How to restore the registry without backup on Windows 10
- To restore the Windows 10 Registry without a backup, you can use third-party software or do it manually.
- This article explores both options available to sort out this issue once and for all.
- If you want to explore some more step-by-step guides, check out our How-To Hub.
- Don't forget to check out our extensive Fix section for other troubleshooting guides.
The Windows Registry has low-level settings that run your entire system. When you edit values or keys in the Registry, you risk breaking the operating system. If this happens, your only option is to restore Windows 10 Registry without backup.
You have to carry out the restoration without backup because Windows 10 stopped backing up the system registry automatically since version 1803. You’d notice that the system32regback folder is empty.
How can I restore the Windows 10 Registry without backup?
Use a dedicated software – Restoro (Recommended)
You can also restore the registry in Windows 10 without backup using a third-party tool called Restoro.
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Restore Registry manually on Windows 10
- Tap the Windows key.
- Type regedit into the search box.
- Click on Registry Editor to open it.
- Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerConfiguration Manager
- Right-click on Configuration Manager and go to New > DWORD (32-bit) Value.
- Set EnablePeriodicBackup as the name of this registry value.
- Give EnablePeriodicBackup the value of 1.
- Close the Registry Editor.
- Reboot your computer.
- On restarting, Windows will create its first backup.
NOTE: Sometimes, the backup folder will show 0KB. If you experience this issue, head over to our Task Schedulerer Windows 10 issues guide.
Restore registry in Windows 10 without backup using CMD
- Press the Windows key + I combination to open Settings.
- Select Update & Security.
- Click on Recovery.
- Select Restart under Advanced startup.
- Select Troubleshoot after the machine reboots.
- Click on Advanced options.
- Choose Command Prompt. Type in the following commands and hit Enter.
- In Command Prompt, enter your Windows drive letter. Here, we enter:
d:
- Confirm that you’re in the right drive:
dir
- If the letter you entered in step 8 was incorrect, return to this step and correct it.
- Go to the System32 folder:
cd d:windowssystem32NOTE: Change the d in the path above to the right drive letter from step 9.
- Create a backup folder called configBak:
mkdir configBak - Back up the config folder:
copy config configBak - Enter the RegBack folder:
cd configRegBack - Confirm the content of the RegBack folder:
dir
- Copy the data RegBack to config:
copy *...*
- Confirm every operation by pressing Y and Enter.
- Close the Command Prompt window.
On closing Command Prompt, your machine will restart and generate a backup.
Enable/restore Windows 10 Registry in Task Scheduler
- Click on the Start Menu button.
- Search for Task Scheduler and click the result to open it.
- Go to this path:
Task Scheduler Library > Microsoft > Windows > Registry
- Right-click on RegIdleBackup and select Run.
This procedure triggers the task to run and back up the Windows 10 registry. It overwrites any older backups in the RegBack folder.
Bonus: How to restore default permissions in the Windows 10 registry?
- In order to modify the permission at the registry level, open the Run menu and type in:
regedit.exe - This command will open the Registry Editor, where you need to look in the left pane and identify the problematic key.
- Once that’s done, right-click on it to open its Permissions.
- Now, go to Advanced -> Creator Owner and press the Disable inheritance button.
- Finally, select Remove all inherited permissions from this object and Save.
- Now, the next step is to get rid of the Creator Owner for good. To do this, return to the Permissions window and click Remove.
- In order to complete the procedure you need to add another owner, so simply press the Add button and fill in the fields with your own details.
- Make sure your select Full Control in the Access column and repeat these steps for all authenticated users.
Alternatively, you can use SubInACL. This tool was designed by Microsoft for these specific situations.
However, note that Microsoft retired it from the official downloader page (as it turned obsolete) and you will only be able to find it through dedicated archive pages such as this one.
After performing these operations, you would have learned how to restore Windows 10 Registry without backups.
This guide also shows you how to enable the backing up of the Windows 10 registry. If you were not able to restore the Windows 10 registry using these solutions, let us know with a comment below.
