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Re-enable Registry Backup Win10/11

In Windows 10/11 system restore points and registry backups are disabled. Here is a workaround to re-enable regsitry backups. Enabling system restore is a no-brainer.

Merge this registry file

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Configuration Manager]
"EnablePeriodicBackup"=dword:00000001
"BackupCount"=dword:00000003

Create a new task in task scheduler to run daily/weekly with this command

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schtasks /run /i /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Registry\RegIdleBackup"

Check C:\Windows\System32\config\RegBack for created files

RegBackup

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