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If you know the keys the create a file with - in front of the key ... <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310516" rel="ugc nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310516</a><br />
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You can use<br />
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reg delete &lt;keyname&gt;<br />
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for that once you know the name(s) of these keys.
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regdel.vbs contains:<br />
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'This VBS deletes the following subkey &quot;Subkey&quot; with all the <br />
'contents under it leaving the Testing key intact.<br />
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Set Shell = CreateObject( &quot;WScript.Shell&quot; )<br />
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Shell.RegDelete &quot;HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWA<wbr />RE\Microso<wbr />ft\Windows<wbr />\CurrentVe<wbr />rsion\Run\<wbr />valueStrin<wbr />gName&quot; 
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thanks bluebearr001, spot on. Very dangerous script but did the job very well. A* 
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Hi I'm trying to automate cleaning out the of all the keys containing a certain word from the registry of XP PRO clients. It's a pretty obscure word so I'm not concerned about false positives.<br />
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&nbsp;I was going to attempt to do it with a batch file but then someone asked me why I wasn't using a merge file (never heard of it before). I'm at loss for either method, can I wildcard with batch files? Anyone have any ideas? <br />
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One of our customers has stuffed up a software install and isn't confident enough for me to talk her through manually deleting the keys over the phone and her corporate firewall won't allow a remote session.<br />
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Hi I'm trying to automate cleaning out the of all the keys containing a certain word from the registry of XP PRO clients. It's a pretty obscure word so I'm not concerned about false positives.

 I was going to attempt to do it with a batch file but then someone asked me why I wasn't using a merge file (never heard of it before). I'm at loss for either method, can I wildcard with batch files? Anyone have any ideas? 

One of our customers has stuffed up a software install and isn't confident enough for me to talk her through manually deleting the keys over the phone and her corporate firewall won't allow a remote session.

 

If you know the keys the create a file with - in front of the key ... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310516



You can use

reg delete &lt;keyname&gt;

for that once you know the name(s) of these keys.

regdel.vbs contains:


&#39;This VBS deletes the following subkey &quot;Subkey&quot; with all the 
&#39;contents under it leaving the Testing key intact.

Set Shell = CreateObject( &quot;WScript.Shell&quot; )

Shell.RegDelete &quot;HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\valueStringName&quot; 

thanks bluebearr001, spot on. Very dangerous script but did the job very well. A* 

Batch File to delete Reg Keys

Hi I&#39;m trying to automate cleaning out the of all the keys containing a certain word from the registry of XP PRO clients. It&#39;s a pretty obscure word so I&#39;m not concerned about false positives.

 I was going to attempt to do it with a batch file but then someone asked me why I wasn&#39;t using a merge file (never heard of it before). I&#39;m at loss for either method, can I wildcard with batch files? Anyone have any ideas? 

One of our customers has stuffed up a software install and isn&#39;t confident enough for me to talk her through manually deleting the keys over the phone and her corporate firewall won&#39;t allow a remote session.

 

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