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Jordi Agustín Gavaldà
Jordi Agustín Gavaldà

Reputation: 1

Searching for a certain string name in Windows registry with a bat file

I wonder if it's possible to find and delete certain given registry values by the user in the Windows registry with a bat file.

For example, I want to delete all the entries which contains the word oracle, so the bat file must delete all the entries like for example:

c:\users\user\AppData\LocalLow\Oracle\Java\jre1.8.0_101\
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Oracle
c:\oracle\product\11.2.0\client_1\bin\OraOLEDB11.DLL

As you can see, the 3 entries have the word oracle in it. Is this possible?

Thank you very much!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 5841

Answers (1)

Andre Kampling
Andre Kampling

Reputation: 5631

There are 2 commands that will fit your requirements: reg query and reg delete.

With req query you can search for keys and/or values in the registry.

reg query <KeyName> [{/v <ValueName> | /ve}] [/s] [/se <Separator>] [/f <Data>] [{/k | /d}] [/c] [/e] [/t <Type>] [/z]

The following example searching recursive (/s) in HKCU:

reg query HKCU /s /f Oracle

To delete a registry key or value use reg delete:

Reg delete <KeyName> [{/v ValueName | /ve | /va}] [/f]

To write it in a batch you have to filter the output of reg query a bit and parse it line by line with a for /F loop. If you have trouble with that show your efforts and ask about specific problems (edit your question).

Also consider of making a backup with reg export of selected keys before you delete them.

Reg export KeyName FileName [/y]

Another great tool for such things is the PowerShell.

Upvotes: 2

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