Win10 Preview How to backup and restore the registry to prevent some misoperations

By changing the registry to change some settings, it is often operated in Win10, such as unlocking the new Win10 clock application. Every time you modify the registry, it is recommended to back up the registry so that you can restore the registry in time after a problem occurs. How to backup the registry in Win10? How to restore the registry?

Back up the entire registry

Open the Registry Editor, select the root computer & rdquo; in the list on the left, then click the “file” menu, select “export&rdquo ; Figure:

Then the "Export Registry File" dialog box will pop up. Figure:

Select the save location, enter the file name, click the "Save" button to back up the registry as a reg file.

Another way is to back up an item in the "export registry file" window in the "export scope" & rdquo; select & ldquo; all & rdquo; can also back up the entire registry.

Back up an item in the registry (a branch)

But the registry is very large, and you only modify the items, so there is usually no need to back up the entire registry, just Back up the one you modified.

Select the items you want to back up in the Registry Editor, right click on the item and select “Export”. As shown in the figure:

The same will pop up the "Export Registry File" dialog box. Figure:

just below the & ldquo; Export Range & rdquo; selected is & ldquo; & rdquo ;, the selected branch this time you can re-election in & ldquo; all & rdquo ;, then the backup is The entire registry is gone.

Select the save location, enter the file name, click the “Save” button to back up the selected registry key to a reg file. Figure:

How to restore the registry

Method one:

Open the registry editor, click on the "Files" menu, select “ Import ”, then select the previously backed up reg file in the "Import Registry" window. Figure:

Click “Open”, you can import, and then the prompt “The items and values ​​contained in “….reg have been successfully added to the registry” will pop up. Figure:

Click “OK”

Method 2:

Without opening the Registry Editor, double-clicking on the previously backed reg file will bring up a warning dialog box "Adding information may inadvertently change or delete values ​​and Causes the component to continue the tool. If you don't trust the source of this information in ….reg, don't add it to the registry. Are you sure to continue? & rdquo; Figure:

Click “ is & rdquo;, will add information to the registry, and then pop up “ ….reg items and values ​​have been successfully added to the registry In the middle & rdquo; tips. Figure:

Click “OK”

The registry is actually only the data of the computer configuration, that is, the contents of the computer settings, such as how to record the computer, how the file is associated, and so on. The general registry does not have any commands or program components. It is just a piece of data.