Hit Windows+R to bring up Run and type regedit.Now you know how to back up the Windows Registry before making changes to it as well as how to restore it if something goes wrong.With such (and other similar) registry tweaks, rather than backing up the entire Windows Registry, which would take a backup of all the keys (and their values), you can instead just backup the one particular key you’re about to modify.įollow these steps to backup a particular Windows Registry key: Follow the prompts until the process is complete.ĥ – Click File> Exit to close the Registry Editor. reg file extension.ġ – Press the Windows+ R key combination to open a “Run” box.Ĥ – Navigate to the Registry backup file that you wish to restore from (again, it will have the extension. Note: Registry backup files end with the. How to restore the Registry from a backup: Note: You can watch this video at full screen by clicking the little “square” icon in the lower-right corner of the video after it begins playing.ĭo you prefer following written instructions? Here you go…ġ – Press the Windows+ R key combination to open a “Run” box.Ģ – Type regedit and press the Enter key.ģ – Click File> Export, give the backup file a name, and then click Save.Ĥ – Click File> Exit to close the Registry Editor. Here’s a short video that shows how to do it, step-by-step: Luckily, it’s very easy to make a backup of the Windows Registry, and if need be, restore the Registry from a backup.
That way if something goes wrong you’ll be able to restore it to it’s previous (working) state.
I recommend that you always make a backup of the Registry before you attempt to make any changes to it. It occurred to me earlier today that I should probably make the steps for backing up and restoring the Registry a tip in its own right. Many of the tips I post on this site involve editing the Windows Registry.Īnd in most cases, the first step of those procedures always explains how to create a backup of the Registry before proceeding on to the actual “tip”.
0 kommentar(er)
