How to Restore a .Bak File

Last Updated: July 24, 2015

Often patches, updates and cracks create a backup file for you to restore. As the name suggests, Bak stands for Backup. A Bak file does not generally have an application assigned to it.

A bak file for a file : ORG.exe would be ORG.exe.bak and would be located in the same directory.

Steps

1
Find the file. Look for the main application that runs on opening the program. Use Properties --> File Target/Open File Location.
2
Once you are sure of the file you have got, look for its backup; i.e. .Bak file. Make a copy of the original file in case the backup fails to work.

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3
Delete the original file.
4
Rename the .Bak file. Remove the .Bak part. If there is no preceding .exe, add one.
- After doing this, the original icon should be available and the program should start working as the original.