Size of registry key exported using Reg.exe is very large
But if you find that the Reg.exe utility does not compress a registry key when the utility saves a registry key to a hive file, you need to compress the registry key. When you try to make copies of the registry keys, using the reg save command, when you export the registry key into a hive file, you find that the registry key does not compress the key during the exporting process. As a result, the size of the exported key is very large.
How to compress registry key
You can use the /c switch in the reg save command to compress the registry key. For instance, this command will compress the HKLM\System subkey: Hope it helps solve your problem.
