Both my previous posts,"Renaming recycle bin" & "Removing recycle bin from the desktop" had a warning "Backup your registry".yes! Registry backup is very important especially when you are trying to edit the registry.A lot of users don't exactly understand what the Registry is all about and the need for Registry backups.Windows Registry is can be defined as a vault of various settings of windows and other programs.Registry has all the information that programs require.
A simple way to take backups without the help of any third party softwares
*Go to Start -->Run-->Type Regedit and press enter
*You will be presented with a two window pane that closely resemble the windows explorer.
*Now click on File --->Export
*Give it a name and Browse the location where you want to save the backup and click on save
*Done ! registry backup in 2 mins ;)
Remember Registry backups are huge.So keep on deleting the older backups when you take new backups
this is help you save space.
To Restore a backup
*Simply find the location where you saved the registry backup
*Double click on the file.
*you will be presented with a dialog box asking you "are you sure to add the data to your registry " click yes
*And your registry will be restored instantly
