From being moved to being renamed

The reg command is just an executable (reg.exe), so use either one you want.

pseymour said:

The reg command is just an executable (reg.exe), so use either one you want.

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So, when I need to save a copy of the Registry, I just go to CMD, type either Reg Export- or - Reg Save, and then proceed with carefully editing the Registry?

Tasmania Green said:

Would I use CMD

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cmd

cmd & powershell are just two different techniques, two different languages if you will.
- cmds grew up randomly. There are differences in approach & syntax for every cmd that means that you have to learn each cmd separately.
- PowerShell, though, is a well-structured scripting language that has been designed as a whole. What you learn about one PowerShell command can readily be applied to other powershell commands.

When you do start to play with powershell as well, you'll discover ways of telling it to run its own commands [in a well-structured way] and also ways of running old commands like move, reg export, reg save. So powershell can get the best of both worlds.
As I said in the article linked to in my post #13, if you are just starting out then the most productive thing you can do is learn powershell and leave old-fashioned cmds such as move, ... to one side.
But, of course, studying powershell as a whole takes an awful lot more time than studying move, reg export & reg save even if it is more useful.

Tasmania Green said:

I'm new enough that I need to wait a while before creating scripts

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Yes, of course.


All the best,
Denis

Tasmania Green said:

when I need to save a copy of the Registry, I just go to CMD, type either Reg Export- or - Reg Save

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And the rest of the syntax for whichever one you are using - that's why I gave you links to explanations for these commands.

Try3 said:

Reg - MSLearn
Reg - SS64

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One line of my backup Registry script, just for example, is
reg export HKCU E:\RegistryBackup\HKCU.reg /y
reg export [the Registry section concerned] [destination path & filename] [/y is a confirmation of going ahead even if it means overwriting any existing output file]

Tasmania Green said:

then proceed with carefully editing the Registry

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After you have saved / exported then yes, go ahead.
If I'm changing something in the Registry that I'm particularly worried about, I make a new system image and check my Acronis [system imaging utility] boot USB as well.

Whilst I've worked out some Registry changes on my own, generally-speaking my Registry edits are those I have been given in forum tutorials or are based on what I've learnt in tutorials.


All the best,
Denis

Tasmania Green said:

This morning I'm looking at how to backup the Registry before editing it. I'm sure Sinto told me at one point, but like a kid with a toy, I forgot where I put it.

But do I need to create a system restore point before backing up the Registry? One article I'm reading says to do that. But a thread in this forum seems to imply not to.

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You have Windows 11 Pro and 32GB RAM. I'm not sure how much free storage you have, but a Windows 11 virtual machine is less than 20 GB. If you can, I would enable Hyper-V, make a Windows 11 VM, take a checkpoint, which is a snapshot of the state of the machine at the time. Play around in the VM, rather than your own machine. Make a mistake? No problem, just roll back to the checkpoint. Much faster than taking and restoring an image of your running Windows, especially restoring more than once.

Try3 said:

- can put such a large block of unproductve text in the way that people have to scroll down over in order to reach what you have written afterwards.

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I really hate that when I'm using my phone.