Thread: 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:

HKEY hKey

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

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

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?