Where does SQL Backup 10 get the information for the Import SQL Server Registrations window?

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  Hello Tony,

  Thanks for your inquiry and sorry to hear about your issue with SQL Backup.
  The SQL Backup GUI reads the RegSrvr.xml file from a few locations, and lists down the servers registered in that file.  

  
  

  Can you check these folders and confirm that the file is listed there and contains those SQL Server instances?
  

  • C:\Users\<current user name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SQL Server Management Studio
  • C:\Users\<current user name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\<instance version>\Tools\Shell

  
  

  squigley July 18, 2023 14:51

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  Thanks for the reply. There is a RegSrvr.xml file under the first path you listed in your reply, but the app doesn't appear to be reading it. I do not have a RegSrvr.xml file under the second path you listed.

  TonyW July 31, 2023 13:53

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  If anyone else comes across this problem (as I did), here's the answer I got from support:
  
  I've researched this feature and it appears that it supports up to SSMS18 in the list of servers to be imported. If you are using a newer version of SSMS it doesn't generate the RegSrvr.xml file in the same way and won't provide a list of servers to import.
   
  The recommended approach is to install SSMS18, register your servers through it and it should create the RegSrvr.xml file in C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SQL Server Management Studio that is being read by SQL Backup to populate the list.

  Christiana Hug January 20, 2026 15:53

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