How to back-up your Registry before editing it?
This is a continuation of the series of posts about Windows © Registry.
Before you edit your Registry be sure to Back-up it because if you make wrong changes and Windows © gets currupted you have to undo the changes by reverting to your older Registry. Here are the detailed steps to Back-Ip your Registry.
You can backup your registry for the following the method. Select File >> Export
Select the location you want to save your registry then name it something like
“Registry backup DATE” and make sure you select the “All” radio button on the Export range so that the whole “Registry” is backed up.
Now that we have backed up the Registry, lets move to the size part : The registry file will be of .reg extension which will take almost 60MB on your hard disk 
This can be reduced to a very large extent by just using some achieving utility such as WinRAR or the default Windows ® Zip utility. (By “right clicking” on a File select the send to option and select Compressed folder)
Now you can see that the compressed file will occupy only about 2MB(using professional tools) of memory.
You can always use your backup of the registry by double clicking on the saved version and selecting merge with Registry. But be careful because if your backup is before you installed some softwares, they may no longer work.
That is all you have to know before you start editing your registry.
Anyway I will not be responsible for any damage to you in person or your computer or the operating system that has been caused by editing your registry. You’ll be doing all the on your own risk. Still you can always contact me in case of your doubts; I’ll be here to offer you a helping hand in which ever case I know. Feel free to contact me.
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i found registry cleaner but not registry folder. Is there a difference, and if there is then where do i find registry editor?
thanks,
Hi Ievi, if you need to edit the registry, first you need to start Registry Editor. to do this type “regedit” in the RUN box (WIN+R). you can read more about this in my introduction post to registry