I'm having a problem restoring my registry after backing it up. I'm running windows xp and followed the instructions listed in this thread, but it didn't work. When the backup file was saved I didn't rename it, but went I looked up the file it did show it as a registry type file. When I right clicked on it and clicked merge I got the standard little windows message asking which of the programs I want to use to open it and it lists a bunch of different programs.
I next renamed the file and added the ".reg", but it did the same thing so I'm still unable to restore my registry.
The reason I need to restore the registry is because it has messed up my email protection.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.