Accidentally Deleted .bak File from RegEdit

same thing happened to me.  I finally found that my stuff was not under my Desktop/user account but was below it in the Computer/C drive/Users/user account directory.  I just copied my folders from the directory under Computer/Cdrive/Users/user account to the one under Desktop and now i can at least get to all my stuff again.

Hi niko, did you ever find a solution to this problem, because the same thing just happened to me. Please let me know

Niko posted his question 2.5 years ago and never bothered to come back. Your best bet is to start a post of your own and describe your problem in detail.

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I have some crucial documents there. Is there anyway to recover this data. System recovery doesn't work at all. Please Help.

What folders can you see under C:\Users?

When you invoke rstrui.exe, can you see any System Restore points?

Since you have some crucial documents that are missing, can you retrieve them from your external backup?

Hi Nikos,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Forum.

".bak" is a filename extension commonly used to signify a backup copy of a file. When a program is about to overwrite an existing file (for example, when the user saves the document he or she is working on), the program may first make a copy of the existing file, with .bak appended to the filename.

Have you taken the backup of the registry prior to deleting .bak File from registry?

Method 1

You can follow the steps mentioned in method 1 from the following link instead of deleting the .bak File from registry.

You receive a "The User Profile Service failed the logon” error message

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947215/en-us

Registry disclaimer: This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

You can use the following link in order to back up and restore the registry in Windows: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/

Method 2

You can try performing system restore and check if you can get back the saved documents and files but there is no surety that you will be able to recover deleted items but you can give a try by doing System Restore.

It takes the computer back to the point when the problem didn’t exist. See if you can find a suitable restore point where the problem hadn’t shown up.

System Restore: frequently asked questions

http://Windows.microsoft.com/en-US/Windows7/System-Restore-frequently-asked-questions

What is System Restore?

http://Windows.microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/What-is-System-Restore

You can use your favorite search and search for any third party software which can help you to recover the data.

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