They are not files, but settings!
click on tempkey\setup then in the right pane double click on a name and change its value. then press enter
"CmdLine"="" So make it empty
These values have to be changed to 0
"RestartSetup"=dword:00000000
"SetupType"=dword:00000000
"SystemSetupInProgress"=dword:00000000
"SetupPhase"=dword:00000000
"OOBEInProgress"=dword:00000000
Post screenshot afterwards
Kaktussoft,
Here is the screen shot of the amended values (i selected modify on each one and changed the values as you asked)
On the cmdline one, i just deleted the value completely.
I haven't saved anything as yet, I'm waiting for you next steps.
By the way there was something you said in 49 above:
Post c:\windows\system32\tempkey.reg
Not d:\windows\system32\tempkey.reg
This, I think is the wrong way round. You surely cannot be intersted in c: tempkey because c: is windows 8. So if you wanted me to post anything it would be the d: tempkey, which is what is in the screen shots.
Delete SetupShutdownRequired (by right clicking on it->delete. Or maybe better just rename the key so it's not used. Tell me when done
It sure is c:\windows\system32\tempkey.reg
That's the place where you saved the part of registry (win7 HKLM/system registry mounted on win8 HKLM\tempkey). tempkey.reg is there? I don't need it anymore
When finished with SetupShutdownRequired
Succeeded succesfully?
- close regedit
- in elevated command prompt: reg unload HKLM\tempkey
Yes. Sure did. Here is the screen shot. I hope it's oK I just deleted the systemshutdownrequired entry.
Still not sure what's going on with the c: d: thing.
As long as you know:
D: Original windows 7 that I am trying to recover that I stupidly syspreped and failed
C: Windows 8, loaded after windows 7, just as an isolated evaluation copy to see what it was like
I think this basic snapshot of windows explorer Computer window, because you can see the windows 8 icon, there is the local disk, the recovery cd, and so on.
reg export HKLM\tempkey\setup tempkey.reg
means
export registry key HKLM\tempkey\setup to file tempkey.reg (can be normally editted using noted)
I didn't let you do this
reg export HKLM\tempkey\setup d:\somefolder\subfolder\tempkey.reg
I did let you specify no folder at all! So tempkey.reg will be made in current default folder.
And that's c:\windows\system32 . You see that on screenshot all the time!!
Now win7 thinks no setup, sysprep etc is in progress ... I hope it will boot(?) Try it.
It will hopefully boot. Even with a lot of errors... I don't care. If it boots we gonna try an upgrade install. So sort of repair install. That can only be done from within win7.
Does it boot to win7? If not... what error?
Well one thing is for sure Kaktussoft, you certainly know what you are doing:)
I restarted, selected windows 7 (recover), the only one available to me, and sure enough I was, shortly offered a screen where I could select safemode, or something else, something else, or start windows normally.
i hope I did the right thing, I booted in safe mood. No errors. It is my windows 7 desptop, roughly speaking, the task bar isn't the same (I don't have media player in my task bar for ex), it's all in big icons, because it's safe mode, but generally speaking, I'm pretty sure that is my system, before I syspreped.
Well done Kaktussoft, that is fantastic work, and a hell of a lot of patience. I thought I knew one or two things, but with you on the scene, I'm like an old grandad.
Could you make further suggestions as to how we can repair this fully?
Richard
p.s Can't post screen shot, using my friends computer to send this.
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