From: Alexandru Popescu <the.mindstorm.mailinglist@...>
Date: 2005-09-29T09:02:19+09:00
Subject: Re: where to look for API win32/registry

#: Alan Chen changed the world a bit at a time by saying on  9/29/2005 12:46 AM :#
> Alexandru Popescu wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> I am trying to write a small script that cleans up the registry after starting Skype (which on
>> regular basis registers itself in Run).
>>
>> What I am looking now is the API of Win32::Registry. Where can I find it?
>>
>> So far I have done this:
>>
>> require 'win32/registry'
>> Run_branch = 'Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
>> Skype_key = 'Skype'
>> Win32::Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER.open(Run_branch, Win32::Registry::Constants::KEY_ALL_ACCESS) do |
>> | reg |
>> 	reg_typ, reg_val = reg.read(Skype_key)
>> 	puts "type: #{reg_typ}"
>> 	puts "val : #{reg_val}"
> 
> If you haven't built, or don't have an install of, the rdoc
> documentation for Ruby, you can find it at
> http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/
> 
> Modifying and deleting is fairly easy, IIRC:
> 
> reg[Skype_key] = "new value"
> reg.delete_key(Skype_key)
> 
> Cheers,
> - alan
> 
> 
> 

delete_key results in error:

Win32::Registry::Error: The system cannot find the file specified.
         from c:/ruby/ruby-1.8.2-15/lib/ruby/1.8/win32/registry.rb:800:in `delete_key'
         from (irb):6
         from (irb):5:in `open'
         from c:/ruby/ruby-1.8.2-15/lib/ruby/1.8/win32/registry.rb:608:in `open'
         from (irb):5

./alex
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