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Regedit Command Line Switches

This document provides information about command line switches for the Regedit tool. It lists switches such as /s, /e, and /c that can be used to silently merge registry files, export registry keys to files, and create new defragmented registries from exported files respectively. It also provides examples of batch files that can be used to backup, compact, and restore the registry.

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Regedit Command Line Switches

This document provides information about command line switches for the Regedit tool. It lists switches such as /s, /e, and /c that can be used to silently merge registry files, export registry keys to files, and create new defragmented registries from exported files respectively. It also provides examples of batch files that can be used to backup, compact, and restore the registry.

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Regedit Command Line Switches

The following list is of (some) of the command line switched that


are available for Regedit.exe.

Regedit /s File_Name.reg

Merges the file specified in File_Name to the registry,


and suppreses the standard "Are you sure?" and
"File merged" dialogue boxes. Handy for Merging during
batch processes.

Regedit /e File_Name.reg Key

Exports the registry key specified in Key and all sub


keys and values to the file specified in File_Name.reg.
The Key must exist, and must be fully typed out. For
example you must type out HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, you cannot
use the abbreviation HKLM.
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Some More Regedit Command Line Stuff

MSDos Mode
REGEDIT [/L:system] [/R:user] filename1
REGEDIT [/L:system] [/R:user] /C filename2
REGEDIT [/L:system] [/R:user] /E filename3 [regpath1]

OSR 2 and later versions


REGEDIT [/L:system] [/R:user] /D regpath2

Windows Mode
REGEDIT [/S] filename1

/L:system Specifies the location of the SYSTEM.DAT file.


/R:user Specifies the location of the USER.DAT file.
filename1 Specifies the file(s) to import into the registry.
/C filename2 Specifies the file to create the registry from.
/E filename3 Specifies the file to export the registry to.
Regpath1 Specifies the starting registry key to export from.
(Defaults to exporting the entire registry).
/D regpath2 Deletes the specified registry key.
/S Silent merge (no confirmation dialogs)
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Defragging the Registry

In OSR 2 (950B) Regedit can be used to sort and compact the registry.

Export the entire registry from Regedit in Windows, go to MS-Dos


mode and recreate the directory using the /c parameter. This will
not work properly in Win 95 950 or 950A, only 950B.
In Windows 98 see Scanreg to defrag the registry (though the
above will work).

Changes to the registry aren't actually deleted, just marked as


unused. This makes the registry larger than it needs to be.
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To sort and compact the registry

Backup User.dat and System.dat (users may have a name for user.dat,
eg, fred.dat). You will probably need to clear the attributes
unless you have a good Dos Mode file manager.

In Windows start Regedit and export [Registry Menu � Export


Registry File, make sure Export Range is set to all] the entire
registry to a reg file in the windows directory called Full.reg.

Exit to Dos Mode and at the C:\windows> prompt type

regedit /L:system.dat /R:user.dat /C Full.reg


Values stored in the registry with CR/LF won't be restored
properly. The only key this affects on my machine is Outlook
Express signature strings which are at least two lines.

Might be a good idea to run regclean before this. Delete full.reg


and the backed up system.dat and user.dat if it all works.
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Create New Defragmented Registry

REM Sample Batch File used to create new registry.


REM Assumes that the exported file from Windows is called full.reg and
REM is in the Windows directory.
REM Assumes that User.dat is called that.
Attrib �r �s �h c:\windows\system.dat
Attrib �r �s �h c:\windows\user.dat
Copy c:\windows\system.dat c:\windows\system.~da
Copy c:\windows\user.dat c:\windows\user.~da
regedit /L:c:\windows\system.dat /R:c:\windows\user.dat /C c:\windows\Full.reg
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Delete Backed Up Files

REM Sample Batch File to delete the backup files.


REM Use after Windows has successfully restarted
Del c:\windows\user.~da
Del c:\windows\system.~da
Del c:\windows\full.reg
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Restore Old Registry

REM Sample Batch File to restore previous Registry


Attrib �r �s �h c:\windows\system.dat
Attrib �r �s �h c:\windows\user.dat
Copy c:\windows\system.~dat c:\windows\system.dat
Copy c:\windows\user.~dat c:\windows\user.dat
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