Guest Windows Registry Manager Delete Registry Key In Guest

Guest Windows Registry Manager Delete Registry Key In Guest

Delete a registry key.

Request
URI
POST
https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/GuestWindowsRegistryManager/{moId}/DeleteRegistryKeyInGuest
COPY
Path Parameters
string
moId
Required

The unique identifier for the managed object to which the method attaches; the serialized managed object reference for a request has the form moType/moId, in this case GuestWindowsRegistryManager/{moId}.

string
release
Required

The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 8.0.3.0 APIs.

Request Body
DeleteRegistryKeyInGuestRequestType of type(s) application/json
Required

Show optional properties

{
    "vm": {},
    "auth": {
        "interactiveSession": false
    },
    "keyName": {
        "registryPath": "string",
        "wowBitness": "string"
    },
    "recursive": false
}
{
    "vm": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "type": "string",
        "value": "string"
    },
    "auth": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "interactiveSession": false
    },
    "keyName": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "registryPath": "string",
        "wowBitness": "string"
    },
    "recursive": false
}
MoRefVirtualMachine
vm
Required

Reference to an instance of the VirtualMachine managed object.

GuestAuthentication
auth
Required

GuestAuthentication is an abstract base class for authentication in the guest.

GuestRegKeyNameSpec
keyName
Required

This describes the registry key name.

boolean
recursive
Required

If true, the key is deleted along with any subkeys (if present). Otherwise, it shall only delete the key if it has no subkeys.

Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Responses
204

No Content

Operation doesn't return any data structure

500

GuestOperationsFault: if there is an error processing a guest operation.

GuestOperationsUnavailable: if the VM agent for guest operations is not running.

InvalidPowerState: if the VM is not powered on.

InvalidState: if the operation cannot be performed because of the virtual machine's current state.

TaskInProgress: if the virtual machine is busy.

GuestRegistryKeyInvalid: if the registry key is not valid. Check the HKEY Root specified.

GuestRegistryKeyHasSubkeys: if the parameter recursive is false and the key has subkeys.

GuestPermissionDenied: if the program path cannot be run because the guest authentication will not allow the operation.

InvalidGuestLogin: if the the guest authentication information was not accepted.

GuestComponentsOutOfDate: if the guest agent is too old to support the operation.

OperationNotSupportedByGuest: if the operation is not supported by the guest OS.

OperationDisabledByGuest: if the operation is not enabled due to guest agent configuration.

Returns VimFault of type(s) application/json
This response body class contains all of the following: MethodFault 
{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "faultCause": "MethodFault Object",
    "faultMessage": [
        {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "key": "string",
            "arg": [
                {
                    "_typeName": "string",
                    "key": "string",
                    "value": {
                        "_typeName": "string"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "message": "string"
        }
    ]
}

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