Xp can also use Notepad to back up the registry, do you know?

The registry is an important database for the system, which holds various application information of the system, so it is an important operation for its backup. In the xp system, there are many ways to back up the registry, but dear users, do you know that you can also use the Windows Notepad program to back up the registry?

Two important branches: Br>

1. User personal data [HKEY_CURRENT_USER]

This branch stores personal data such as the personal preferences of the currently logged in user and the settings of the software used. Whether you are a guest, a restricted user, an advanced user, or an administrator, you can modify your own personal registry data. The user's personal registry data is the items, sub-items, and value items contained in the left pane [HKEY_CURRENT_USER] in the Registry Editor.

2. The core data of the system [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE]

Only administrators can access the system registry data, which stores the important core setting data in the system. The system's registry data is the items, sub-items, and value items contained in [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE] displayed in the left pane of the Registry Editor.

Backing up the registry:

Task 1: Back up the registry branch and edit some settings

Step 1: Click “Start →Run” (or command line Prompt), enter the following command to export two registry branches (drive, path and file can be customized), the size of the exported myreg.reg is about 8MB ~ 9MB, and the size of sysreg.reg is about 30MB ~ 60MB, depending on the individual The situation is slightly different.

reg export hkcu c:\\myreg.reg

reg export hklm c:\\sysreg.reg

Step 2: Right click on myreg.reg and sysreg.reg respectively , select “edit & rdquo; or & ldquo; send to → Notepad & rdquo; (create a right-click menu & ldquo; send to → Notepad & rdquo;, you can “ start & rdquo; menu in the "Notepad" Copy the method to “C:\\Documents andSettings\\username\\SendTo” folder and open the myreg.reg file with the “Notepad” program.

Step 3: Click the menu command “Edit →Find ”, enter the keyword to find the content, click “ find the next & rdquo;. Find a data, delete, modify, and then press F3 to continue looking for the next data. Find and modify all data, select menu “file → save & rdquo; save the registry file.

The registry is a powerful database. Sometimes our improper operation may lose the data in the registry. Therefore, we must back it up before using it, and use Notepad to It is a good idea to make backup changes.