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.

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\\");

Applies To:

WshShell Object

See Also

Reference

RegRead Method
RegWrite Method