Error Message:

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Registry Editor could not delete the key currently selected. The key, or one of its subkeys does not give you DELETE access.

Explanation:

When a key is deleted, all of its subkeys are also deleted. Therefore you must have DELETE access on the key and on all of its subkeys in order to delete the key.

User Action:

Change permissions on this key so that you can delete a subkey, and try again.