NAME¶

SHDeleteOrphanKeyA (SHLWAPI.@)

SYNOPSIS¶

DWORD SHDeleteOrphanKeyA
(
HKEY hKey,
LPCSTR lpszSubKey
)

DESCRIPTION¶

Delete a registry key with no sub keys or values.

PARAMS¶

hKey [In] Handle to registry key. lpszSubKey [In] Name of sub key to possibly delete.

RETURNS¶

Success: ERROR_SUCCESS. The key has been deleted if it was an orphan. Failure: An error from RegOpenKeyExA(3w), RegQueryValueExA(3w), or RegDeleteKeyA(3w).

IMPLEMENTATION¶

Declared in "shlwapi.h". Implemented in "dlls/shlwapi/reg.c". Debug channel "shell".