Registry Branch delete with .reg

[Powerchordpunk]

Does anyone know what to put in a .reg file to make it DELETE certain branches of the registry? I run an ftp server where i will soon put out a reg file and icon that go in start menu that link to my site. I want to have an easy uninstallation for novice users who don't want to delete a branch in the registry and merge back in the original, unedited branch. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Electronic Punk]

If it is similar to the XP-erience one you could just clear them rather than deleting them:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}] 
@="" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\DefaultIcon] 
@="" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\Instance\InitPropertyBag] 
"CLSID"="{13709620-C279-11CE-A49E-444553540000}" 
"method"="ShellExecute" 
"command"="" 
"Param1"=""

 

[Powerchordpunk]

I found this off of freepctech.com:

Deleting keys or values using a REG file
It is also possible to delete keys and values using REG files. To delete a key start by using the same format as the the REG file above, but place a "-" symbol in front of the key name you want to delete. For example to delete the [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup] key the reg file would look like this:



REGEDIT4

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup]

The format used to delete individual values is similar, but instead of a minus sign in front of the whole key, place it after the equal sign of the value. For example, to delete the value "SetupType" the file would look like:



REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup]
"SetupType"=-

 

[Electronic Punk]

oh man, I knew it was something like that, I tried

-[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup]