DeleteRegKey in Win7

abcdgoldfish · 7th December 2010, 11:15

I want to delete a registry key in Win7 but NSIS always looks in the Wow6432Node hive. For example if I have the following keys:
HKLM "Software\Product\badKey"
HKLM "Software\Wow6432Node\Product\badKey"

The following will remove HKLM "Software\Wow6432Node\Product\badKey":
DeleteRegKey HKLM "SOFTWARE\Product\badKey"
DeleteRegKey HKLM "SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Product\badKey"

Neither removes HKLM "Software\Product\badKey", which is the key I want to delete.

I have RequestExecutionLevel admin in my script. Without this no keys are deleted.

Why can't the script delete this key? Adding a backslash at the end of the key string doesn't help either, i.e., "Software\Product\badKey\".

I'd appreciate any help.

Yathosho · 7th December 2010, 13:02

SetRegView?

abcdgoldfish · 7th December 2010, 14:09

Perfect! You have saved my bacon. Thanks.

Now that I see how close SetRegView (4.9.7.6) was to DeleteRegKey (4.9.2.3) in the NSIS User Manual, it sure would have saved me time and anguish if the manual had reference links. Otherwise it's hard to find things that you don't even know you should be looking for.

Not being an ingrate. Just looking for ways to improve the awesomeness that is NSIS.

Afrow UK · 7th December 2010, 15:17

You are welcome to submitting a patch.

Stu

7th December 2010, 11:15	#1
abcdgoldfish Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 35	DeleteRegKey in Win7 I want to delete a registry key in Win7 but NSIS always looks in the Wow6432Node hive. For example if I have the following keys: HKLM "Software\Product\badKey" HKLM "Software\Wow6432Node\Product\badKey" The following will remove HKLM "Software\Wow6432Node\Product\badKey": DeleteRegKey HKLM "SOFTWARE\Product\badKey" DeleteRegKey HKLM "SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Product\badKey" Neither removes HKLM "Software\Product\badKey", which is the key I want to delete. I have RequestExecutionLevel admin in my script. Without this no keys are deleted. Why can't the script delete this key? Adding a backslash at the end of the key string doesn't help either, i.e., "Software\Product\badKey\". I'd appreciate any help.

7th December 2010, 13:02	#2
Yathosho Forum King Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: AT-DE Posts: 3,366	SetRegView? NSIS IDE for Atom \| NSIS for Visual Studio Code \| NSIS for Sublime Text \| NSIS.docset

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7th December 2010, 14:09	#3
abcdgoldfish Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 35	Perfect! You have saved my bacon. Thanks. Now that I see how close SetRegView (4.9.7.6) was to DeleteRegKey (4.9.2.3) in the NSIS User Manual, it sure would have saved me time and anguish if the manual had reference links. Otherwise it's hard to find things that you don't even know you should be looking for. Not being an ingrate. Just looking for ways to improve the awesomeness that is NSIS.

7th December 2010, 15:17	#4
Afrow UK Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 8,434	You are welcome to submitting a patch. Stu