Once you give the software the go-ahead and it starts removing registry entries, walk away from your PC. Play with the dog, have some coffee, or watch TV. Not a good idea. Backup to the rescue.
That will usually fix the problem. As a last resort, restore your PC with a backup program—which you certainly have, right? Come one, come all. Are you a techno-fanatic who needs the registry to be squeaky clean, with absolutely no stray entries and trimmed of all fat?
If you are using a hard drive, you might also want to select a registry cleaner that includes a defragger such as jv16 PowerTools or Registry First Aid , or choose a free defragger such as Auslogics registry Defrag. Using a stopwatch with our desktop system, we saw 10 seconds shaved off its boot time. Microsoft Word and an image editor also loaded a little faster. Note that this test was done using a spinning platter hard drive, not a solid state drive.
None of the cleaners managed to fix a gnarly problem with spoolsv. We focused on their ease of use, the number of errors found, and whether they introduced any hazards, such as the lack of automatic backups before making changes.
And except for Registry First Aid, none of the products would repair faulty entries, but instead just deleted entries that were no longer valid. Registry First Aid is eager to help you fix and tidy your registry—and it does a terrific job, too. Of all the programs tested here, this one inspired the most confidence, both from a safety perspective and in the way it handled registry problems. The interface is clean and easy to navigate, and the program includes a registry searching tool, a backup and restore tool, the ability to take snapshots of the registry, and a compression tool.
Registry First Aid supports all versions of Windows. We were comfortable with the way it listed problems, either by category such as invalid file or DLL, invalid path, or unused software entries or by safety level. We could cut the invalid substring or, in some cases, repair the entry. While the program was scanning, we were able to examine each listing, check or uncheck it, or open the specific entry in the registry.
One quibble: The tool attempted to find a home in the system tray, unnecessarily adding clutter just so it could regularly check for new versions. We disabled it in the settings. It includes a registry cleaner as well as a registry compactor along with a few other administrative tools, and is essentially a scaled-down version of its bigger sibling, jv16 PowerTools see below.
In RegSupreme Pro you can set it to scan either quickly or safely, or somewhere in between you slide a bar along a scale. RegSeeker is free for personal use and has a handful of other registry-focused utilities.
There are dozens of similar Registry cleaners, but this tool's speed and simplicity should attract some users. XP Registry Cleaner's very simple interface helpfully displays all functions and information windows on a single screen. The very brief online Help file is more advertisement than instruction, but operating XP Registry Cleaner is very easy. Users merely check any or all of 11 common Registry trouble spots to search and click a single button.
Scanning is quicker than with most cleaners. All problem keys are listed as found with basic value name and data displayed. Users can either delete problem keys one at a time or all at once. Similar programs use a much easier check-box system to select keys to delete. The app includes two other helpful Registry management functions.
A powerful search function uses wildcards and range settings to quickly find select keys, values, or data. Registry Backups and restorations are easily accomplished with a simple click and save Backup function. XP Registry Cleaner's short day demo should give intermediate users the time to discover the program's value. Speed, simplicity, and a strong search function will make many users adopt this app as their daily Registry cleaner.
The Windows registry is a database repository for information about a computer's configuration. The registry keeps growing when you use Windows. As it does so, it attracts obsolete and unnecessary information, and gradually becomes cluttered and fragmented. With the growing of the registry, XP Registry Cleaner is able to degrade the performance of the whole system and cause many weird software problems. XP Registry Cleaner scans the Windows registry and finds incorrect or obsolete information in the registry.
By fixing these obsolete information in Windows registry, your system will run faster and error free. Free YouTube Downloader. IObit Uninstaller. Internet Download Manager. Advanced SystemCare Free. This wikiHow teaches you how to remove unnecessary entries from your Windows Registry.
Keep in mind that the Registry is an extremely sensitive archive that documents every process and setting on your computer, so deleting entries from it can result in anything from minor errors to a bricked computer. Only edit the Registry if you're confident you won't remove something important. Log in Social login does not work in incognito and private browsers.
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By using our site, you agree to our cookie policy. Cookie Settings. Learn why people trust wikiHow. Download Article Explore this Article parts. Tips and Warnings. Related Articles. Part 1. Understand the consequences of editing the Registry. The Windows Registry stores information about every process, program, and setting on your computer, so removing the wrong entry can result in your computer failing to work properly. Know the safest way to clean the Registry. Unfortunately, cleaning the Registry by hand isn't safe, and following the steps in this article may not result in your computer speeding up or resolving corrupted Registry entries due to the limited approach you'll have to take.
If you want to clean your Registry in an effective, thorough manner without deleting anything important, use the Registry Cleaner app instead. Understand the process you'll use to manually clean the Registry. The best way to clean the Registry without using a program is by placing your computer in Safe Mode. This will prevent other programs from interfering with your cleaning, becoming corrupted, or making changes to your computer.
Uninstall any programs you don't need. Back up your computer. If you accidentally corrupt your computer's Registry, you may need to restore your operating system from a backup. Back up the Registry. To do so: Open the Registry Editor by typing regedit into Start and then clicking regedit.
Click File in the top-left corner. Click Export Enter a name for your Registry backup. Check the "All" box on the left side of the window. Click Save. Wait for the Registry to finish exporting this can take several minutes, and the Registry Editor may freeze. Part 2. You'll find Restart in the pop-up menu. Click Troubleshooting. It's in the middle of the screen. Click Advanced Options. You'll find this next to an icon that resembles a set of tools.
Click Startup Settings. Click Restart. You'll find this at the bottom of the screen. Select the "Safe Mode with Networking" option. Press the key that corresponds with the number to the left of the "Safe Mode with Networking" prompt usually the 5 key to do so.
Your computer will restart into Safe Mode, after which point you're free to begin cleaning out the Registry.
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