how can i delete entries or keys in windows registry without actually opening the regedit and manually deleting them.

is there a process where i can make a .reg file and when adding that to the registry...i get to delete the entries i want.

plz help......

: how can i delete entries or keys in windows registry without actually opening the regedit and manually deleting them.
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: is there a process where i can make a .reg file and when adding that to the registry...i get to delete the entries i want.
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: plz help......
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Greetings
Just use a standard .reg file & add a '-' in front of the key you want to remove.

Stoic Joker

thanks stoic......i will try it rightaway.

thanks again.

Thank you sooo much! I also needed this!
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adding a '-' before the key or the string value dosnt work as u said.

plz give me a example to do that..........i might have misunderstood u.

plz let me know the exact procedure.....

regards,
Praneeth

: adding a '-' before the key or the string value dosnt work as u said.
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: plz give me a example to do that..........i might have misunderstood u.
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: plz let me know the exact procedure.....
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: regards,
: Praneeth
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You can do this programatically using the Windows API. Take a look at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/regapi_59mb.asp for a list of registry API function calls.