Registry Backup Utility

Troubleshooting a computer or making changes to the system has its risks. It is advisable users create backups of the most important data before performing such operations and, to make sure the system can be restored to a previously working state, they should also create a restore point. Of course, that is the easy way. But power users also have registry backup utilities at their disposal to make sure the changes they make can be reverted.

As its name implies, the Registry Backup Utility can create a backup of the current registry configuration, allowing users to restore the data in case something goes wrong.

Created with simplicity in mind, it requires no installation. The user just has to double click on the main executable to run the application, which opens in a colored Windows console. There is nothing left to do but wait for Registry Backup Utility to create the backup. The resulting REG file is saved on the system's desktop, and there is no option to change this default setting.

To restore the registry backup, users simply have to double click the REG file, which displays a prompt that asks them whether they want to add the information to the registry. The application has been tested on Windows XP and Vista only.