Re: deleting registry keys based on value.

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From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 03/22/04 

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 19:13:41 +0100

Joe Becher wrote:

> I need to delete certain keys based on their string value,
> with unknown names. I rather want this as a function so I
> can pass the vales to it.
Hi

Take a look at the script in this post for a starting point:

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=404A9151.FF121811%40hydro.com 

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torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
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