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January 27, 2021 23:36
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Deleting registry keys recursively on windows.
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package main | |
import ( | |
"golang.org/x/sys/windows/registry" | |
"io" | |
"log" | |
) | |
func main() { | |
key, err := registry.OpenKey(registry.CURRENT_USER, "Test", registry.ALL_ACCESS) | |
if err != nil { | |
log.Fatalln(err) | |
} | |
err = deleteRegistryKey(key) | |
if err != nil { | |
log.Fatalln(err) | |
} | |
} | |
func deleteRegistryKey(key registry.Key) error { | |
// Find all the value names inside the key and delete them. | |
valueNames, err := key.ReadValueNames(1000) | |
if err != nil && err != io.EOF { | |
return err | |
} | |
for _, valueName := range valueNames { | |
err = key.DeleteValue(valueName) | |
if err != nil && err != io.EOF { | |
return err | |
} | |
} | |
// Find the subkeys and delete those recursively. | |
subkeyNames, err := key.ReadSubKeyNames(1000) | |
if err != nil && err != io.EOF { | |
return err | |
} | |
for _, subkeyName := range subkeyNames { | |
subKey, err := registry.OpenKey(key, subkeyName, registry.ALL_ACCESS) | |
if err != nil { | |
return err | |
} | |
err = deleteRegistryKey(subKey) | |
if err != nil { | |
return err | |
} | |
} | |
// Then delete itself. | |
return registry.DeleteKey(key, "") | |
} |
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