RegDeleteValue not deleting the value

Hi all,

I have a value in the registry of type REG_SZ in the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\ CurrentVersion\\Run

The registry entry looks like this.

Name: MyProg
Type: REG_SZ
Data: c:\MyProg.exe

Now i want to delete this from the registry so ive used the commands

Code:

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HKEY hKey

RegOpenKeyEx( HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,TEXT("SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run"),0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, &hKey);

RegDeleteValue(hKey,"MyProg");
RegCloseKey(hKey);

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Is there anything immediately obviously wrong with this?


I also checked its Error_Success of the RegDeleteValue and it does not return ERROR_SUCCESS so it must not be deleting correctly.

Thanks for any help :)

Try calling GetLastError and looking up the error code.

Do you have permissions to delete the key? are you logged into your computer with admin acccount rights?