Solved why is my full registry only 14.3 KB

[frantheman7]

hi

why is my full registry only 14.3 KB (14,666 bytes)

 

[Brink]

Hello Fran,

You must not have exported the entire registry, and only exported a single key (folder) instead. My full registry REG file is 151 MB.

To export the full registry, you need to select Computer at the top, right click on it, click on Export, and save it to say your desktop.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[mickey megabyte]

frantheman: how did you measure your registry size?

as shawn suggested, i exported my complete registry as a reg file, and mine seems a bit bloated at 195 megs.

(i've defaultly associated my reg files with notepad, so a quick careless double-click won't merge.)



as far as i know, the windows 7 registry is actually contained within several files stored at a few locations. adding these all up, i get maybe 70 megs, but i suppose these are compressed somehow compared to the text-based .reg export, and are hence stored more efficiently.

 

[bobtran]

Actually 195 isn't all that bloated. Mine weigh's in at a whopping 321MB (My total disk usage is 123GB used (no backups included as I use Windows Home Server for that, it does include restore points however).

 

[Windows Sniper]

Just Wondering If Running Ccleaner in the Registry Was Actually Doing Any Harm to it?

When i Back mine up it is 400mb in Total Is this too large or Just due to the amount of programs i have?

I want to know if i can run The cleaner to remove unused registrys?

 

[bobtran]

Just Wondering If Running Ccleaner in the Registry Was Actually Doing Any Harm to it?

When i Back mine up it is 400mb in Total Is this too large or Just due to the amount of programs i have?

I want to know if i can run The cleaner to remove unused registrys?

If it aint' broke....

 

[Windows Sniper]

Just Wondering If Running Ccleaner in the Registry Was Actually Doing Any Harm to it?

When i Back mine up it is 400mb in Total Is this too large or Just due to the amount of programs i have?

I want to know if i can run The cleaner to remove unused registrys?

If it aint' broke....

Sorry Forgot to mention that when i install items i get a Registry Conflict error?

 

[Windows Sniper]

Dont Worry i Ran it Anyway and the Problem Disappeared, Basically iTunes wasn't ripping Music cause i installed nero, ran the cleanup and it works.

My Size is now 327mb?

 

[mickey megabyte]

...

If it aint' broke....

+1

 

[Everlong]

frantheman: how did you measure your registry size?

as shawn suggested, i exported my complete registry as a reg file, and mine seems a bit bloated at 195 megs.

(

If that's bloated, then what's mine at 495MB

 

[mickey megabyte]

congrats everlong, you hold the prize so far!

mine's only a couple of months old though...

 

[frantheman7]

i didn't have exported the entire registry
did what u said and now its
171 MB (180,092,040 bytes)

thanks Shawn

 

[Brink]

You're most weclome Fran. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted.

 

[frantheman7]

"There are no dumb questions, just the people who do not ask them"

give me some tine lol