More registry tips. For backing up the registry; with windows 9x built in tools.Originally posted by TheBulbasaurfreak@Jul 25 2003, 03:41 PM
Thanks for all the tips* * Plz add some more!
registry back up's will be stored in CAB file format, located in
C:\WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP
named: rb000.cab, rb001.cab, rb002.cab. .....
you can manually force a registry backup by using the tool C:\WINDOWS\Scanregw.exe
Click Start, RUN, type: scanreg
Scanreg configuration files are located in C:\WINDOWS, named as follows;
Scanreg.ini
regback.ini
in regback.ini you can change some settings, such as the amount of backups to keep, where to keep them, which additional dir to backup as well. whether to optimize the registry.
I added another folder for windows to place my backups to, with less clutter makes it easier to locate them, as follows:
Scanreg.ini
;Backup directory where the cabs are stored is
; <windir>\sysbckup by default. Value below overrides it.
; It must be a full path. ex. c:\tmp\backup
;
BackupDirectory=C:\WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP\regback
another note is that if you want to edit the registry, use the regedit program.