How to Import Windows Registry Files
Windows Registry settings can be imported from a previously exported file. This procedure describes the import function in regedit, the Windows Registry Editor, in Windows 95 and Windows 98.
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Instructions
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Click the Start menu and click Run.
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Type "regedit" and click OK.
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Click Registry in the Registry Editor toolbar.
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Click Import Registry File.
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Browse to the directory containing the file (with .reg extension) and select the file.
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Click OK to import the registry file.
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Tips & Warnings
Use the export and import functions of the Windows Registry to transfer registry settings to one or more computers - you don't have to worry about making mistakes in copying the codes.
Import a registry file without opening regedit by double-clicking the file name.
Back up the current registry file before importing the new file, in case the new file does not work well with your Windows settings.
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Comments
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The practical use is, among other things, to keep from having to re-activate programs. The problem, of course, is that you really don't want to import the entire registry if you are re-installing Windows from an installation gone bad, as they all eventually do, but, if you plan ahead, regarding programs that are a hassle to re-activate (when the companies involved are super paranoid about piracy), you can export just the keys belonging to those particular programs (sometimes a huge hassle) so that you can import just the registry keys that you want. Of course, all you have to do is double click on the reg file; you don't need regedit to do that. You might really have to do this if you have some software that is old and required internet activation, but the company no longer exists.
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The practical use of importing the registry is any instance, where the user exported it before any unwanted changes were made to the registry (either by a user, or malware). The important thing to mention is that in order to preform this operation, one has to be able to start windows operating system either in normal, or in safe mode.
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This crap doesnt work and in the 24 hours of my search I have not found one single hot-fix for windows 7.
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ashishkhade
Dec 09, 2006
what is the uses of registry importing and exporting? Please mension practical uses or scenarios. -
ashishkhade
Dec 09, 2006
what is the uses of registry importing and exporting? Please mension practical uses or scenarios.
