Reference

SHDeleteOrphanKeyA(3w)

NAME

SHDeleteOrphanKeyA (SHLWAPI.@)

SYNOPSIS

DWORD SHDeleteOrphanKeyA
(
HKEY hKey,
LPCSTR lpszSubKey
)

DESCRIPTION

Delete a registry key with no sub keys or values.

PARAMS

hKey [In] Handle to registry key.

lpszSubKey [In] Name of sub key to possibly delete.

RETURNS

Success: ERROR_SUCCESS. The key has been deleted if it was an orphan.

Failure: An error from RegOpenKeyExA(3w), RegQueryValueExA(3w), or RegDeleteKeyA(3w).

IMPLEMENTATION

Declared in "shlwapi.h".

Implemented in "dlls/shlwapi/reg.c".

Debug channel "shell".

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