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I have uninstalled a recent game called "Wolfenstein 2009", but somehow I had to do it manually.

I was able to delete files very easily, but here comes the tricky part.

I have following command to query the Windows 7 64Bit OS Registry for getting all entries having "Wolf" in their key/value:

REG Query HKLM\Software /F "Wolf" /S

Now I want to delete all these entries either by for loop or a direct shortest command which can delete specific found multiple entries in shortest time.

I tried the following command but how to substitute variables in for loop is mystery as I don't do much batch scripting:

for /F "tokens=1,*" %%a in ('REG Query HKLM\Software /F "Wolf" /S') do (REG DELETE "%KEY%" /v %%a /f)

Can anyone help figuring this out ?

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  • Although I cannot help you with a batch script, If you want to do it via Powershell I would be happy to help.
    – liam
    Commented Oct 23, 2017 at 19:30
  • Ok I have Powershell installed too, I can give it a shot, please post in answer.
    – Vicky Dev
    Commented Oct 23, 2017 at 19:31
  • The partial key, "wolf", might not be sufficient to exclude a vital key that has "wolf" as part of its name. I would use a tool such as Nirsoft's RegScanner to search for any undesired keys and values, select only those relevant, and delete the rest all at once with the tool.
    – DrMoishe Pippik
    Commented Oct 23, 2017 at 21:54

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If you use Powershell (as I said in my comment) try this:

Get-ChildItem -path HKLM:\ -Recurse | where { $_.Name -match 'office12'} | Remove-Item -Force

Alternatively, you can use Regscanner or if you need more power try PsExec along with it.

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  • I am getting Requested Registry access is not allowed and Permission denied errors, on all entries
    – Vicky Dev
    Commented Oct 23, 2017 at 19:42
  • Do you have admin access on your computer?
    – liam
    Commented Oct 23, 2017 at 19:44
  • Yes my user is in the Admin group itself, do I need to run Powershell as administrator privilege ?
    – Vicky Dev
    Commented Oct 23, 2017 at 19:45
  • Are you running your programs as admin?
    – liam
    Commented Oct 23, 2017 at 19:46
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    Tried with Powershell as "Run as administrator", but still getting same errors.
    – Vicky Dev
    Commented Oct 23, 2017 at 19:52

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