Restore Full Registry Backup
Revo Uninstaller Pro creates a full Registry backup once each day it is started. It also, by default, creates a full Registry backup on each program uninstallation. This can be disabled in the Options. The full Registry backup is done in addition to the regular backups of all Registry entries that Revo Uninstaller Pro deletes.
Full Registry backups should be used only if the Backup Manager cannot restore removed items, or if Windows does not start properly anymore!
Depending on your operating system, the steps to restore a full Registry backups are as follows:
- Restart the computer. When the machine first starts again, it will generally list some equipment installed on your machine, amount of memory, hard drives installed, etc. At this point you should tap the F8 key repeatedly until you are presented with a Windows Advanced Options menu.
- On top of the menu, select the “Repair Your Computer” option.
- You will then have to go through a few steps until you see the System Recovery Options window.
- If you want to restore Revo Uninstaller Pro’s full Registry backup, you have to select the Command Prompt option.Enter (type) each of the following commands (in bold), and press Enter after each one:
(Assuming you have installed Windows on “Local Disk (C :)”)- Step 1: C:
- Step 2: CD Users
- Step 3: DIR
(A list with folder names will show up, you will see your user name – remember it for the next step) - Step 4: CD “XXX\AppData\Local\VS Revo Group\Revo Uninstaller Pro\RegBackup\Daily\”
OR
Step 4: CD “XXX\AppData\Local\VS Revo Group\Revo Uninstaller Pro\RegBackup\Last\”
(You should replace XXX with the user name you saw in the previous step, the above command contains quotation marks and you should type them too)There may be two folders with a full Registry Backup. The first folder is named Daily because it is created once a day. The second is created on each uninstallation of a program. If you are sure you want to restore full Registry backup created before a program uninstallation, use the second option for Step 4 – Last. - Step 5: ren Restore.dat Restore.bat
- Step 6: Restore.bat
You have to start the computer in a special mode with Command Prompt. To do that, restart your computer as you normally would, but before you initiate the reboot, press and hold the Shift key. Hold the key down until the computer restarts and you see the Choose an Option screen.
Then follow the steps
- Click the Troubleshoot button.
- Click the Advanced Options button.
- Click the Command Prompt button.
- Log into your account, and you will see the Command Prompt windowEnter (type) each of the following commands (in bold), and press Enter after each one:
(Assuming you have installed Windows on “Local Disk (C :)”)- Step 1: C:
- Step 2: CD Users
- Step 3: DIR
(A list with folder names will show up, you will see your user name – remember it for the next step) - Step 4: CD “XXX\AppData\Local\VS Revo Group\Revo Uninstaller Pro\RegBackup\Daily\”
OR
Step 4: CD “XXX\AppData\Local\VS Revo Group\Revo Uninstaller Pro\RegBackup\Last\”
(Replace XXX with the user name you saw in the previous step. Also, include the quotation marks above.)There may be two folders with a full Registry Backup. The first folder is named Daily because it is created once a day. The second is created on each uninstallation of a program. If you are sure you want to restore full Registry backup created before a program uninstallation, use the second option for Step 4 – Last. - Step 5: ren Restore.dat Restore.bat
- Step 6: Restore.bat