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Dismount-RegHive

SYNOPSIS

Dismounts a mounted registry hive.

SYNTAX

Dismount-RegHive [-Path] <String[]> [[-ComputerName] <String[]>] [-View <RegistryView>] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

This cmdlet dismounts registry hives using the RegUnLoadKey (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winreg/nf-winreg-regunloadkeya)function in winreg.h.

EXAMPLES

Example 1 Dismount a registry hive

PS C:\> Dismount-RegHive -Path HKLM:\TempMount

Dismounts the registry hive that was mounted in HKLM:\TempMount on the local computer.

Example 2 Dismount a registry hive on a remote computer

PS C:\> Dismount-RegHive -Path HKLM:\TempMount -ComputerName Server1

Dismounts the registry hive that was mounted in HKLM:\TempMount on the "Server1" computer.

PARAMETERS

-Path

The path of the registry hive that should be dismounted.

Type: System.String[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 0
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ComputerName

The computer where the registry hive should be dismounted from.

Type: System.String[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-View

Specifies the registry view to target. This allows you view the registry like a 32-bit application would on a 64-bit OS.

Type: Microsoft.Win32.RegistryView
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Accepted values: Default, Registry64, Registry32

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: Default
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

None

OUTPUTS

None

NOTES

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