hi kelsenellenelvian i think that this is the answer to your post (i hope) Deleting Registry Keys and Values To delete a registry key with a .reg file, put a hyphen (-) in front of the RegistryPath in the .reg file. For example, to delete the Test subkey from the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software put a hyphen in front of the following registry key in the .reg file: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Test The following example has a .reg file that can perform this task. [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Test] To delete a registry value with a .reg file, put a hyphen (-) after the equals sign following the DataItemName in the .reg file. For example, to delete the TestValue registry value from the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Test put a hyphen after the "TestValue"= in the .reg file. The following example has a .reg file that can perform this task. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Test "TestValue"=- To create the .reg file, use Regedit.exe to export the registry key that you want to delete, and then use Notepad to edit the .reg file and insert the hyphen. the full link is http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310516/en-us newbie1