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Asked: 2026-05-10T13:59:12+00:00

What’s the best way to programmatically merge a .reg file into the registry? This

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What’s the best way to programmatically merge a .reg file into the registry? This is for unit testing; the .reg file is a test artifact which will be added then removed at the start and end of testing.

Or, if there’s a better way to unit test against the registry…

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  1. It is possible to remove registry keys using a .reg file, although I’m not sure how well it’s documented. Here’s how:

    REGEDIT4  [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\<otherpath>]

    The - in front of the key name tells Regedit that you want to remove the key.

    To run this silently, type:

    regedit /s 'myfile.reg'
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