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| RegDeleteKey Windows 95: The RegDeleteKey function deletes a key and all its descendents.Windows NT: The RegDeleteKey function deletes the specified key. This function cannot delete a key that has subkeys. VB4-32,5,6
Declare Function RegDeleteKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegDeleteKeyA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String) As Long |
VB.NET
Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.DeleteSubKey |
| Operating Systems Supported |
| Requires Windows NT 3.1 or later; Requires Windows 95 or later |
· hKey
Identifies a currently open key or any of the following predefined reserved handle values:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
HKEY_USERS
The key specified by the lpSubKey parameter must be a subkey of the key identified by hKey.
· lpSubKey
Points to a null-terminated string specifying the name of the key to delete. This parameter cannot be NULL, and the specified key must not have subkeys. |
If the function succeeds, the return value is ERROR_SUCCESS.
If the function fails, the return value is a nonzero error code defined in WINERROR.H. You can use the FormatMessage function with the FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM flag to get a generic description of the error. |
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