Guest ellas Posted August 5, 2003 Report Share Posted August 5, 2003 Note: The "Export registry" function in Regedit is USELESS (!) to makea complete backup of the registry. Neither does it export the wholeregistry (for example, no information from the "SECURITY" hive issaved), nor can the exported file be used later to replace the currentregistry with the old one. Instead, if you re-import the file, it ismerged with the current registry, leaving you with an absolute mess ofold and new registry keyshttp://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/...erunt/erunt.txtdownload free http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/...erunt/erunt.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LB Posted August 5, 2003 Report Share Posted August 5, 2003 thank you ellas, i just export my registry in the hope that if it ever goes wrong i can use the exported file.System restore is a bit of a wonder nowadays though!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted August 5, 2003 Report Share Posted August 5, 2003 think the idea lived is backup the registry before a new program,if you dont like it uninstall and use the reg backup to get rid of the left over from the program,I like that idea :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LB Posted August 5, 2003 Report Share Posted August 5, 2003 mmm, is that not the idea of registry cleaners? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted August 5, 2003 Report Share Posted August 5, 2003 When I'm in tweaking mode I image my system beforehand, so if it all goes awry I just reinstall a previous image, not yet had a problem rear it's ugly head yet. <_> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted August 5, 2003 Report Share Posted August 5, 2003 they dont work lived not even regcleaner,when I uninstalled the ramdrive I had to go into regedit and manually remove the entries to stop the errors :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LB Posted August 5, 2003 Report Share Posted August 5, 2003 so if reg cleaners don't work, how do i clean my registry in order to have a "pure" registry to back up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted August 5, 2003 Report Share Posted August 5, 2003 go though regedit yourself,save the keys you want to delete in my documents,the delete them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted August 5, 2003 Report Share Posted August 5, 2003 Hold on ellasEven if you dont like it uninstall and use the reg backup to get rid of the left over from the programYou dont get rid of the old files ellas you just merge the registrywhat you need to do as you have rightly said is to remove the "string" yourself and evn then you could inadvertantly remove the incorect string Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted August 5, 2003 Report Share Posted August 5, 2003 madboy just quoting the program below :) if you re-import the file, it ismerged with the current registry, leaving you with an absolute mess ofold and new registry keys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted August 5, 2003 Report Share Posted August 5, 2003 If you merge an old registry with a new one then yes it will be a messHowever, if you just merge a registry that was backed up 24 hours before then it would not be a mess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casey Posted August 8, 2003 Report Share Posted August 8, 2003 Have you tried Vilma Registry Explorer. This allows you to search the registry for leftovers from uninstalled programs. Just type in the the name & search & it will show everything with that name. You can then choose what to delete & it automatically saves what you delete with a time & date. If you make a mistake you can either restore what you have deleted or one key at a time. No need to restore the whole registry. Great program. Vilmacasey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted August 8, 2003 Report Share Posted August 8, 2003 might have a look at that since regcleaner is no longer free http://www.vsft.com/products.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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