reg delete a key w/ only part of it name

[beato 0]

I'm sure this is easy for most, but I cant seem to get this.

I have a reg key I want to delete, but part of the key name could be different for some users (by design).

For example

RegDelete("HKLM64\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Autoit Installation Manager 123456-789")

Where the number "123456-789" could be different, so I just want to search for "Autoit Installation" and if it finds that, delete that key.

So I have tried several methods like:

$sKey = 'HKLM64\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Autoit Installation Manager *'
$i = 1
While 1
    $Key = RegEnumVal($sKey, $i)
    If @error = -1 Then ExitLoop
    If Not @error And StringRegExp($Key, 'Autoit Installation Manager[ ]?') Then
        RegDelete($sKey)
        ContinueLoop
    EndIf
    $i += 1
WEnd

But again I can't seem to correctly filter (wildcard) directories and reg keys correctly. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

[iamtheky 729]

$$i = 1
$root = "'HKLM64\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\"

while 1

$key = regenumkey ($root, $i)
If @Error Then exitloop

msgbox (0, '' , $key)

If stringinstr($key , "autoit installation") Then
    regdelete ($root & $key)
    $i += 1
Else
    $i += 1
EndIf

wend

[beato 0]

$$i = 1
$root = "'HKLM64\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\"

while 1

$key = regenumkey ($root, $i)
If @Error Then exitloop

msgbox (0, '' , $key)

If stringinstr($key , "autoit installation") Then
    regdelete ($root & $key)
    $i += 1
Else
    $i += 1
EndIf

wend

Perfect, thank you very much I commented out the msgbox since this portion will run inside a larger piece that is silent.

Can you explain how the $i += 1 works/its purpose?

Edited February 3, 2011 by beato

[iamtheky 729]

keeps incrementing the value for the subkey , the messagebox was just for that visual.

it means

$i = $i + 1

if thats what you were inquiring. Edited February 3, 2011 by iamtheky

[beato 0]

keeps incrementing the value for the subkey , the messagebox was just for that visual.

it means

$i = $i + 1

if thats what you were inquiring.

Yep, that's what I was referring to. So when it "keeps incrementing the value for the subkey" does that mean it reads (loops) all the keys in the ....Version\Uninstall hive then stops?

Thanks again

[iamtheky 729]

yup it runs them until the @Error, which will hopefully be caused by the loop incrementing to the value 1 greater than the number of subkeys, and not some other cause.

Edited February 3, 2011 by iamtheky