hi, I have a VBS script here that allows me to search, and delete any registry entry with a specified keyword in it.

At the end, it displays a message box, saying it finished, and how long it took to finish (Finished in "" minutes").

I want it to create a text file "finished.txt" instead of displaying this message.

How can I do this?

Code:
' Script that will do a substring search in all key names
' for the string in the variable sKey and delete the key
' if the string is found.
'
' You can set a key path in the variable sStartKeyPathx if
' you want to limit the search to a specific registry branch.
' Adjust callouts to sStartKeyPath1/2/3 as you see fit

Const OpenAsASCII      =  0
Const FailIfNotExist   =  0
Const ForReading       =  1
Const OverwriteIfExist = -1

sStartKeyPath1 =  "HKEY_CURRENT_USER"
sStartKeyPath2 =  "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"
sStartKeyPath3 =  "HKEY_USERS"

sKey = "tomkey"

Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

' get a temporary registry file name
sTempFile = oFSO.GetSpecialFolder(2).ShortPath & "\" & oFSO.GetTempName

sStart = Now
ExportRegistry sStartKeyPath1, sTempFile
CreateAndRunRegistryFile sKey, sTempFile

ExportRegistry sStartKeyPath2, sTempFile
CreateAndRunRegistryFile sKey, sTempFile

ExportRegistry sStartKeyPath3, sTempFile
CreateAndRunRegistryFile sKey, sTempFile

' delete temp file
If oFSO.FileExists(sTempFile) Then
  oFSO.DeleteFile sTempFile
End If

MsgBox "Finished in " & DateDiff("n", sStart, Now) & " minutes", _
        vbSystemModal, "SearchAndDelete"

Sub ExportRegistry(sStartKey, sFile)
  If Trim(sKey) = "" Then
    ' export the complete registry
    sCmd = "regedit.exe /S /E:A """ & sFile & """"
  Else
    ' export the registry key to a file
    sCmd = "regedit.exe /S /E:A """ & sFile & """ " & """" & sStartKey & """"
  End If
  oShell.Run sCmd, 0, True
End Sub

Sub CreateAndRunRegistryFile(sString, sInFile)

  sOutFile = oFSO.GetSpecialFolder(2).ShortPath & "\" & oFSO.GetTempName

  ' find all string starting with [ and ends with ], and that
  ' also contains at least one bachslash in addition to the
  ' text in the variable sString
  sCmd = "%comspec% /c findstr.exe " _
       & "/i /r ""^\[.*\\.*" & sString & ".*\]$"" """ _
       & sInFile & """ >""" & sOutFile & """"

  oShell.Run sCmd, 0, True

  Set fFile = oFSO.OpenTextFile(sOutFile, ForReading, _
                                    FailIfNotExist, OpenAsASCII)

  sResult = ""
  On Error Resume Next
  sResult = fFile.ReadAll
  fFile.Close
  oFSO.DeleteFile sOutFile
  On Error Goto 0

  If sResult <> "" Then

    Set fRegFile = oFSO.CreateTextFile(sOutFile, _
                    OverwriteIfExist, OpenAsASCII)
    fRegFile.WriteLine "REGEDIT4" & vbCrLf

    aResult = Split(sResult, vbCrLf)

    For i = 0 To UBound(aResult)

      sLine = aResult(i)

      ' do the same tests as the regexp in findstr just in case.
      If InStr(1, sLine, sString, vbTextCompare) > 0 _
                  And Left(sLine, 1) = "[" And Right(sLine, 1) = "]" Then

      sLine = "[-" & Mid(sLine, 2)
        fRegFile.WriteLine sLine
      End If
    Next

    fRegFile.WriteLine vbCrLf   ' add two blank lines at the end
    fRegFile.Close
    sCmd = "regedit.exe /s """ & sOutFile & """"
    oShell.Run sCmd, 0, True

  End If

  If oFSO.FileExists(sOutFile) Then
    oFSO.DeleteFile sOutFile
  End If

End Sub