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Retrospect is annoying, slow, and broken, but I know how to use it
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Extract backed-up registry to files, not to a live system

  1. Restore
  2. Advanced Mode
  3. Restore an entire volume
  4. Pick the Source snapshot and wait for it to finish matching
  5. For the Destination, pick any drive (it won't be overwritten) and create a new Subvolume in it (it's just a new subdirectory which will contain the restored files)
  6. Change the restore method to Restore Missing Files Only
  7. In Files Chosen, deselect the root drive so that there are 0 files chosen
  8. In Options → More Choices → Windows → System, ensure Restore System State is checked. I also disabled Restore Security Information because registry hive files have very restrictive permissions by default, which makes them harder to work with while restoring.
  9. Restore
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