I backed up my registry before I went playing in it and the long and short of it I made a mess so I right click on the .reg file in my documents and click merge and get a pop-up which says Windows cannot find '...registry copy.reg'. Make sure you type the name correctly, and then try again.
So I'm thinking it's because I changed the name of the .reg file right? So short of re-installing Windows is there anything else I can do? And will re-installing the OS even help?
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Started by RSBRC, Apr 02 2008 07:10 AM
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Posted 02 April 2008 - 11:42 AM
You could try a system restore to before the prob?
As long as the reg backup is named "anything.reg", no quotes, and it shows the registry icon it should merge.
A format reinstall will fix just about any prob but you could try a repair install as a second last resort to a format reinstall.
Repair install XP
As long as the reg backup is named "anything.reg", no quotes, and it shows the registry icon it should merge.
A format reinstall will fix just about any prob but you could try a repair install as a second last resort to a format reinstall.
Repair install XP
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Posted 02 April 2008 - 11:01 PM
Oh cool great thanks! I'll try that and I'll be sure to tell you if it works or not.
Thanks for the link
RSBRC
Thanks for the link
RSBRC
Humpty, on Apr 2 2008, 03:42 AM, said:
You could try a system restore to before the prob?
As long as the reg backup is named "anything.reg", no quotes, and it shows the registry icon it should merge.
A format reinstall will fix just about any prob but you could try a repair install as a second last resort to a format reinstall.
Repair install XP
As long as the reg backup is named "anything.reg", no quotes, and it shows the registry icon it should merge.
A format reinstall will fix just about any prob but you could try a repair install as a second last resort to a format reinstall.
Repair install XP
