how to delete a registry entry?

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 8:11 am

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by muab.

hi there =)

i know it was asked before (many times), but wasnt able to find any answer =(

how could i delete a single entry from the registry (under win2000)?

thx
muaB

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 11:47 am

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Kale.

check out this winapi function:

RegDeleteKey_(hKey, Key)

hKey can be :

#HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
#HKEY_CURRENT_USER
#HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
#HKEY_USERS

key is a string of the key you want to delete.

Note: keys cannot be deleted if they have subkeys, i.e. all subkeys must be deleted before the main key.

P.S. this is untested and quickly copied from the api docs!

--Kale

In love with PureBasic!

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 1:55 pm

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Jose.

Another way would be to use the library mentioned in this posting;
viewtopic.php?t=2894

see the web page link.

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 4:30 pm

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by muab.

Originally posted by Kale

check out this winapi function:

RegDeleteKey_(hKey, Key)

ummm.. this one would work, but not for entries =(

to make it easier:

i want to let my app to be started automatically with windows (this works), but of course want it to be able to delete this entry again.

thx in advance
muaB