RegDelete Method


object.RegDelete(strName)

object: WshShell object.

strName: String value indicating the name of the registry key or key value you want to delete.

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

The following code creates a key and two values, reads them, and deletes them.

Visual Basic Script	Copy Code
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\"

Visual Basic Script

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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
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\\");

JScript

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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\\");

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WshShell Object

Reference

RegRead Method
RegWrite Method

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