Backup tool not finding restore file.

twhite

Hi,

I am a first time user here. Last night I downloaded the jv16 Powertools and used the Registry Cleaner in normal mode. The results turned up around 800 entries. I hit the fix button and it fixed several entries but then deleted around 700. It made a backup which I think I named as follows:

C:\Program Files\jv16 PowerTools 2006\Backups\0014AF\Entries.reg

I definitely need to restore the entries. When using the backup tool in the Registry Manager, I am not seeing this file or any registry backups. I used the following steps:

1) In the Main Menu go to "File" > "BackupTool" (click on it).

2) Choose the tab "Registry Backup"

3) Choose the most recent entry (description) in the list there (click on it once, so it's selected)

It appears that the Entries.reg file is not a binary file as I can view the entries with notepad or vim.

So it looks like I am out of luck for restoring this file. How can I get back to a previous registry state?

thanks,

Tom

tullik

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twhite

thanks Tullik

3) Choose the most recent entry (description) in the list there (click on it once, so it's selected)

It appears that the Entries.reg file is not a binary file as I can view the entries with notepad or vim.

So it looks like I am out of luck for restoring this file. How can I get back to a previous registry state?

Part of the description I left out is that when I get to step #3 above, there are no files or entries listed under the Registry tab or the other tabs also. I get an empty table with the header "Description, Type. Size, ID, Created, etc.... I tried chaning the the backup directory under tools/settings/installation from:

C:\Program Files\jv16 PowerTools 2006\Backups

C:\Program Files\jv16 PowerTools 2006\Backups\0014AF

and that did not help. I did discover through command line browsing that the Entries.reg file in the above directory has no header in it. I copied a header from another computer and placed it at the top of the file. The header looks like this:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; File created by TBackupTool

; Component version: 1.4

; Component used by: jv16 PowerTools 2006

; Program version: 1.5.2.350

; File Description: highlevel_regerros

; Date: 21.12.2006

; Time: 23

With this header jv16 still does not see the file but at least I can now right click on the file with the windows file viewer and merge it back into the registry without any problem, but without the header windows does not like it. My system is back to normal

I do not understand why the Backup tool doesn't recognize any files under the backup directory.

Tom

tullik

From the main PT window, File-->Settings-->Installation-->Backups directory-->C:\Program Files\jv16 PowerTools 2006\Backups should be correct.

The file MainSettings.dat in C:\Program Files\jv16 PowerTools 2006 looks like this on my desktop PC:

Data=C:\Program Files\jv16 PowerTools 2006\Settings\

The file Backups.dat in C:\Program Files\jv16 PowerTools 2006\Settings looks like this on my desktop PC:

BackupMode=1

DescriptionMode=1

Removal=0

I suggest you try the following to see if backup is working:

1) In File-->Settings-->Backups, select Backup policy=Always ask ... and Backup descriptions=Generate the description automatically and display it for editing.

2) Bring up the backup tool window and leave it up. It comes up with the Registry backups tab enabled.

3) Bring up the Registry Cleaner tool window and uncheck all items under the Options tab except do check MRU scan, uncheck all items under the Advanced options tab, then click Start. I'm assuming the Registry Cleaner results window has some "error" lines when it finishes (probably all the "Useless registry entry" type). Leave up the Registry Cleaner results window.

4) Click the box in the "Error severity" column on one of the lines, click the Remove button, and go through the backup dialogue (Yes to the first question, OK to the second).

5) Click on a neutral area of the backup tool window, press the f5 key (refresh), click on the Created column heading a time or two to get the most recent line at the top.

6) Click on a neutral area of the Registry Cleaner results window.

7) Repeat 4) through 6) a few times.

Each time, you should see in the backup tool list a new line for the backup just created. If that is not happening, your copy of jv16PT.exe may be corrupted. Try downloading a fresh copy of PT from the Macecraft.com site and install in the same location (C:\Program Files\jv16 PowerTools 2006). Repeat the suggestion above (first confirm that File-->Settings-->Installation-->Backups directory-->C:\Program Files\jv16 PowerTools 2006\Backups is correctly specified).

Let us know what happened.