win2k domain - delete registry key upon login

Here is what I do :

1. Download ftp://ftp.mountpoint.ch/pub/users/flo/regdel.zip.
Extract file regdelw.exe from it, and put it under %windir% (Windows directory).
2. In the startup folder (%userprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup), create a text file and put this line into the file :
regdelw "give_here_the_key_to_be_deleted" /q /n
3. Save this file with any name, and extension of either .bat or .cmd

I'm assuming you already know how to merge a reg file via login script. Here is the syntax to remove keys and values using a reg file.

Of course you know that to add a new value and data, you structure the file like this:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\DummyKey]
"NewValue"="NEWDATA"

If you want to delete a value, create a reg file with the value you're after and add a minus sign after the equals. In other words, replace the value data with a minus sign, like this:


REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\DummyKey]
"NewValue"=-

If on the other hand you want ot delete a entire key, add a minus sign before the key name [but inside the brackets] like this:

REGEDIT4

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\DummyKey]

Of course, if all you want to do is remove the data but not the key or the value, it would be:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\DummyKey]
"NewValue"=""

Oops! this is a Windows 2000 question! The proper header for the file should be:

     Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

instead of

     REGEDIT4

(although both will work)

And also sorry for the spelling and grammar errors...