From: "Ned F. Reiter" 

Rich,

Look at the paths.  They aren't valid.  The registry is on drive K:, not C:.

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"Rich"  wrote in message news:3e147db1{at}w3.nls.net...
   I suspect it is simply because these files are opened exclusively by the
system.  They are all components of the system or user registries.  Backup
applications use registry specific APIs to create backups.

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