Cannot delete registry key if it has a subkey 1

[tfujitani]

When I use the following to delete a registry key:

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell&quot
WshShell.RegDelete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI\"

It won't delete the registry key if there is a subkey (for example; "HKLM\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI\Test&quot. Is there a way to delete a registry key and all of its subkeys without having to delete the subkeys first?

 

[shaneh0]

On Win9x systems, you can delete a registry key that has subkeys but on NT
systems, you must delete the subkeys first. The Win9x and NT platforms have
different implementations of the registry API.

 

[mrmovie]

shaneh0 it totally correct and deserves a star, i have looked at wmi documentation on this but i guess they all use the same api calls in the end.
no choice but to call the delete key recursively after using wmi to enumerate recursively,,,sounds very ugly. but i guess if you are really seriuos about deleting all subkeys then you will probably know which ones are there before you start