In my software I am using MoveFileEx to mark my files for deletion to be deleted on system reboot.
That is in the case when for some reasons I cannot delete the file with my software (for example it is locked by other software).
But I assume that the system could crash, or other unexpected situations could reboot the system, and I want be able to delete the file or to mark it for deletion with MoveFileEx.
Now I am planning to mark the file with MoveFileEx immediately after the software starts to use it.
I have three questions:
Is there a function (which I could use) to remove the record from windows regestry for a specific file?
The case is: I mark the file for deleting on system reboot, work with it and I delete it successfully - then I wont need this record in my registry and I don't want to have records for files that are deleted successfully. (maybe millions successfully deleted and 5-10 unsuccessfully).
If there isn't such function (mentioned in question '1') how big would be the problem to have millions unwanted records in my registry?
If the answer of question 2 is very negative, is there other solution for this?