Deleting a reg key with a .REG file

pickarooney

Adding a registry entry is easy enough, but how would I go abotu deleting a reg key using a .REG file? If I want to remove the keys in the following "folders", can I just enter some empty quotes or is there another method?

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\jetdComsrv\MyProgram]
"1"="YT7STLL7TTA8T8V2"
"4"="T9791JD83KEP89L3"
"22"="YT7Y86V5C1BMWYR4"
"24"="YJ7FHIS42T9RTQB5"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MyPublisher\Licences]
"1"="YT7STLL7TTA8T8V2"

aidan_walsh

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310516

Deleting Registry Keys and Values
To delete a registry key with a .reg file, put a hyphen (-) in front of the RegistryPath in the .reg file. For example, to delete the Test subkey from the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software

put a hyphen in front of the following registry key in the .reg file:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Test

The following example has a .reg file that can perform this task.

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Test]

To delete a registry value with a .reg file, put a hyphen (-) after the equals sign following the DataItemName in the .reg file. For example, to delete the TestValue registry value from the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Test

put a hyphen after the "TestValue"= in the .reg file. The following example has a .reg file that can perform this task.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Test
"TestValue"=-

Capt'n Midnight

you can also remove keys with reg.exe at the command prompt

If the Windows Server 2003 Beta 3 version of the Administration Tools Pack is installed, follow these steps:

reg delete HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RasDialin.UserAdminExt /f
reg delete HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RasDialin.UserAdminExt.1 /f

pickarooney

Cheers lads!