Re: Registry Backup Precautions before changes. Problems !

From: Linda B (someone_at_microsoft.com)
Date: 02/03/05 

Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 15:26:55 -0800

The system can't modify keys which are already in use, although it can
export them. So when you went to re-import the entire registry, it
attempted to overwrite several keys which were in use (although it tried to
overwrite them with the same data), so it threw that error message. Since
it's an exact copy, it shouldn't have hurt anything.

You can keep that full export around, but if I were you I'd just export the
keys that you're planning on modifying. You can also make backup copies of
the hives themselves (found in %systemroot%\system32\config).

--LB

<admiral_victory@iol.ie> wrote in message
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> Before applying Registry Tweaks which are recommended in a Web Site I
> was reading, I decided to Export the entire Registry to a file on my
> second h/d - I called this file "xxx.reg".
>
> To check that a possible Registry Restore would work before I went
> ahead with these tweaks , I then double clicked on this file which , I
> understand , will then import the data in this file back into the
> registry. Since I had changed nothing in the Registry at this stage I
> did not expect any problems with this re-importation.
>
> However , I now get a message which says :-
>
> "Cannot import "xxx.reg" .Not all was successfully written to the
> Registry.Some keys are open by system or other processes."
>
> Why do I get this message ? Nothing has been changed - is this not the
> recommended proceedure for restoring a damaged Registry after changes
> have corrupted it ?
>
> The PC still seems to be working OK in spite of this message .
>
> B.N.

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