Back Up Registry files(keys and subkeys)

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i want to take image or make backup from reg files please help
thanks

Posted 1-Dec-12 8:19am

mohammed besher

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mohammed besher 1-Dec-12 15:55pm

thanks but i want to take backup as reg file not as xml

mohammed besher 2-Dec-12 4:52am

I found code but it doesn't work with me
string Command = ("/C regedit.exe /e " + @"""" + ModernTechBU + @"\CurrentUser.Reg" + @"""" + CurrentUser);

if (Directory.Exists(ModernTechBU)==false)
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(ModernTechBU);
}

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("CMD.exe", Command);
RegCall.Close();

mohammed besher 2-Dec-12 5:27am

can any body help me to understand this code please help
public void ExportKey(string RegKey, string SavePath)
{
string path = "\"" + SavePath + "\"";
string key = "\"" + RegKey + "\"";

var proc = new Process();
try
{
proc.StartInfo.FileName = "regedit.exe";
proc.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
proc = Process.Start("regedit.exe", "/e " + path + " " + key + "");

if (proc != null) proc.WaitForExit();
}
finally
{
if (proc != null) proc.Dispose();
}

}

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André Kraak · Answer 1 · 2012-12-01T09:47:00

Solution 1

Here is an article on creating a backup: Import/Export registry sections as XML[^]

Posted 1-Dec-12 9:47am

André Kraak

Alan N · Answer 2 · 2012-12-01T12:10:00

From a persual of the documentation it looks like some P/Invoking via RegSaveKeyEx and RegRestoreKey will be required.

RegSaveKeyEx is said to Save the specified key and all of its subkeys and values to a registry file, in the specified format where the format may be "the standard format", "the latest format" or "the not compressed format".
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724917(v=vs.85).aspx[^]

As an alternative you could use reg.exe via the System.Diagnostics.Process class.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/reg.mspx?mfr=true[^]

Alan