Help needed with a registry key

[slugger]

I've made certain changes to the appearance of my desktop and saved it as a seperate desktop theme.
i've located the key to the theme in the registry.
Now I wish to save the key seperatley so that when I format my hdd and reinstall my OS, I can just add the key and get the desktop theme without having to go through the whole process of makjing the changes all over again.
however when I tried to save just that particular key, I found no such option available. Right clicking didnot reveal any such option.
The export option is available, but the it would export the whole registry and not just the particular key.
Can anybody tell me if how I can go about doing this

 

[alib_i]

Right click -> Export will only export that particular key.
Not the whole registry.

ex. this right click ->
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yeilds this registry file.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\LastTheme]
"Wallpaper"=hex(2):45,00,3a,00,5c,00,4d,00,79,00,20,00,44,00,6f,00,63,00,75,00,\
  6d,00,65,00,6e,00,74,00,73,00,5c,00,4d,00,79,00,20,00,50,00,69,00,63,00,74,\
  00,75,00,72,00,65,00,73,00,5c,00,48,00,61,00,69,00,6b,00,75,00,2e,00,6a,00,\
  70,00,67,00,00,00
"ThemeFile"=hex(2):00,00
"DisplayName of Modified"="My Current Theme (Modified)"

If you dont want a particular entry .. say "wallpaper" entry ..
you can delete it in the .reg file .. that'll do the job.


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alibi

 

[yrana2002]

You can simply save the style as a desktop theme, which u can backup to a floppy or a harddisk.
Change the style using Display Properties.
Now, right click on deskop->Properties

In Themes Tab,

Click Save As...


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Enter name for theme and select location.

Now just backup that file.

Savvy!