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Step 1: Backing up the system registry file 

- Close all open applications running on the desktop. 
- On the taskbar click Start and click Run. 
- A run dialog box will appear, into which you type regedit. Then click OK. 
- This will launch the Registry Editor 
- Click on Registry and then click Export Registry File. 
- When the Export Registry File window opens, choose somewhere on your hard drive to save this new file. It can be anywhere, but best to put it where you’ll remember saving it. Create a new folder, call it Backup Files or something easy, and put it there. 
- Type in the name you wish to call your file IE; registrybackup and select the Export Range = All button. This ensures you save all of the file and not just selected bits.  It will become the registrybackup.reg file. 
- When you’ve clicked Open and the Backup Files folder is open, this same button will change to Save. 
- Click it and your registry backup will be saved. After a few seconds, you’ll be able to edit or close the Registry Editor window as normal.

Note: Any changes you make to the registry now WILL NOT be saved to the backup copy of the registry. Your Backup becomes independent of the original file and can be used to overwrite the changed registry at any time.

Step 2: Restoring the system registry file 

- Launch the Registry Editor again and click on Registry. 
- This time click Import Registry File. An Import Registry Find File will open, and allow you to navigate to the directory where you stored your backup file. If you chose our system above, this will be in My Documents and then Backup Files. 
- Select (by clicking once) the registrybackup.reg file or your equivalent file and click Open. 
- Your registry will then be overwritten by the backup version. This will take a few seconds and a message box will advise you that your registry recovery has been successful. Click OK to close the box. 
Once done, close the Registry Editor as normal