Win 98 SE

[NJLOAD]

Does windows have a built in registry repair command line? I thought back some time ago I did something to repair the registry without 3rd party software. If anyone can relay the information for all versions of windows that would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[hairygit1]

I think you may be referring to DOS:

Boot into dos.

1 attrib -a -r -s -h system.dat
2 attrib -a -r -s -h user.dat
3 ren system.dat system.aaa
4 ren user.dat user.aaa
5 attrib -a -r -s -h system.da0
6 attrib -a -r -s -h user.da0
7 ren system.da0 system.dat
8 ren user.da0 user.dat
9 attrib +a +r +s +h system.dat
10 attrib +a +r +s +h user.dat

I think this is it -
steps 1-2: unhide the registry files.
steps 3-4: backup the registry files - just in case
steps 5-6: unhide the system's backup registry files
steps 7-8: rename the system backup registry files to the original
steps 9-10: put everything back again.

After each line press the <enter/return> key. DONT type in the numbers - they are just for a guide.
It is possible this is wrong, as it has been about a year since I needed to do this.
This is for Windows 95/98/98SE/ME - not sure if it would work for anything else.
Good luck

 

[NJLOAD]

Thanks for the reply, I thought there was something like regclean or some command like that. Really can't remember thought.

 

[hairygit1]

doh

 

[bacillus]

Have you tried restarting in MS-DOS mode then...

scanreg /opt then restarting Windows??

 

[NJLOAD]

That was what I was looking for, found in M/S knowledge base.

scanreg /restore
Backup
Fix

Those were the commands I was looking for.

Thanks for the help
in the process of doing that now.