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Eli3
Eli3

Reputation: 111

Star "*" in registry key path

What is the correct syntax to delete registry keys when an asterisk is in the middle ot the registiry path, like this:

"Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*\shellex\
ContextMenuHandlers\SimpleShlExt\{45203D3B-3D73-4497-8AFE-D29950AC6C55}"

Upvotes: 0

Views: 439

Answers (1)

AdminOfThings
AdminOfThings

Reputation: 25051

You can delete a registry key using Remove-Item. If you include no parameters when running Remove-Item, your path value will automatically be assigned to the -Path parameter. The -Path parameter accepts wildcards, which includes *. To treat wildcard characters as literals, you can use the -LiteralPath parameter instead.

Remove-Item -LiteralPath 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Classes*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\SimpleShlExt{45203D3B-3D73-4497-8AFE-D29950AC6C55}'

The different registry hives are automatically mapped as PSDriveInfo objects in your session. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE has the drive name HKLM. You interact with that drive just like any other mapped drive, i.e. where you could use "C:\Path", you could potentially use the syntax "HKLM:\Path".

Upvotes: 2

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