registery files

What do these following extensions mean in the registry files and are
any safe to delete? .evt .Evt .rrr .log .sav ?
I have these regsitry files on my system. Since I am running two operating
systems I was able to copy these files to the root directory and defragment
them. Software was in the most fragments. I then moved them back. My system
seems to accept the newly defraged files. Now these files will never
fragment again right?

Bill

The "registry" file that you defragged what would the extension be??
There is a difference between a "registry" file and files that end with the
listed
extensions.

So that poses the question of what you actually "defragged" ???

A quick and simple explanation of defrag: moving the files on a harddrive so
that they are
all in order. When writing a file to the HD it does not necessarily go all
in one place. That
file could be scattered in different fragments over empty spaces on your HD.
Defrag finds those fragments and puts them together.
peter

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"Bill Cunningham" wrote in message
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What do these following extensions mean in the registry files and are
any safe to delete? .evt .Evt .rrr .log .sav ?
I have these regsitry files on my system. Since I am running two operating
systems I was able to copy these files to the root directory and
defragment them. Software was in the most fragments. I then moved them
back. My system seems to accept the newly defraged files. Now these files
will never fragment again right?

Bill

Where are these "registry files" located?

Bill Cunningham wrote:
What do these following extensions mean in the registry files and are
any safe to delete? .evt .Evt .rrr .log .sav ?
I have these regsitry files on my system. Since I am running two operating
systems I was able to copy these files to the root directory and
defragment
them. Software was in the most fragments. I then moved them back. My
system
seems to accept the newly defraged files. Now these files will never
fragment again right?

those extensions simply sound like
log files for a game.

you can browse for the extensions
he

http://www.sharpened.net/helpcenter/...tensions.php?S


what you may want to try is to make
a system restore point then move them
to the recycle bin and if you computer stays
functional, forget about them.

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"Bill Cunningham" wrote in message
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What do these following extensions mean in the registry files and are
any safe to delete? .evt .Evt .rrr .log .sav ?
I have these regsitry files on my system. Since I am running two operating
systems I was able to copy these files to the root directory and
defragment them. Software was in the most fragments. I then moved them
back. My system seems to accept the newly defraged files. Now these files
will never fragment again right?

Bill

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
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Where are these "registry files" located?

\windows\system32\Config

Bill

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
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Where are these "registry files" located?

The main files I think are registry files have no ext. They are system,
software, default, and a couple of others.

Bill

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
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Where are these "registry files" located?

This seems to be interesting. It exaplins those .evt files.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427

Bill Cunningham wrote:
Where are these "registry files" located?

\windows\system32\Config

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

On Nov 7, 2:20*pm, "Bill Cunningham" wrote:
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in ...

Where are these "registry files" located?

* * This seems to be interesting. It exaplins those .evt files.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427

Have you ever run anything like Registry Mechanic, Registry Fixup,
Registry TuneUp... You know - those kinds of programs?

"Jose" wrote in message
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On Nov 7, 2:20 pm, "Bill Cunningham" wrote:
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in
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Where are these "registry files" located?

This seems to be interesting. It exaplins those .evt
files.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427

Have you ever run anything like Registry Mechanic, Registry Fixup,
Registry TuneUp... You know - those kinds of programs?

Yes but they charge for those and I personally don't think they're worth
the money. I do have a program called regclean.exe that I use.

When I was using win98 you could export the entire hive into one file. I
don't know that exporting and importing can be done with XP'x regedit.

Bill

If you think your Registry needs to be "cleaned" or "repaired," read
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099 and draw your own conclusions.


Bill Cunningham wrote:
Have you ever run anything like Registry Mechanic, Registry Fixup,
Registry TuneUp... You know - those kinds of programs?...

On Nov 7, 3:08*pm, "Bill Cunningham" wrote:
"Jose" wrote in message

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On Nov 7, 2:20 pm, "Bill Cunningham" wrote:

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in
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Where are these "registry files" located?

This seems to be interesting. It exaplins those .evt
files.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427

Have you ever run anything like Registry Mechanic, Registry Fixup,
Registry TuneUp... You know - those kinds of programs?

* * Yes but they charge for those and I personally don't think they're worth
the money. I do have a program called regclean.exe that I use.

* * When I was using win98 you could export the entire hive into one file. I
don't know that exporting and importing can be done with XP'x regedit.

Bill

I am not suggesting you run any, but those tools are responsible for
many of those files., hence my question.

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Where are these "registry files" located?

\windows\system32\Config

Bill

Those aren't all "registry" files by any means. Defragging FILES has
nothing to do with the registry, will not damage it, and may have been the
right thing to do; I can't tell from here.

HTH,

Twayne`

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Those aren't all "registry" files by any means. Defragging FILES has
nothing to do with the registry, will not damage it, and may have been the
right thing to do; I can't tell from here.

The various files I see and identify as registry files are software,
userdiff, sam, default, and the files that have no exension basically. I
can't answer for those .sav files if they are some kind of backup or what.
The .log files are backups obviously and looks like that for the registry
files. The .evt and .Evt files are from the event handler. I think they are
all safe to delete except the actual registry files as windows will just
recreate them, one might not bother. But the copies I copied of the
regsitry files that had no extensions and used contig.exe to defrag them one
was pretty badly damaged. The other had one fragment or so.

Bill

Bill Cunningham wrote:
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Those aren't all "registry" files by any means. Defragging FILES has
nothing to do with the registry, will not damage it, and may have been the
right thing to do; I can't tell from here.

The various files I see and identify as registry files are software,
userdiff, sam, default, and the files that have no exension basically. I
can't answer for those .sav files if they are some kind of backup or what.
The .log files are backups obviously and looks like that for the registry
files. The .evt and .Evt files are from the event handler. I think they are
all safe to delete except the actual registry files as windows will just
recreate them, one might not bother. But the copies I copied of the
regsitry files that had no extensions and used contig.exe to defrag them one
was pretty badly damaged. The other had one fragment or so.

Don't delete these files. These files are created and changed as part
of the normal Windows operation.

The .evt files are Event Log files and are always in use, they can't be
deleted from the Explorer GUI. If you want to delete them use the Event
Viewer. If they are corrupt and in need of manual deletion you have to
disable the Event Log Service and reboot to be able to delete them.

The .log files are registry transactional logs, these files are used to
recover failed registry changes and to assure atomicity of individual
action in the registry. For example, if there is a power failure while
you are trying to change a registry value the .log file will be used to
ensure that the value that you were attempting to change doesn't have a
meaningless value. These .log files are part of the normal Windows
operation, as with the .evt files the .log files cannot be deleted while
Windows is running.

The .sav files are the original registry hives that were used during the
text mode portion of the Windows installation, best not to delete these
files, in 'extreme' repair attempts they could come in handy.

John