I accidentally deleted my registry files...

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Please help... i was trying to install a software... the instruction told me to delete certain registry files... but i was careless and I misread the instruction then ended up deleting the wrong registry files... now my pc is acting strangely... all the letters disappeared and strange characters appeared instead... how can i fix this?
 
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Windows keeps a regular backup of the Registry in case of these situations. By default, the RegIdleBackup task runs every 10 days. So - if you didn't make a backup, you'll at least be able to restore from that point. You can find the backed up registry in..
\Windows\System32\config\RegBack

To replace the registry however, you can't be running your installed copy of Windows at the same time. You'll have to boot to the recovery partition of Windows 8 and use the Command Line Interface.

Here are the steps...boot to the command line by holding shift while you reboot as explained here...http://www.howtogeek.com/126016/three-ways-to-access-the-windows-8-boot-options-menu/ And select "command prompt."

Then type/run this command...
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delete certain registry files
This is why, before making changes to the Registry, you make a backup of the reg.

And I can't imagine what software would require you to manually delete parts of the Registry.
 
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Windows keeps a regular backup of the Registry in case of these situations. By default, the RegIdleBackup task runs every 10 days. So - if you didn't make a backup, you'll at least be able to restore from that point. You can find the backed up registry in..
\Windows\System32\config\RegBack

To replace the registry however, you can't be running your installed copy of Windows at the same time. You'll have to boot to the recovery partition of Windows 8 and use the Command Line Interface.

Here are the steps...boot to the command line by holding shift while you reboot as explained here...http://www.howtogeek.com/126016/three-ways-to-access-the-windows-8-boot-options-menu/ And select "command prompt."

Then type/run this command in the command prompt EXACTLY how it is here and it will copy the backed up registry to the active location...

xcopy c:\Windows\System32\config\RegBack c:\Windows\System32\config /y






 
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