Registry deletion

[Treval]

Hello there.

I would like a script for the following task:

- Delete any occurence of a particular String "xyz" from the registry, that means,
  anywhere, in any key.
      It also means to delete any registry value/key of where this String "xyz" is a substring of.

Example:

HKCR\Word.Document.12\Shell\Open\Command
contains String value:
"VVVXXX!!!!!!!é"'46&5é"4'564"
Using the script, this String value would get deleted (I'm not talking about the literal String only,
but also of the registry String value that contains the String.

Don't worry, I know the exact String and it doesn't occur anywhere else.
I just want it gone.

Any ideas/solutions?

Thank you.


Sincerely,
Treval

[Spoiler]

open registry editor and then click My computer at the top and then push the F3 key. That will let you walk though the whole regisrty.

With that said why would you want to delete a string from the registry?

[patio]

See Here...

[Treval]

I want to delete these Strings because they contain harmful code.
Spoiler, manual operation of things is not the way one does things nowadays..
There are tons of things, hundreds of clients, .. to update/change.
It's not really fun to walk through the registry and waste my time F3'ing..

No, I asked for a script that does this.
But thanks.

[kpac]

http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,46313.0.html

[Treval]

Ok no offense, but are you guys dense?
I already did the malware steps.
Why do you people refuse to give me the solution regardless of context?

How hard is that? Really? How?
My question was very specific, with a very specific answer to be given:
Find/write me a script that can do this what I just asked.
Person asks a specific question, yet you give him an answer out of context.
Has it occured to you that I want to know how to traverse registry values this way?
Has it occured to you that I might be interested in this method, regardless of my problem?
Yes, I like computers.
No, I don't want any malware stuff solutions, yet thank you for posting it.
My question wasn't about spyware neither.
I am now simply interested in this mechanism.

I don't meant to be offensive.

Sincerely,
Treval

[soybean]

I don't know how to write a script to do that, but I know how to use Google to search for "script to delete registry entries".  One search find:
http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=674375&page=8

Personally, I would use registry editor, as spoiler suggested.  It will let you search for specific entries.

If you're trying to delete the remnants of a program you uninstalled, you could also try CCleaner's registry cleaner. I can't say for sure whether it would identify the specific items you have in mind, but I'd try it.  Or use another registry cleaner but be sure to select only the entries you want to remove.  We generally do not advise using registry cleaners but, again, if you're sure of what you're looking for, you could use one to remove specific entries rather than just letting the cleaner remove everything it finds.

[Treval]

Thanks.

[kpac]

As Frank Sinatra said, "I did it my way."