> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wally) > > A long while ago (win 95/98) I discovered that the registry has a mind of its own. If you export the registry while some of the Keys are open, you will not export the full registry. I think what is exported has something to do with which keys are open. The time to export the full registry is before any of the keys have been opened.
> After you open some of the keys either manually or by searching, if you close any keys (click on the minus sign in the box) while some of the subkeys are still open, the subkeys will not be closed. You can see this by clicking on the box of the key you just closed, to reopen the key. The subkeys will still be open. If I want to export the full registry after I have opened any keys by any method suggested above, I close each subkey before closing any keys above it all the way up until all the keys are closed. I do not know how much of this is necessary but I do know that this works. I do not have the time to experiment with other methods. ... Wally Response I never used Roger's idea of Scanreg, and his explanation is very complete. Now I know where the Rb0x.cab file is created (in the Windows\Sysbckup folder). I always wondered where the Scanreg backup was kept; now I know. Regarding the open/closed keys, I think it is only when a key is highlighted that the highlighted key and it's contents will be backed up (and of course, a key is highligted as soon as it is opened) ... it's a way of backing up a *section* of the Registry. I find that if a key is open, and the minus sign for that line is clicked, upon again clicking the now plus sign, the original open key is no longer highlighted (clicking the minus sign UNhighlights whatever is underneath) ... meaning that if all you see are plus marks, all that is going on underneath will be backed up, regardless of what you highlighted earler. Please correct me if I'm wrong ...Harold ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
