elliottq

Having read thru the many posts on restoring the registry, I am still a bit confused. If you double click the backed up .reg file, it says "do you want to add the info to the registry." If you right click the file it instead give you the option to merge the info. I am not sure those mean the same thing. Does add mean to over write the keys in the registry with the info in the backup, or to actually add the data in the backup to the existing registry, which in my mind would duplicate some keys? Are add and merge the same? Thank you.

Thank you. You did. I missed it since I wasn't use to how this forum is organized. Please excuse. Elliottq

Can you provide a little more explanation of using a registry backup file. Your online help indicates to Right-click on the .REG file created and select 'Merge'. By default these files will be saved into your 'My Documents' folder. In another spot in your help files it says: Right-click on the .REG file and then shows a screen capture saying - Are you sure you want to add the information to the registry Click Yes to restore the Registry. MY QUESTIONs are: one of the above replies indicates the saved REG file will be saved into My Documents. Why My Documents and not the registry? The other says it will be added (nor sure if merge and add are the same thing) - but I would think you would want to overwrite the registry if you had made wrong changes. What does using the REG backup file actually do? If entries were removed, are they replace? If entries were changed, are they restored? Thank you.

Can you provide a little more explanation of using a registry backup file. Your online help indicates to Right-click on the .REG file created and select 'Merge'. By default these files will be saved into your 'My Documents' folder. In another spot in your help files it says: Right-click on the .REG file and then shows a screen capture saying - Are you sure you want to add the information to the registry Click Yes to restore the Registry. MY QUESTIONs are: one of the above replies indicates the saved REG file will be saved into My Documents. Why My Documents and n o the registry? The other says it will be added (nor sure if merge and add are the same thing) - but I would think you would want to overwrite the registry if you had made wrong changes. What does using the REG backup file actually do? If entries were removed, are they replace? If entries were changed, are they restored? Thank you.