即使具有管理员权限也无法删除注册表项

Question

I have the following registry entry SOFTWARE\\\\mysoftware\\\\" in the localmachine

There are several subfolders and values within it.I just want to remove SOFTWARE\\\\myspftware\\\\

So i use

 Registry.LocalMachine.DeleteSubKeyTree("SOFTWARE\\mysoftware\\");

in a program with admin rights. I keep getting the error

Cannot delete a subkey tree because the subkey does not exist.

even though the key exists.

Answer 1

Try

RegistryKey mykey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE", true);
mykey.DeleteSubKeyTree("mysoftware");
mykey.Close();

I think the true in Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE", true) is the magic part.