How to restore a backup of my programs folder...

I have Windows XP Home and I just backed up all my programs with "Nero Ultra
Burning Utility". This suite has a restore feature for this task. If and
when I have to restore my programs, will they be just as accessible as they
are now? I have some programs in that folder that took alot of configuring
to get right and I understand that the registry keeps certain settings for
such programs. Does this kind of backup change the settings in the registry
as they are restored??

On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 00:41:44 -0500, Scott Arnold wrote:

> I have Windows XP Home and I just backed up all my programs with "Nero Ultra
> Burning Utility". This suite has a restore feature for this task. If and
> when I have to restore my programs, will they be just as accessible as they
> are now? I have some programs in that folder that took alot of configuring
> to get right and I understand that the registry keeps certain settings for
> such programs. Does this kind of backup change the settings in the registry
> as they are restored??

As long as your Windows and Windows registry (with the info about the
programs included) is still intact, a restore of this type would work for
applications. It would not work if you were trying to rebuild your system
by reinstalling Windows though. In that case, you would need to reinstall
the programs too.


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Sharon F
MS-MVP/ Windows XP - Shell/User

>-----Original Message-----
>I have Windows XP Home and I just backed up all my
programs with "Nero Ultra
>Burning Utility". This suite has a restore feature for
this task. If and
>when I have to restore my programs, will they be just as
accessible as they
>are now? I have some programs in that folder that took
alot of configuring
>to get right and I understand that the registry keeps
certain settings for
>such programs. Does this kind of backup change the
settings in the registry
>as they are restored??
>If you restore the entire backup or any part of it, your
computer will ask you if you want to add it to the
regestry. If you do not get this message then I would
make a restore point before downloading your backup, as a
matter of fact I suggest that you do so first then
download. That way if it changes things automatlly (which
it should not but..)you can always go to the restore reg.
and click on your saved date.
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