At 01:47 AM 22/06/00 -0400, you wrote: >The registry is backed up automatically the first time you boot the system >daily. (See Start/Help/Index/Registry checker). >When I use Easy Cleaner, I just select all and delete. No problems in over a >year of use. >Some people on the list (me included) have noticed that using MS Regclean >will find additional entries and "fix" them. >**************************************************************************** >********************************************************************** > >How do I backup the Registry in Win98 to use EasyClean to clean the >Registry? What program should I use and which files should I >backup.Should I put them on C drive (main) or D Drive (secondary)? Hi, all: Despite the caution in the EasyClean program, the program Help file says: "On every succesful startup Windows takes backup from your registry, you can do this by yourself by copying SYSTEM.DAT- and USER.DAT-files located in Window's directory. This ain't necessary though, thanks to EasyCleaner's ability to create UNDO-files (ECUndoXX.reg). EasyCleaner creates .REG-file from all entries deleted on the same session, and by double-clicking the *.REG-file you can add those previously deleted entries back to the registry. .REG-files can be added to the registry also from DOS, learn how from Windows' own help. More from options." Note the "This ain't necessary....." sentence. Perhaps it is time for programmers to forget the caution altogether and to just tell people how to recover, i.e. install a good version of the registry, from a registry failure. Never having had a failure, I'm not sure if correction is done automatically by Win 9x. Peter Darrach The NOSPIN Group provides a monthly newsletter with great tips, information and ideas: NOSPIN-L, The NOSPIN Magazine Visit our web site to signup: http://nospin.com