Is it safe to try to delete "null" registry subkeys?

cchian · 26th October 2001, 04:00

Hi,

I need to write a utility to clean-up some old left-over Uninstall registry values by using variables imported from an ini file.
Here is my code:

DeleteRegKey HKLM "$0"
DeleteRegKey HKLM "$1"

Where $0=SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MyApp
and $1=""

Is it safe to "try" to delete null subkeys under any Windows version?

Thanks
-Carlos

DuaneJeffers · 26th October 2001, 04:42

Oh yeah, there is no side-effect.

-Duane

26th October 2001, 04:00	#1
cchian Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 73	Is it safe to try to delete "null" registry subkeys? Hi, I need to write a utility to clean-up some old left-over Uninstall registry values by using variables imported from an ini file. Here is my code: DeleteRegKey HKLM "$0" DeleteRegKey HKLM "$1" Where $0=SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MyApp and $1="" Is it safe to "try" to delete null subkeys under any Windows version? Thanks -Carlos

26th October 2001, 04:42	#2
DuaneJeffers Major Dude Join Date: May 2001 Location: Winter Park, FL Posts: 1,776	Oh yeah, there is no side-effect. -Duane Website Yeah, that's pretty much it. :-\

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