Go The Power Senior Administrator, Windows Update Expert, Contributor Staff member Joined Mar 5, 2012 Posts 6,291 Location Adelaide, South Australia Jan 5, 2015 #21 Open command prompt as administrator and run: reg unload HKLM\COMPONENTS Then try and copy the file again. Thanks, Alex
Open command prompt as administrator and run: reg unload HKLM\COMPONENTS Then try and copy the file again. Thanks, Alex
D December2014 Member Joined Dec 22, 2014 Posts 15 Jan 5, 2015 #22 I tried that and it says "error: access denied" What should i try next? thanks so much
Go The Power Senior Administrator, Windows Update Expert, Contributor Staff member Joined Mar 5, 2012 Posts 6,291 Location Adelaide, South Australia Jan 6, 2015 #23 I might be easier to try and copy it from inside Safemode to your desktop, the hive might currently be in use by another process or service. Once inside safe mode try and copy and paste the COMPONENTS hive: Start your computer in safe mode - Windows Help
I might be easier to try and copy it from inside Safemode to your desktop, the hive might currently be in use by another process or service. Once inside safe mode try and copy and paste the COMPONENTS hive: Start your computer in safe mode - Windows Help
D December2014 Member Joined Dec 22, 2014 Posts 15 Jan 6, 2015 #24 i tried coping in safe mode and it still wont let me.