Web Analytics
Take a Tour of Windows Guides on www.mintywhite.com   Tour    Why Should You Subscribe to this Site   Why Subscribe?    Download a copy of Windows Vista - the Pocket Guide   Free Vista Books    Get the mintywhite Windows Guides toolbar for your browser   Toolbar   Donate a Dollar to Pay for Next Year’s Web Hosting
Jan 18

Back Up and Restore the Windows 7/Vista/XP Registry

Windows 7 News & Development, Windows Vista Guides, Windows XP Guides Add comments

Back Up and Restore the Windows Vista Registry

Some guides on this site will require you to change values in your registry. If you make a mistake and don’t correct it, you may find your computer is not as functional as it was before. To protect yourself from any mistakes, you need to backup your registry. Learn how to back up and restore your registry in this guide.

This guide is written for both 7, Vista, and XP. The screenshots come from Vista, but the process is the same.

Back up the Windows registry

1. Press Start > Run (Winkey+R) and type regedit

Back Up and Restore the Windows Vista Registry 1

2. Left click Computer in the left pane

3. Go to File > Export

Back Up and Restore the Windows Vista Registry 2

4. Save the file (for extra caution, save the file to a USB thumb drive)

Restore the Windows registry

1. Press Start > Run (Winkey+R) and type regedit

2. Left click Computer in the left pane

3. Go to File > Import

Back Up and Restore the Windows Vista Registry 3

4. Choose the backup file you created

Further Reading:

Take a Tour of Windows Guides on www.mintywhite.com   Tour    Why Should You Subscribe to this Site   Why Subscribe?    Download a copy of Windows Vista - the Pocket Guide   Free Vista Books    Get the mintywhite Windows Guides toolbar for your browser   Toolbar   Donate a Dollar to Pay for Next Year’s Web Hosting

5 Responses to “Back Up and Restore the Windows 7/Vista/XP Registry”

  1. SyncMaster91 says:

    tnx for this tip…..I reali need it….but i foundet by mustake…tnx anyway….excuse my righting i dont know much elngish

  2. Gary Shapiro says:

    Much better:

    http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/

  3. SHAWN H says:

    NOW I CAN TRY OUT SOME COOL STUFF

Trackbacks (Trackback URL)

  1. Disable Use the Web Service Prompt on Unknown Filetypes | Windows Tools, Help & Guides
  2. Remove “Send Feedback” Link in Windows Seven 7 [How To] | Windows 7 News & Development | Windows Tools, Help & Guides

Leave a Comment

If you have a computer help question, click here to leave it on the forums instead.