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ran registry cleaner backed up deleted files and back upfiles wont reinstall says error cannot find registryred ted newby

Welcome to the forums Ted :D

Go to my documents where the backups are stored, right click on one, and click merge.

That should work ;)

-aaron

If you happen to be using something like Windows 9x open the .reg backup created by CCleaner and make sure it starts with:

REGEDIT4

If it starts with something like "Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00" those won't merge on Win9x.