Al, I deliberately didn't go into the method of increasing the number of
available cabfile backups in my earlier message, as it would have increased
the size of an already lengthy post, and I figured most folk don't really
need to do it.

You asked why I do what I do - it's simple, really.

When I use my cleanup routine, I know that the newly created cabfile is as
correct, clean and up-to-date as I can make it.  So if I label the file as
the .6th, 10th or whatever comes next in my sequence, I know that this last
numbered file contains all of my most recent settings, and was recorded
after a registry cleanup.

In theory, when I cause a new cabfile to be created, I can dump all the
earlier versions, ie the 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc.  But in practice, and because
I'm lazy (which is why I evolved this system in the first place) I find it
easier to dump the earlier cabs every couple of weeks or so.

Like you, I used to keep a huge number of cabfile backups, but it dawned on
me that, apart from some being more recent than others, I had no way of
knowing if any were 'better' than others, ie if they were a more accurate
and a truer reflection of a tidied-up registry.

It actually takes much less time to do it, than it takes to write about it
:--))

Ian Porter
Computer Guys Inc.
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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----- Original Message -----
From: "A&C Thompson" Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Registry and system check
utilities


> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Ian Porter"
>
> Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Registry and system check utilities
>
>
> > snipped for brevity <
>
> > After I run this lot, which is about once a week, I go into the
> > C:\Windows\sysbckup folder and rename the file of the day to rb***.99
> > (instead of rb***.cab, *** being the number of the file)
> >
> > The .99 suffix tells me it's a 'nearly-good' file, so if there's a
disaster
> > in the process, at least I have that one to fall back on.
> >
> > Then I reboot so Windows will build a fresh, up-to-date cabfile.
> >
> > After the reboot, I rename the new cabfile to rb---.1st or 2nd etc.
Every
> > couple of months, I dump all of the older ones
> >
> > The reason for the renaming the cabfiles to .99 or .1st etc is so
Windows
> > won't delete the file, which it does after the default period of 5 days,
if
> > the file has a .cab extension.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Ian Porter
> -------------
>
> Ian,
>
> Is it me, or do you just enjoy all that extra work? :)

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