smokykstar Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 When I try to merge an ccleaner reg file I get an error finding registry message. I also tried going to regedit and importing the ccleaner reg file. Same error message! This is happening to all my ccleaner reg files. I am running Windows 7 and the latest ccleaner free program downloaded yesterday. I did not think to do a restore point before running ccleaner (never had this problem before). I really do not want to go back to a previous system restore. Here is the text of the last reg file created by ccleaner. Hmmm I cannot copy and paste the txt file. I will try attaching it. The file I just attached is a short final cleanup. Before I did that cleanup work I preceeded it buy a 200 plus contained in a previous cleanup minutes earlier. That also does not merge. If you want to see the previous 200 plus file let me knoiw and I will attach it to another message. Everything worked fine until I ran cccleaner this week using the new update. It is possible that a changed something I should not have. That is why it is so important for me to merge back my changes. Smokyksta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted September 16, 2015 Moderators Share Posted September 16, 2015 There's no attachment that I can see. Just post the contents inside of the saved .REG file as plain text into your post. Note that you can open the .REG file with Notepad so that you can copy the contents of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokykstar Posted September 16, 2015 Author Share Posted September 16, 2015 I tried pasting the text in the previous message (and in this one) but paste doesn't appear to work in this forum. It is working in other applications. Wonder if this is another example of what went wrong after using ccleaner. Is there something special I have to do to copy and paste in this forum? Smoky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokykstar Posted September 16, 2015 Author Share Posted September 16, 2015 Now I am running out of time and may have to do a system restore. I also can no longer log in under my email. Am losing faith in all of this which worked fine for many years. Will check back once more before resorting to a system restore. Smokykstar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted September 16, 2015 Moderators Share Posted September 16, 2015 The issue is that (at least) one registry entry that you removed is unable to be replaced. This happens when a user blindly removes all entries instead of small specific removals (e.g. only missing .net references in on removal and activex bits in a seperate one) and removing entries. The advice is my signature would have made this much less likely to happen ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted September 17, 2015 Moderators Share Posted September 17, 2015 before resorting to a system restore. If you have a recent System Restore Point that may be the best route to undo the changes since a restore point will fully restore the Windows registry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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