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Description

Deletes from the registry the key or value named by strName.

Syntax

object.RegDelete strName

Parameters

Part	Description
object	WshShell object.
strName	Key or value name to delete.

Remarks

If strName ends with a backslash character (\), this method deletes the key instead of the value. The strName parameter must begin with one of following root key names:

Short	Long
HKCU	HKEY_CURRENT_USER
HKLM	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
HKCR	HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
	HKEY_USERS
	HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG

Example

The following example deletes a value and a key from the registry:

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.RegDelete "HKCU\ScriptEngine\Value" ' Delete value "Value".
WshShell.RegDelete "HKCU\ScriptEngine\Key\"  ' Delete key "Key".