Yes, what I was referring to was in XP, and even if you close all reg tags/trees (which I do), it still won't make a FULL backup when you "export" everything. This program here http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc4/v39/vic39.htm will apparently back ALL of it up. -Clint
God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Clint: A long while ago (win 95/98) I discovered that the registry has a mind of its own. If you export the registry while some of the Keys are open, you will not export the full registry. I think what is exported has something to do with which keys are open. The time to export the full registry is before any of the keys have been opened. After you open some of the keys either manually or by searching, if you close any keys (click on the minus sign in the box) while some of the subkeys are still open, the subkeys will not be closed. You can see this by clicking on the box of the key you just closed, to reopen the key. The subkeys will still be open. If I want to export the full registry after I have opened any keys by any method suggested above, I close each subkey before closing any keys above it all the way up until all the keys are closed. I do not know how much of this is necessary but I do know that this works. I do not have the time to experiment with other methods. Wally On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 03:10:46 -0500 "Support-OrpheusComputing.com" > writes: > BTW and FWIW, I've heard that doing the "export" route in the > Registry to > backup the entire thing is NOT doing what you think it's doing. > That does > not back up the ENTIRE Registry. I think this MIGHT have been in XP > only, > but it could be in '98 as well. I can't recall the procedure now > for doing a > TRUE, FULL Registry backup. If anyone can remember, please post > it. > -Clint > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Harold B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > Hi Wally (I'm using Windows 98) ... I hope you have no damage there > however, > I've been doing this for some time now with never a glitch. After > making the > appropriate changes in the Registry, when I right-click any file, I > get two > options on top: "Open With" which only appears once, and "Open" (and > the > "Open With" window does not have the "Always use this program to > open this > file type" box checked; it's there, but not checked) ... just the > way I > describe it below. > > Btw, when I want to back up the entire Registry, excellent idea when > you do > anything in it for the first time, all I do is in the Regedit > window, click > Registry, Export, and save it someplace with the name yymmdd (that's > year, > month, day; like today would be 041009) until I'm sure all is > working. If > all is not working, I double click that 041009 file and the Registry > should > be completely back in order. Do you think in my original posting I > should > have added a disclaimer? Something like: "Don't take anything I say > seriously." :-) > > Seriously, those instructions I have below *should* work; it never > failed > with me. Of course, I never went back to the original Registry; why > should > I? If I achieved the "Open With" in the right-click menu, that's > what I > want, that's good enough. I can't believe any change you made is > irreversible; that's contrary to "backing up the registry". Maybe > one of our > experts here can explain how that is possible. ... Harold ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
