Question

Hey all i am trying to delete a key from the registery but i cant seem to get it correct.

My code looks like this:

Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
    Dim tmpKey As String = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run"
    Dim foundKey As RegistryKey = My.Computer.Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(tmpKey, True)

    If Not (foundKey Is Nothing) Then
        foundKey.DeleteSubKey("Billy")
    Else
        MsgBox("not found")
    End If
End Sub

The tree looks like this:
1

It keeps saying it can not find that key… Any help would be great.

David

Answer 1

I believe you are trying to delete a value(“Billy”) in the subkey(“Run”).

If so, you would need to use the DeleteValue() method instead of DeleteSubKey().

If Not (foundKey Is Nothing) Then
    foundKey.DeleteValue("Billy")
Else
    MsgBox("not found")
End If