Windows 7 error - RegDelete key on a remote XP PC

[DimwitTheWise 0]

Howdy all

I am encountering a little oddity that I haven't been able to resolve. I am running a Windows 7 PC and am trying to RegDelete keys off of remote XP machines on a domain.

RegDelete("\\remotepc\HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Connections\,,server,queue")

• All PCs are 32-bit
• I am an admin on all machines and have UAC turned off
• I am able to delete the keys while on the XP boxes themselves
• I am able to delete the keys remotely from one XP box to another XP box
• I am able to delete values remotely and on the box, whether from XP or Windows 7
• But on the Windows 7 box, I can't delete keys on XP PCs, only values.

Has anyone encountered this oddity?

[MrMitchell 15]

Some things to consider:

RegDelete("\\remotepc\HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Connections\,,server,queue")

• You have quotes around the entire string which is treated as the "keyname" parameter, don't think you have a key named "\\remotepc\HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Connections\,,server,queue"
• Put quotes around only "\\remotepc\HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Connections" (not sure if it makes a difference because I don't use this function often but try removing the final backslash \ after connections)
• RegDelete only takes 2 parameters, the second of which is optional so your statement written as-is without the quotes would look like 4 parameters.

Hope this helps!

[ScriptingNoob 0]

I am having the same challenge and oddities; I can delete values from Win7 to XP, but not keys; I am returned error -2.

Curious if you had found a fix for this issue.

[Juvigy 17]

If you do it manually - is it working ?

#RequireAdmin in the beggining is important when working from W7.