[PC Genie]

I have a DOS Batch Script to backup my Windows registry and I need to make some changes. Currently, it only saves the backup to one folder; but I need it to create a separate folder for each backup. The name of each folder should be different by using a date and time stamp. Is this possible?

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Hi,

Can you post the batch file please?
I will say it could be possible but it depends on the way you use to backup the registry...

[SleepyDude]

Hi,

Can you post the batch file please?
I will say it could be possible but it depends on the way you use to backup the registry...

[PC Genie]

Thanks for your reply. Here is the rough draft of my code.

@echo off
color 1f
@echo.

@echo Now Backing up the Registry.
@echo Please Stand by... 

set datetimestamp=%year%%month%%day%%hour%%minute%%second%

cd C:\Users\Public\RegistryBackup

regedit /e "registry-backup.reg"

cls
color 2f
@echo.
@echo Done!!!
@echo A copy of the Registry has been saved to the designated folder.
pause

Hi,

Can you post the batch file please?
I will say it could be possible but it depends on the way you use to backup the registry...

[SleepyDude]

Hi,

Doing a Registry Backup like that isn't a very good backup because the regedit export can fail exporting certain keys or generate a .reg file with errors that make the import to fail.

If you want to have an 100% good registry backup I would recommend you the use of this free program Tweaking.com - Registry Backup

By default the program will create a backup in the folder you choose and every registry backup will be places on a folder with the date and time.

The program can by run automatically without any user input passing the switch /SILENT to the main exe file.

Hope this helps.

[PC Genie]

That's great. It look like it backs up much more than the registry, so probably that's best. Thanks very much.

I'm still curious, though, about creating a folder with a date stamp. This could come in handy in the future for some other uses that I have. Since we're on the subject of DOS Batch Scripts, could you show me how to do that? Thanks.

[SleepyDude]

Hi,

Ok I will show you an example that you should be able to adapt to your needs...

@echo off
setlocal
echo Date: %date%
echo Time: %time%
echo.

:: cut time to only HH:MM:SS
set _TIME=%time:~0,8%
:: replace ':' by '_' because ':' isn't valid in file/folder names
set _TIME=%_TIME::=_%

echo %date%

echo %_TIME%