Public/Remove-RegValue.ps1
function Remove-RegValue { <# .SYNOPSIS Deletes the specified registry value from local or remote computers. .DESCRIPTION Use Remove-RegValue to delete the specified registry value from local or remote computers. .PARAMETER ComputerName An array of computer names. The default is the local computer. .PARAMETER Hive The HKEY to open, from the RegistryHive enumeration. The default is 'LocalMachine'. Possible values: - ClassesRoot - CurrentUser - LocalMachine - Users - PerformanceData - CurrentConfig - DynData .PARAMETER Key The path of the registry key to open. .PARAMETER Value The name of the registry value to delete. .PARAMETER Force Overrides any confirmations made by the command. Even using the Force parameter, the function cannot override security restrictions. .PARAMETER Ping Use ping to test if the machine is available before connecting to it. If the machine is not responding to the test a warning message is output. .EXAMPLE $Key = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer" Test-RegValue -Key $Key -Value NoDriveTypeAutorun -ComputerName SERVER1,SERVER2 -PassThru | Remove-RegValue -Force Description ----------- The command checks if the NoDriveTypeAutorun key value on SERVER1 and SERVER2. When using the PassThru parameter, each value, if found, it emitted to the pipeline. Each value found that is piped into Remove-RegValue is deleted without any confirmations. .NOTES Author: Shay Levy Blog : http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/ScriptFanatic/ .LINK http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/PSRemoteRegistry .LINK Get-RegValue Test-RegValue #> [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true,ConfirmImpact='High',DefaultParameterSetName="__AllParameterSets")] param( [Parameter( Position=0, ValueFromPipeline=$true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true, HelpMessage="An array of computer names. The default is the local computer." )] [Alias("CN","__SERVER","IPAddress")] [string[]]$ComputerName="", [Parameter( Position=1, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true, HelpMessage="The HKEY to open, from the RegistryHive enumeration. The default is 'LocalMachine'." )] [ValidateSet("ClassesRoot","CurrentUser","LocalMachine","Users","PerformanceData","CurrentConfig","DynData")] [string]$Hive="LocalMachine", [Parameter( Mandatory=$true, Position=2, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true, HelpMessage="The path of the subkey to open." )] [string]$Key, [Parameter( Mandatory=$true, Position=3, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true, HelpMessage="The name of the value to remove." )] [string]$Value, [switch]$Force, [switch]$Ping ) process { Write-Verbose "Enter process block..." foreach($c in $ComputerName) { try { if($c -eq "") { $c=$env:COMPUTERNAME Write-Verbose "Parameter [ComputerName] is not presnet, setting its value to local computer name: [$c]." } if($Ping) { Write-Verbose "Parameter [Ping] is presnet, initiating Ping test" if( !(Test-Connection -ComputerName $c -Count 1 -Quiet)) { Write-Warning "[$c] doesn't respond to ping." return } } Write-Verbose "Starting remote registry connection against: [$c]." Write-Verbose "Registry Hive is: [$Hive]." $reg = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey([Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive]$Hive,$c) Write-Verbose "Open remote subkey: [$Key] with write access." $subKey = $reg.OpenSubKey($Key,$true) if(!$subKey) { Throw "Key '$Key' doesn't exist." } if($Force -or $PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($c,"Remove Registry Value '$Hive\$Key\$Value'")) { Write-Verbose "Parameter [Force] or [Confirm:`$False] is presnet, suppressing confirmations." Write-Verbose "Setting value name: [$Value]" $subKey.DeleteValue($Value,$true) } Write-Verbose "Closing remote registry connection on: [$c]." $reg.close() } catch { Write-Error $_ } } Write-Verbose "Exit process block..." } } |