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user507974

20:00

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

First check that the date on the files in regback correspond to before you did the delete, otherwise there's no point...

user507974

27th and yea

i think itd be a little hard for windows to back up the registry when everything has stopped working

Mokubai

but otherwise the files in regback should be an identical copy of the other set, but created on a successful boot.

user507974

20:17

i guess ill give this a shot now then

user507974

20:27

that didnt help

ive opened chat on my laptop so that i dont cut out

Mokubai

Didn't work as in nothing is different after reboot?

user507974

exactly the same as before

Mokubai

Ah. So the system registry hives were probably fine and its your used that's messed up

You on Win7 or 8

user507974

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

20:36

well i cant even get to the login screen

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

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

Where exactly did you delete the syswow from?

user507974

so in regedit

navigate to

hkey local machine

double checking notes, 1sec

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

20:43

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

Did you copy all the files from the regback folder?

user507974

in that case i probably just need to copy paste the regback of SOFTWARE to fix things right

Mokubai

Into the folder above?

user507974

i only did SYSTEM

Mokubai

Aye, I believe that should be what you need.

In that case yes, go for the software one.

user507974

20:48

i made a full backup of the bricked registry and ill just try fully replacing the registry

Mokubai

Sounds good.

user507974

restarting that system now

and i got to log in

great

Mokubai

Bonza!

user507974

thanks dude

Mokubai

No worries, glad you got it fixed.

user507974

20:51

one little leftover question, should i just uninstall and reinstall any software i had installed prior to the last backup

Mokubai

Might have lost some config data though, but at least the system is alive now.

user507974

it was something like 200kb of data in system and the software stuff isnt the end of the world

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

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

You might as well try to uninstall it properly to start with.

Mokubai

20:54

Probably, but just installing over should be fine.

user507974

great

thanks again

if only there was a way to thumb up chats

Mokubai

Hey, another Solidworks user!

Small world...

Michael Frank

@user507974 You can star items to the right of the chatline.

Just don't star everything he's said :P

Mokubai

That's not really the same as a +1 though

user507974

thanks again, im going to get to damage control, later

Mokubai

21:07

No worries, have fun.

Michael Frank

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