title: How to fix "ERROR: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value." when running a batch file
body: <p>I am trying to run a simple batch command - </p>
  
  <pre><code>reg delete "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Cryptography\Configuration\SSL\00010002\Functions" /f    
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  <p>and it is returning the error "ERROR: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value." I know the value name is there (I'm looking at it in the Registry Editor).</p>
  
  <p>I've tried copy/pasting the direct path into the command. I've also tried removing the quotes and running the batch as administrator. I know I can simply right-click the value and click delete, but I may have to do this on many machines and it would be a huge time saver to not have to navigate down in the registry.</p>