Friday, December 27, 2002

REG Command Google Search It For some time now I have been wondering if one could delete a registry entry via a reg file.  I often use these files to make configuration changes to the registry rather than manully opening up the registry and adding the files.  I still haven't found a reg file way of updating the registry but I have a better way.  There is a REG command that can do what I am looking for.  REG /? reveals the following syntax. REG DELETE KeyName [/v ValueName | /ve | /va] [/f]   KeyName    [\Machine]FullKey     Machine  Name of remote machine - omitting defaults to the current machine              Only HKLM and HKU are available on remote machines     FullKey  ROOTKEYSubKey     ROOTKEY  [ HKLM | HKCU | HKCR | HKU | HKCC ]     SubKey   The full name of a registry key under the selected ROOTKEY   ValueName  The value name, under the selected Key, to delete              When omitted, all subkeys and values under the Key are deleted   /ve        delete the value of empty value name <no name>   /va        delete all values under this key   /f         Forces the deletion without propmt Examples:   REG DELETE HKLMSoftwareMyCoMyAppTimeout     Deletes the registry key Timeout and its all subkeys and values   REG DELETE \ZODIACHKLMSoftwareMyCo /v MTU     Deletes the registry value MTU under MyCo on ZODIAC Note from the second example that you can use the reg command to modify settings on remote computers too (assuming you have appropriate security access.) 3:57:36 PM   []    comment []

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