


Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help.Hey there! This sort of behavior with the Desktop App can typically be resolved by performing a “clean re-installation”. Restart your computer and most probably, you may able to access your Windows system as before. Type exit and hit Enter to close the Command Prompt window. If prompted to overwrite existing files, type All and hit Enter. The RegBack folder is located in :/windows/system32/config, which is used by Windows to hold a recent backup copy ofĪssuming your system drive is d:, run the following command to restore Windows registry:Ĭopy d:\windows\system32\config\RegBack\* d:\windows\system32\config Here is how to restore your registry from the RegBack directory. A corrupted registry settings can also cause an auto-repair loop. Type the following command and press Enter:īcdedit /set recoveryenabled NoĢ. If the automatic repair couldn’t really repair your PC and just get you stuck in a repair loop, it’s better to disable the automatic startup repair. Nothing seems to get me out of this repair boot loop.ġ. I have booted from a DVD and run these commands.

"The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process."įor the life of meI can't find what process is holding it up. I keep getting errors when trying to Delete my SAM, SOFTWARE, DEFAULT, SECURITY Files from my config so that I can try restoring them.

I have been trying to follow the solution listed here to fix this issue.
