RegDelete Method
Deletes a key or one of its values from the registry.
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 |
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\\");