Hi

I have a problem , a corrupt entry in the registry. I think I may have to
edit the registry (for the first time). I know how to do it, and which
entries to delete.

My question.....

Before I do so, I can back up the registry, or I can create a restore point,
or I could do both !

Which is simpler ?



Thanks all
KK

Create a restore point

or before deleting entries save them as reg files so you can reimport them
if something goes bad.



"KRK" <trebor@newsgroup> wrote in message
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>
> Hi
>
> I have a problem , a corrupt entry in the registry. I think I may have to
> edit the registry (for the first time). I know how to do it, and which
> entries to delete.
>
> My question.....
>
> Before I do so, I can back up the registry, or I can create a restore
> point, or I could do both !
>
> Which is simpler ?
>
> Thanks all
> KK
>
>
>
>

"KRK" <trebor@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:#A$TGKS7KHA.2220@newsgroup

>
> Hi
>
> I have a problem , a corrupt entry in the registry. I think I may have to edit the registry (for
> the first time). I know how to do it, and which entries to delete.
>
> My question.....
>
> Before I do so, I can back up the registry, or I can create a restore point, or I could do both !
>
> Which is simpler ?
>
> Thanks all
> KK

Neither. Right-click the key you want to edit/delete and select Export.
That will save the key and values to a reg file.
If you ever want to reverse your editing right-click the saved reg file and select 'Merge'.
That will write the information back into the registry.

"R. C. White" <rc@newsgroup> wrote in message
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> Hi, KK.
>
> To add to Dave's advice: Add the .txt extension to that .reg file by Renaming it. Then you can
> safely double-click on the filename to open it in Notepad and edit it, if you need to, before
> Merging it back into the Registry. You could just right-click on a file with the .reg extension
> and choose Edit from the context menu, but it's all too easy to double-click the .reg filename -
> and that automatically Merges it into the Registry. (Voice of experience! Often, that is NOT
> what you want to do at that point. And it's even easier to make this mistake if Folder options
> are set to execute on single-click, as mine always are.)
>
> RC
> --

I think having Merge as the default behaviour when a reg file is double-clicked
is really stupid. I always change the default from Merge to Edit with this simple
reg file :

-------------------------------------------------------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell]
@="edit"

-------------------------------------------------------

Hi, Dave.

Yep! Good idea.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@newsgroup
Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64)

"Dave-UK" <Here@newsgroup> wrote in message
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>
> "R. C. White" <rc@newsgroup> wrote in message
> news:CC8BD06C-B1D5-4903-B88B-B9F31887ACAD@newsgroup

>> Hi, KK.
>>
>> To add to Dave's advice: Add the .txt extension to that .reg file by
>> Renaming it. Then you can safely double-click on the filename to open it
>> in Notepad and edit it, if you need to, before Merging it back into the
>> Registry. You could just right-click on a file with the .reg extension
>> and choose Edit from the context menu, but it's all too easy to
>> double-click the .reg filename - and that automatically Merges it into
>> the Registry. (Voice of experience! Often, that is NOT what you want to
>> do at that point. And it's even easier to make this mistake if Folder
>> options are set to execute on single-click, as mine always are.)
>>
>> RC
>> --

>
> I think having Merge as the default behaviour when a reg file is
> double-clicked
> is really stupid. I always change the default from Merge to Edit with this
> simple
> reg file :
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell]
> @="edit"
>
> -------------------------------------------------------

Why not use erunt to backup registry?

"KRK" <trebor@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:#A$TGKS7KHA.2220@newsgroup

>
> Hi
>
> I have a problem , a corrupt entry in the registry. I think I may have to
> edit the registry (for the first time). I know how to do it, and which
> entries to delete.
>
> My question.....
>
> Before I do so, I can back up the registry, or I can create a restore
> point, or I could do both !
>
> Which is simpler ?
>
> Thanks all
> KK
>
>
>
>