Can't import a saved Reg file

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When I try to import a Registry file that I saved a few days earlier, I get
a dialog containing the following note:
"Cannot import C:\Windows\J0-4-1-5.reg: Not all data was successfully
written to the registry. Some keys are open by the system or other
processes."

I have tried disabling all startup files in msconfig system and restarting,
but still have same problem. Please help.
--
Sincerely,
Jack Nation

 

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If you have a restore date that goes back to that time, you can use System
Restore to take you back and that will restore the registry to its condition
on that date. Start\All Programs\Accessories\System Tools\System Restore.

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"Jack Nation" <jnation@mchsi.com> wrote in message
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> When I try to import a Registry file that I saved a few days earlier, I
> get a dialog containing the following note:
> "Cannot import C:\Windows\J0-4-1-5.reg: Not all data was successfully
> written to the registry. Some keys are open by the system or other
> processes."
>
> I have tried disabling all startup files in msconfig system and
> restarting,
> but still have same problem. Please help.
> --
> Sincerely,
> Jack Nation
>
>
>

 

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Thanks Michael. That was a quick reply. I will go now and restore to an
earlier date. Should that dialog note disappear after restore and reboot?
--
Sincerely,
Jack Nation

"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" <user@#notme.com> wrote in message
news:%23xXkcvwNFHA.3928@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> If you have a restore date that goes back to that time, you can use System
> Restore to take you back and that will restore the registry to its
> condition on that date. Start\All Programs\Accessories\System
> Tools\System Restore.
>
> --
> In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol.
>
> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
> Windows Shell/User
> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/communities/mvp.aspx
> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>
>
> "Jack Nation" <jnation@mchsi.com> wrote in message
> news:%23FpUgswNFHA.2728@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> When I try to import a Registry file that I saved a few days earlier, I
>> get a dialog containing the following note:
>> "Cannot import C:\Windows\J0-4-1-5.reg: Not all data was successfully
>> written to the registry. Some keys are open by the system or other
>> processes."
>>
>> I have tried disabling all startup files in msconfig system and
>> restarting,
>> but still have same problem. Please help.
>> --
>> Sincerely,
>> Jack Nation
>>
>>
>>
>
>

 

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You're welcome.

As to that dialog box, it is being triggered by an apparent corruption or
other problem with the reg file you exported and as such will not be changed
by System Restore. System Restore, should restore the entire registry to
the state it was in at the time to which you restore and as such, should
accomplish the same thing as importing that reg file.

--
In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol.

Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/communities/mvp.aspx
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/


"Jack Nation" <jnation@mchsi.com> wrote in message
news:Odhn8ixNFHA.2736@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Thanks Michael. That was a quick reply. I will go now and restore to an
> earlier date. Should that dialog note disappear after restore and reboot?
> --
> Sincerely,
> Jack Nation
>
> "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" <user@#notme.com> wrote in message
> news:%23xXkcvwNFHA.3928@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> If you have a restore date that goes back to that time, you can use
>> System Restore to take you back and that will restore the registry to its
>> condition on that date. Start\All Programs\Accessories\System
>> Tools\System Restore.
>>
>> --
>> In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol.
>>
>> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/communities/mvp.aspx
>> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>>
>>
>> "Jack Nation" <jnation@mchsi.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23FpUgswNFHA.2728@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>> When I try to import a Registry file that I saved a few days earlier, I
>>> get a dialog containing the following note:
>>> "Cannot import C:\Windows\J0-4-1-5.reg: Not all data was successfully
>>> written to the registry. Some keys are open by the system or other
>>> processes."
>>>
>>> I have tried disabling all startup files in msconfig system and
>>> restarting,
>>> but still have same problem. Please help.
>>> --
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Jack Nation
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>