Cannot Restore to XP Registry

CCleaner for Windows
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My system is Windows XP, I am the system admin.

After running cCleaner, Mozilla Thunderbird errors as follows:

A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding

Script: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Mozilla%20Thunderbird/modules/iteratorUtils.jsm:114

I tried to restore the reg but get: Error accessing the registry.

I successfully run: Download the third-party file REG File Association Fix at

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_regfile.zip.the following:

Error still is: Cannot import C:\...cc_20101030_071357.reg: Error accessing the registry.

Please help me fix this or restore my old registry.

Thanks,

Michael

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"After running cCleaner"

It sounds like you are running the registry section, can you confirm this assumption before anyone tries to render aid to you.

NergalReadingFAIL

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Have you got NoScript installed? It seems to generate a large amount of unresponsive scripts messages. You could try a system restore if you want to get your registry back.

By the way, the .reg files when opened don't replace other information they just merge and can create a mess depending on what keys are in it. A better way would be to back up your registry using certain programs (can I give ERUNT a plug?) and use those tools which restore the registry back to the exact condition as when the backup was created.

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I could be wrong because I have never needed to select and restore a registry backup,

but I would guess C:\...cc_20101030_071357.reg: indicates a registry zap at the end of last October.

Unless your email system has been crippled for over two months I think a much more recent event caused the problem.

Alan

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"After running cCleaner"

It sounds like you are running the registry section, can you confirm this assumption before anyone tries to render aid to you.

NergalReadingFAIL

Hi Nergal: Yes, I'm running the registry section only. Thanks for your help.

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Have you got NoScript installed? It seems to generate a large amount of unresponsive scripts messages. You could try a system restore if you want to get your registry back.

By the way, the .reg files when opened don't replace other information they just merge and can create a mess depending on what keys are in it. A better way would be to back up your registry using certain programs (can I give ERUNT a plug?) and use those tools which restore the registry back to the exact condition as when the backup was created.

What do you mean by "system restore." Reinstall Windows XP? I use Norton 360. It's not detecting a virus - not that that means anything... thanks for the info. on NoScript & Erunt.

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I could be wrong because I have never needed to select and restore a registry backup,

but I would guess C:\...cc_20101030_071357.reg: indicates a registry zap at the end of last October.

Unless your email system has been crippled for over two months I think a much more recent event caused the problem.

Alan

I have run the ccleaner Reg cleaner a couple of times, with backups. I thought I would reinstall to an earlier version of the backup. This issue is a recent issue. Thanks for your help.

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BTW: I did uninstall Mozilla Thunderbird and reinstall it. It didn't help. If I could find out which program is failing, I'd just uninstall it and reinstall it. But, I don't know enough about this failure to know what is failing...

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Does this help:

Script busy or stopped responding: (Thunderbird)

EDIT: System Restore in XP: (Doesn't mean re-install Windows)