PowerShell, unable rename registry on the remote computer

Question

How can I rename Registry SubKey instead of deleting it on the remote device?

$remoteHive = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive]“LocalMachine”;
$regKey = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey($remoteHive,$computerName);

$profileList = $regKey.OpenSubKey(“SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\”,$true);
$remoteProfiles = $profileList.GetSubKeyNames()

ForEach ($remoteProfile in $remoteProfiles) {
    If ($remoteProfile -eq $strSID)
        {
            $profileList.DeleteSubKey($strSID)
        }
    }

I would like to replace $profileList.DeleteSubKey($strSID) with rename but can't find how.

Answer 1

This is too long for a comment, so I'll post it as answer instead. The reason why

$strSID = "S-1-5-21"  
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $computerName -Scriptblock { 
    Rename-Item "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\$strSID" -NewName "S-1-5-21_BAK" -Force
} -ErrorAction Stop

doesn't work is because inside the scriptblock, variable $strSID is unknown.
You need to either scope it in the scriptblock with $using:strSID, or send it as parameter to the scriptblock like:

$strSID = "S-1-5-21"  
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $computerName -Scriptblock { 
    param([string]$SID)
    Rename-Item "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\$SID" -NewName "$($SID)_BAK" -Force
} -ArgumentList $strSID -ErrorAction Stop

Renaming registry keys could be dangerous of course and you should be aware of the Well-known SIDs, making sure you don't try to rename these too..