Deletes a key or a value for a key in the Windows system registry.
RegistryDelete ( key, valuename )
Argument |
Description |
|---|---|
key |
A string whose value is the key in the system registry you want to delete or whose value you want to delete. To uniquely identify a key, specify the list of parent keys above it in the hierarchy, starting with the root key. The keys in the list are separated by backslashes. |
valuename |
A string containing the name of a value in the registry. If the specified key does not have a subkey, specifying an empty string deletes the key and its named values. |
Integer. Returns 1 if it succeeds and -1 if an error occurs.
For more information about entries in the system registry, see RegistrySet.
This statement deletes the value name Title and its associated value from the registry. The key is not deleted:
RegistryDelete( &
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\MyApp.Settings\Fonts", &
"Title")
