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user507974
user507974
8:00 PM
ok, i found system in regback
22 MB
just copy paste over?
and technically they are files in "K:\Windows\System32\config" and "K:\Windows\System32\config\regback" but that's just ciz I have so many drives
 
Mokubai
Mokubai
First check that the date on the files in regback correspond to before you did the delete, otherwise there's no point...
 
user507974
user507974
27th and yea
i think itd be a little hard for windows to back up the registry when everything has stopped working
 
Mokubai
Mokubai
but otherwise the files in regback should be an identical copy of the other set, but created on a successful boot.
 
user507974
user507974
8:17 PM
i guess ill give this a shot now then
 
user507974
user507974
8:27 PM
that didnt help
ive opened chat on my laptop so that i dont cut out
 
Mokubai
Mokubai
Didn't work as in nothing is different after reboot?
 
user507974
user507974
exactly the same as before
 
Mokubai
Mokubai
Ah. So the system registry hives were probably fine and its your used that's messed up
You on Win7 or 8
?
 
user507974
user507974
7
 
Mokubai
Mokubai
The next question then is is the system broken for other users? Or can you create a new user at all?
Just need to let you know I may have to go soon, is getting late here.
 
user507974
user507974
8:36 PM
well i cant even get to the login screen
 
Mokubai
Mokubai
If you can boot and log in to another user then your solution is to simply create a new user and copy everything out of the old profile
 
user507974
user507974
when the system powers on there is what looks like a warning message but all the text is instead this gobbly goop of misformatted unicode
 
Mokubai
Mokubai
Where exactly did you delete the syswow from?
 
user507974
user507974
so in regedit
navigate to
hkey local machine
double checking notes, 1sec
 
Mokubai
Mokubai
I would have expected that subset to be restored by the files from regback...
Otherwise a windows install CD might be able to repair it, but the damage is a bit specific.
 
user507974
user507974
8:43 PM
i think i might have said something wrong actually and thats the reason it didnt work
i think i need to restore form software
the exact address of the folder i messed up was in software, and actually name Wow6432Node
from software*
hkey local machine / software/ wow6432node
 
Mokubai
Mokubai
Did you copy all the files from the regback folder?
 
user507974
user507974
in that case i probably just need to copy paste the regback of SOFTWARE to fix things right
 
Mokubai
Mokubai
Into the folder above?
 
user507974
user507974
i only did SYSTEM
 
Mokubai
Mokubai
Aye, I believe that should be what you need.
In that case yes, go for the software one.
 
user507974
user507974
8:48 PM
i made a full backup of the bricked registry and ill just try fully replacing the registry
 
Mokubai
Mokubai
Sounds good.
 
user507974
user507974
restarting that system now
login window showed up
and i got to log in
great
 
Mokubai
Mokubai
Bonza!
 
user507974
user507974
thanks dude
 
Mokubai
Mokubai
No worries, glad you got it fixed.
 
user507974
user507974
8:51 PM
one little leftover question, should i just uninstall and reinstall any software i had installed prior to the last backup
 
Mokubai
Mokubai
Might have lost some config data though, but at least the system is alive now.
 
user507974
user507974
it was something like 200kb of data in system and the software stuff isnt the end of the world
 
Mokubai
Mokubai
I'd reinstall anything you changed over the last few days, I.e. since the regbackup as they may have configuration changes in there
 
user507974
user507974
would they be able to uninstall correctly
or should i be trying to manually delete things here
then again this entire problem started when my solidworks uninstall corrupted and i manually deleted it...
 
Michael Frank
Michael Frank
You might as well try to uninstall it properly to start with.
 
Mokubai
Mokubai
8:54 PM
Probably, but just installing over should be fine.
 
user507974
user507974
great
thanks again
if only there was a way to thumb up chats
 
Mokubai
Mokubai
Hey, another Solidworks user!
Small world...
 
Michael Frank
Michael Frank
@user507974 You can star items to the right of the chatline.
Just don't star everything he's said :P
 
Mokubai
Mokubai
That's not really the same as a +1 though
 
user507974
user507974
thanks again, im going to get to damage control, later
 
Mokubai
Mokubai
9:07 PM
No worries, have fun.
 
Michael Frank
Michael Frank
9:38 PM
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Bob
Bob
11:09 PM
uh
hm.
 
Michael Frank
Michael Frank
11:21 PM
uhh cool?
 
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