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  1. Posts : 6
    win 7
       #1

    windows registry


    Hi,
    I hope this is the right section of the forum.
    today I mistakenly deleted some entries in my registry and as you can imagine this has caused some problems to my windows.
    the entry i deleted is "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes".
    I have recovered some of the entries copying them from my Windows Vista computer, but some are still missinig.
    I believe the entries in the mentioned key are "standard keys": with this I mean they are the same for every user of Win 7.
    I wonder if anybody can export such key from the registry editor and post the .reg file here, so I can import it in my registry file.
    This should hopefully fix the few problems I still have.
    Thanks a lot in advance.
    Take care
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  2. Posts : 17,796
    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
       #2

    Welcome

    May be easier, to just do a system restore. That is what it is for.
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  3. Posts : 6
    win 7
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Hi richard,
    first of all, thanks for your quick reply.
    I had already thought about that, but I can not do a system restore because i previously disabled the system snapshot feature. I am a long experienced user and usually don't get into this kind trouble. Even today, before I made my changes I backed up what was needed (the parts I meant to change) but then I misread a key name and ended up deleting from the FolderType key instead of FolderDescription.
    If you could export ForlderType and post the .reg file it would be great.
    Thanks again
    mike
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  4. Posts : 3,300
    Win7 Home Premium 64x
       #4

    I dont know if a scan will fix the registry but it is worth a shot: SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker

    If that doesn't fix the registry entries you could try a startup repair (but again, I dont know if this fixes registry problems; it does copy files from the install disc though): Startup Repair
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  5. Posts : 6
    win 7
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Hi Thorsen,
    already tried no differences... as I said I am an experienced user and I tried several things before posting.
    This is a kind of last resource. Of course I could reinstall Win 7 on another partition or HD and then export the FolderTypes from that OS and import on mine, but I figured I could have saved the time just asking to somebody who already has Win 7 installed.
    I know I deleted only entries in FolderType and so if I can restore all those, I should be back to have everything up and running. As I said from Vista I got most of the entries back, but some are still missing and so some things still don''t work (for example the Network and Sharing Center is empty even though I can connect to the internet without problems.
    Thanks again, have a good day
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  6. Posts : 3,300
    Win7 Home Premium 64x
       #6

    Op sorry no problems. I know you are experienced, just didn't know what you had tried. I am not at my comp, but hopefully a user here can export the FolderType registry keys for you.
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  7. Posts : 11,990
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
       #7

    I tried to upload my exported key and I got this error message:

    Your file of 218.5 KB bytes exceeds the forum's limit of 9.8 KB for this filetype.
    Let me see if I can break them down some. I can only break them down one key at a time.
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  8. Posts : 16,132
    7 X64
       #8

    Carl, put the .reg inside a zip folder .

    It will upload in one go.
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  9. Posts : 11,990
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
       #9

    Thanks for the suggestion, SIW2! It did, indeed, work. I learned something. :)
    windows registry Attached Files
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  10. Posts : 6
    win 7
    Thread Starter
       #10

    thanks a lot to all!! The file from Carl did it!
    this is really a good community, I have found many precious help here, not just for this problem but for many other things.
    Have a good day!
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