RegDelete Method
Deletes a key or one of its values from the registry.
Syntax
object.RegDelete(strName)
Arguments
object
WshShell object.strName
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 |
|---|---|
HKEY_CURRENT_USER |
HKCU |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
HKLM |
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT |
HKCR |
HKEY_USERS |
HKEY_USERS |
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG |
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG |
Legacy Code Example
The following code creates a key and two values, reads them, and deletes them.
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\"
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\\");