Wildcards using RegEdit?

[dazza]

I need to remove all folders in:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\

that begin with KB

eg

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KBbatman

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KBspiderman

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KBhulk

RegEdit doesn't take wild cards (*).

Show me the way people

[Andreik]

I need to remove all folders in:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\

that begin with KB

eg

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KBbatman

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KBspiderman

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KBhulk

RegEdit doesn't take wild cards (*).

Show me the way people

Try this:

$NUM = 1
While 1
    $KEY = RegEnumKey("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\",$NUM)
    If @error <> 0 then ExitLoop
    MsgBox(0,$NUM,$KEY)
    If StringLeft($KEY,2) = "KB" Then
        RegDelete("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\" & $KEY)
    EndIf
    $NUM += 1
WEnd

[dazza]

Many thanks for the code but... this function deletes keys. I need folders deleted in the registry (and all keys within).

Like:

DirRemove($path, 1)

But:

RegistryDirRemove($path, 1)

[ksmith247]

Many thanks for the code but... this function deletes keys. I need folders deleted in the registry (and all keys within).

Like:

DirRemove($path, 1)

But:

RegistryDirRemove($path, 1)

"Folders" are keys. "Keys" are values. There are no folders in the Windows registry. Regedit uses a folder icon to make it more visually understandable that keys hold values the way folders hold files.

[dazza]

<headbutts the screen>

Cheers people. I'll go and take my clever pill now.

[dot45]

<headbutts the screen>

Cheers people. I'll go and take my clever pill now.

I am trying to do something like this, see my thread please. http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...mp;#entry696500

I need to delete all the keys within the hklm\system\currentcontrolset\control\print\monitors\standardtcp/ip port\ports\ key. I am confused as how to get it to recursively delete all the sub keys for each key and then the key itself?

[Richard Robertson]

You don't need to delete subkeys. Just remove the top most key that you want to remove. It's stupid to span it first.

Also, your question was not related to the thread.