Adding and Deleting Keys and Values

Editing the Registry often requires that you add and delete keys and values To add a new key, select the new key's parent key in the left pane. Then, choose Edit New Key from the menu. Type in the new key's name. You can also right-click on the new key's parent key and choose Edit New Key. To delete a key, select it and press the Delete key.

Very often, you need to add values to a key in order for its changes to take effect. To add a value to a key, select the new key's parent key in the left pane. From the menu, choose Edit New, and from the submenu, select the type of value you want to create. We've already covered the five types of values you can create; as a reminder, they're detailed in Table1.

To create a new value, type in the name of the new value and press Enter. Press Enter again. The Edit Value dialog box appears. Enter your data and press Enter.

Table 1. Values you'll encounter in the Registry

Value name	Registry data type
String value	REG_SZ
Binary value	REG_BINARY
DWORD value	REG_DWORD
String array value	REG_MULTI_SZ
Expanded string value	REG_EXPAND_SZ