A Delete Registry section deletes a subkey or value name from the registry. The del-registry-section name must appear in a DelReg item in an Install section.
A Delete Registry section can contain any number of items. Each item deletes one subkey or value name from the registry.
[del-registry-section]
reg-root-string, subkey, [value-name]
[reg-root-string, subkey, [value-name]]
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reg-root-string
Registry root name. Can be one of these values:
| HKCR | Same as HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. |
| HKCU | Same as HKEY_CURRENT_USER. |
| HKLM | Same as HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. |
| HKU | Same as HKEY_USERS. |
| HKR | Relative to the key passed into SetupInstallFromInfSection. |
subkey
Identifies the subkey to delete. Has the form key1\key2\key3.... This parameter can be expressed as a replaceable string. For example, you could use %Subkey1% where the string to replace %Subkey1% is defined in the Strings section of the INF file.
value-name
Optional. Identifies the value name for the subkey. The value-name parameter can be expressed as a replaceable string. For example, you could use %Valname1% where the string to replace %Valname1% is defined in the Strings section of the INF file.