RegistryDelete

PowerScript function

Description

Deletes a key or a value for a key in the Windows system
registry.

Syntax

RegistryDelete ( key, valuename )

1	RegistryDelete ( key, valuename )

Argument	Description
key	A string whose value is the key in the system registry you want to delete or whose value you want to delete. To uniquely identify a key, specify the list of parent keys above it in the hierarchy, starting with the root key. The keys in the list are separated by backslashes.
valuename	A string containing the name of a value in the registry. If the specified key does not have a subkey, specifying an empty string deletes the key and its named values.

Argument

Description

key

A string whose value is the key in the system registry you
want to delete or whose value you want to delete.

To uniquely identify a key, specify the list of parent
keys above it in the hierarchy, starting with the root key. The
keys in the list are separated by backslashes.

valuename

A string containing the name of a value in the registry.
If the specified key does not have a subkey, specifying an empty
string deletes the key and its named values.

Return value

Integer. Returns 1 if it succeeds and -1 if an error occurs.

Usage

For more information about entries in the system registry, see RegistrySet.

Examples

This statement deletes the value name Title and its associated value
from the registry. The key is not deleted:

RegistryDelete( &amp;
 "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMyApp.SettingsFonts", &amp;
 "Title")

RegistryDelete( &

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMyApp.SettingsFonts", &

"Title")

See also

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