Microsoft® Windows® Scripting Self-Paced Learning Guide

Unleashing StdRegProv

The nice aspect of StdRegProv is the power it brings to a script. In Chapter 1, our tutorial script illustrated using RegRead. You could follow the same methodology and use the RegWrite and RegDelete methods of WshShell, but there are limitations to using WshShell to work with the registry: you cannot work remotely, and there is no enumeration. However, all are resolved by using StdRegProv. It has 16 methods defined. These methods and a description of what they can do are listed in Table 17-2.

Table 17-2. StdRegProv Methods

Method	Description
CheckAccess	Verifies that the user has the specified access permissions
CreateKey	Creates a subkey
DeleteKey	Deletes a subkey
DeleteValue	Deletes a named value
EnumKey	Enumerates subkeys
EnumValues ...