How to backup the registry file in Windows

The registry file in Windows is one of the most important Windows files ever. It is a database that contains all the programming and settings for the Windows operating system. Therefore, when a virus infects your device, the first thing it looks for is to infect the registry file.

Therefore, you must have a backup copy of the registry file. When we explain any solution to a problem on the Computer Shot website and allow you to modify the registry file, you must take a backup copy of it first so that you do not make any unintended mistakes. When you do this, you will download the backup copy without worry. Therefore, it is very important to save a backup copy of this file on your device for any circumstance.

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Video explanation of how to backup the registry

The first step will be to press the Windows + R button on the keyboard, which is one of the important keyboard shortcuts that you should know to open the Run window, then type Regedit and press OK.

At the top of the list on the left, click on Computer to select the full file backup, then click on the File menu and choose Export.

Now you will choose a place to save the registry file, but first make sure that you have chosen All instead of Selected branch under Export range, and now click on save.

Thus, we have simply made a backup copy of the registry in Windows. In case any error occurs in the registry file, you can double-click on the file that you saved or go to the registry file with the same steps, then choose File, then Import and choose the backup copy of the file. This method works in the same way on all versions of Windows.