Xcopy File Not Found Error

[Help12345]

I'm trying to copy my reg back ups to override my current registry. I am doing this in the boot disk cmd.

It is telling me File Not Found - RegBack even though I clearly have a folder called it that I am changing my directory to.

cd \windows\system32\config\regback
xcopy c:\windows\system32\config\regback c:\windows\system32\config

This is really starting to make me mad. Please help.

 

[UsernameIssues]

Welcome to the Seven Forums.

When using the boot disk cmd, the drive letter of interest is probably not going to be c.

 

[Help12345]

What do you propose then to override my current registry with the reg black backup?

 

[UsernameIssues]

maybe:

xcopy D:\windows\system32\config\regback D:\windows\system32\config

Or whatever drive letter your system assigns to the drive of interest when using the boot disk cmd.

Your system might not assign the letter D to the drive of interest.

The dir cmd should help you to find the drive of interest.

 

[Help12345]

Okay - I tried that and it seems like it worked (the files in config are replaced with ones from 3 days ago). Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like my registries have been changed to what I had 3 days ago (I was trying to remove a program I downloaded today and it's still there). In theory, using the registry backups in place of the current ones would be a way of doing this, yes? The registry is stored in the config, or am I confusing it with something else?

 

[UsernameIssues]

I would think that it should work - but I've never tried it.

You might use system restore - but they don't work well for me.