Deletes the specified key.
- .. note::
- The :func:`DeleteKeyEx` function is implemented with the RegDeleteKeyEx
- Windows API function, which is specific to 64-bit versions of Windows.
- See the `RegDeleteKeyEx documentation
- <https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724847%28VS.85%29.aspx>`__.
-
*key* is an already open key, or one of the predefined
:ref:`HKEY_* constants <hkey-constants>`.
*reserved* is a reserved integer, and must be zero. The default is zero.
- *access* is an integer that specifies an access mask that describes the desired
- security access for the key. Default is :const:`KEY_WOW64_64KEY`. See
- :ref:`Access Rights <access-rights>` for other allowed values.
+ *access* is an integer that specifies an access mask that describes the
+ desired security access for the key. Default is :const:`KEY_WOW64_64KEY`.
+ On 32-bit Windows, the WOW64 constants are ignored.
+ See :ref:`Access Rights <access-rights>` for other allowed values.
*This method can not delete keys with subkeys.*
.. data:: KEY_WOW64_64KEY
Indicates that an application on 64-bit Windows should operate on
- the 64-bit registry view.
+ the 64-bit registry view. On 32-bit Windows, this constant is ignored.
.. data:: KEY_WOW64_32KEY
Indicates that an application on 64-bit Windows should operate on
- the 32-bit registry view.
-
+ the 32-bit registry view. On 32-bit Windows, this constant is ignored.
.. _value-types:
Tyler Kieft
Mads Kiilerich
Jason Killen
+Derek D. Kim
Jan Kim
Taek Joo Kim
Sam Kimbrel
" reserved=0)\n"
"--\n"
"\n"
-"Deletes the specified key (64-bit OS only).\n"
+"Deletes the specified key (intended for 64-bit OS).\n"
"\n"
" key\n"
" An already open key, or any one of the predefined HKEY_* constants.\n"
" reserved\n"
" A reserved integer, and must be zero. Default is zero.\n"
"\n"
+"While this function is intended to be used for 64-bit OS, it is also\n"
+" available on 32-bit systems.\n"
+"\n"
"This method can not delete keys with subkeys.\n"
"\n"
"If the function succeeds, the entire key, including all of its values,\n"
exit:
return return_value;
}
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=504fc17ae25a7c75 input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=3faa63af6fd1653c input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
(Py_ssize_t)0) < 0) {
return NULL;
}
- rc = RegDeleteKeyW(key, sub_key );
+ Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+ rc = RegDeleteKeyW(key, sub_key);
+ Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
if (rc != ERROR_SUCCESS)
return PyErr_SetFromWindowsErrWithFunction(rc, "RegDeleteKey");
Py_RETURN_NONE;
reserved: int = 0
A reserved integer, and must be zero. Default is zero.
-Deletes the specified key (64-bit OS only).
+Deletes the specified key (intended for 64-bit OS).
+
+While this function is intended to be used for 64-bit OS, it is also
+ available on 32-bit systems.
This method can not delete keys with subkeys.
winreg_DeleteKeyEx_impl(PyObject *module, HKEY key,
const Py_UNICODE *sub_key, REGSAM access,
int reserved)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=52a1c8b374ebc003 input=711d9d89e7ecbed7]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=52a1c8b374ebc003 input=a3186db079b3bf85]*/
{
- HMODULE hMod;
- typedef LONG (WINAPI *RDKEFunc)(HKEY, const wchar_t*, REGSAM, int);
- RDKEFunc pfn = NULL;
long rc;
-
if (PySys_Audit("winreg.DeleteKey", "nun",
(Py_ssize_t)key, sub_key,
(Py_ssize_t)access) < 0) {
return NULL;
}
- /* Only available on 64bit platforms, so we must load it
- dynamically. */
Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
- hMod = GetModuleHandleW(L"advapi32.dll");
- if (hMod)
- pfn = (RDKEFunc)GetProcAddress(hMod, "RegDeleteKeyExW");
+ rc = RegDeleteKeyExW(key, sub_key, access, reserved);
Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
- if (!pfn) {
- PyErr_SetString(PyExc_NotImplementedError,
- "not implemented on this platform");
- return NULL;
- }
- Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
- rc = (*pfn)(key, sub_key, access, reserved);
- Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
-
if (rc != ERROR_SUCCESS)
return PyErr_SetFromWindowsErrWithFunction(rc, "RegDeleteKeyEx");
Py_RETURN_NONE;