Re: Regedit Data File

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From: Andrew Brydon
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 00:00

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Once upon a time,  Michael Salem <4ms2u$ms@michaels.demon.co.uk> wrote
>Chris Laurence wrote:
>
>> Could someone please tell me the name of the file that contains the Data
>> for REGEDIT.EXE.
>> 
>> i.e., the file that should preferably be backed up first before editing
>> the Registry.
>
>You want to back up the hidden files SYSTEM.DAT and USER.DAT (which 
>together comprise the registry), and the normal files WIN.INI and 
>SYSTEM.INI

BUT, if you are using multiple users, i.e. passwords etc. (in Win9x)
you will *also* need to back-up the versions of system.dat and user.dat
in the Profiles subdirectories... afaik
-- 
Andrew Brydon
Life is just the beta-version of death

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