARY"); WshShell.RegWrite ("HKCU\\Software\\ACME\\FortuneTeller\\MindReader", "Goocher!", "REG_SZ"); var bKey = WshShell.RegRead ("HKCU\\Software\\ACME\\FortuneTeller\\"); WScript.Echo (WshShell.RegRead ("HKCU\\Software\\ACME\\FortuneTeller\\MindReader")); WshShell.RegDelete ("HKCU\\Software\\ACME\\FortuneTeller\\MindReader"); WshShell.RegDelete ("HKCU\\Software\\ACME\\FortuneTeller\\"); WshShell.RegDelete ("HKCU\\Software\\ACME\\"); |