Hello List, On Saturday, November 15, 2008, 9:43:28 PM, Jack wrote:
> But let me make sure I understand what you're doing here. Your command > line seems to indicate that the /e switch causes REGEDIT to launch and > automatically create a file called "thebat.reg" which will contain the > key called HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RIT, correct? If so, where is > this file stored since no drive or directory(folder) is specified? It save the reg file in the directory the batch file was launched from. > On the other hand, if you have TB perform an automatic backup every > night doesn't that make your efforts unnecessary? I am assuming that > restoring TB from a TB backup, from within TB automatically takes care > of the registry info. The backup save the Bat directory and its sub folders. After a Windows re-install the original directory is still there (it's on the D drive) so I just double click the previous night's reg file and I'm back in business. If for any reason the original is lost or corrupt I can just copy it back from the backup. > On the third hand, if I were to import the entire "The Bat!" folder > from the off-site Carbonite backup couldn't I also import the > registry? I assume the registry is a file contained somewhere within > the bowels of Vista and if so, may be contained in the Carbonite > backup. That's not an easy thing to do. The registry is being read/written to several times a second so it's been updated many times by the time you log on. You can't over-write it with a backup (except in safe mode you can boot from a previous good copy) and regedit only reads the live registry. > Well, I'm not sure. I have not tried using the import function in the > TOOLS menu to access the Carbonite backup. That's a possibility and > I'll try it. You need to do that before your backup is over-written by the missing messages version. > I'm too old for all this. I long for the days when you could open the > hood(bonnet) of a car and see the ground on both sides of the engine. Oh yes :-) -- Best regards Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK Using The Bat! v4.0.28.1 on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition 5.2 Build 3790 Service Pack 1 ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.0.24.0 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
