Registry Import Error

[tsanders123]

I backed up my registry with regedit and then made some changes. I
then tried to import the changes that I made to the registry and
received the following error " Cannot import C:\registryrevised.reg:
Not all data was successfully written to the registry. Some keys are
open by the system or other processes." How can I correct the error(s)
so that I can import the revised registry?

Thanks

 

[Rock]

I backed up my registry with regedit and then made some changes. I
then tried to import the changes that I made to the registry and
received the following error " Cannot import C:\registryrevised.reg:
Not all data was successfully written to the registry. Some keys are
open by the system or other processes." How can I correct the error(s)
so that I can import the revised registry?

What did you backup, specifically? The entire registry? And what did you
try to import, the entire registry? You can't do that. You should only
export specific keys and import specific keys.

 

[tsanders123]

Yes. I did try to back up the entire registry and then import the
entire registry. If I can only import specific keys can I still save
the entire registry with regedit or another program?

Thanks

 

[Wesley Vogel]

You cannot use regedit.exe to successfully backup or import the entire
registry.

Get both of these...

NTREGOPT NT Registry Optimizer
ERUNT The Emergency Recovery Utility NT
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/

Direct download links (the zip files just need unzipping and dropping on the
drive. {Thank you, Jim}
http://aumha.org/downloads/erunt.zip

http://aumha.org/downloads/ntregopt.zip

ERUNT [[Note: The "Export registry" function in Regedit is USELESS (!) to
make a complete backup of the registry. Neither does it export the whole
registry (for example, no information from the "SECURITY" hive is
saved), nor can the exported file be used later to replace the current
registry with the old one. Instead, if you re-import the file, it is
merged with the current registry, leaving you with an absolute mess of
old and new registry keys.]]
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/erunt.txt

NTREGOPT [[Similar to Windows 9x/Me, the registry files in an NT-based
system can become fragmented over time, occupying more space on your hard
disk than necessary and decreasing overall performance. You should
use the NTREGOPT utility regularly, but especially after installing
or uninstalling a program, to minimize the size of the registry files
and optimize registry access.

The program works by recreating each registry hive "from scratch",
thus removing any slack space that may be left from previously
modified or deleted keys.

Note that the program does NOT change the contents of the registry in
any way, nor does it physically defrag the registry files on the drive
(as the PageDefrag program from SysInternals does). The optimization
done by NTREGOPT is simply compacting the registry hives to the
minimum size possible.]]
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/ntregopt.txt

Installing & Using ERUNT
http://www.silentrunners.org/sr_eruntuse.html

To see an illustrated registry restore procedure
http://www.silentrunners.org/sr_erdntuse.html

Take a complete registry backup using ERUNT
http://www.winxptutor.com/regback.htm

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Rock]

Yes. I did try to back up the entire registry and then import the
entire registry. If I can only import specific keys can I still save
the entire registry with regedit or another program?

Not with regedit, you can't. Wesley gave you some excellent info on how to
do this with the 3rd party app, ERUNT.

 

[tsanders123]

Thanks to all for your help.

Tom

Not with regedit, you can't. Wesley gave you some excellent info on how to
do this with the 3rd party app, ERUNT.

 

[Rock]

Thanks to all for your help.

You're welcome.