Windows won't start after a registry clean-up

escapist

I did a registry clean-up from jv16 PT 2009 and apparently it messed up video drivers in my Win XP SP3. Now windows won't start even in a safe mode, restoring the last successful configuration does not work either. So although I have a back-up .reg file created by PT, I can't import it to the registry. I do have another system on the same PC, however it seems only possible to import .reg files in a currently running system.

There is an entry in the Handbook, but really it is overly helpful.

Q: If something goes wrong, can I restore my backups from DOS?

A: Usually, yes. If you can access the backup directory (\jv16 PowerTools\Backups by default) you

can restore the backups. You must manually restore all the .reg files by importing them back into

the registry.

Is there any solution other than re-installing windows? Any help is greatly appreciated.

redseujac

Please read this whole thread: http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1640&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=restoring+the+registry+with+ERDNT

and especially all my advice.

escapist

redseujac, thanks. Restoring register did work as suggested in the MS knowledge base. Not that I would ever use PT again.

leonardo

Escapist wrote
redseujac, thanks. Restoring register did work as suggested in the MS knowledge base. Not that I would ever use PT again.

I am sorry for what happened to you, but I am using Registry Cleaning products from what is now called Macecraft for 15-20 years.

During these years I tried many times to find the border line between 'Safe' operation and 'Dangerous' operation -> resulting in unable to boot.

With jv16PT in "Safe mode" or "Normal mode" I never reached a point being unable to boot/startup. And if you can boot/startup you can restore the taken backup.

I once played around with the File Cleaner "list/delete Unused Fonts". The list showed a few fonts that apparently were mandatory to boot. It was still my choice to delete those fonts (with backup) but like your unfortunate case, it was not possible to boot and so could not restore my backup.

In the end I had to recover my Win-XP OS. This was the "one and only time" in all those years that I severely crippled my system.

So I wonder what you did with jv16PT 2009, I guess a list of the found errors (of course without fixing the errors!) would be very interesting for the developer.

Why did you try the 2009 version and not the 2010 version?

jv16

Escapist wrote
I did a registry clean-up from jv16 PT 2009

Could you tell me what exactly did you do and what settings did you use?