Benefits Of Using A Registry Cleaner

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Jan 18, 2008 - 3:34:08 PM -

Why do we need registry cleaners?

Windows systems do not come with any specific tool that you can use to clean and repair the registry. You can use the Registry Editor (Regedit) to perform a few simple edits. However, the registry tree is so complex that any major changes will not only take a lot of time but any mistake can cause irreversible damage both to the registry and your system.

To save you from this problem, many registry cleaner tools are available today that you can download and configure on your system to perform registry maintenance.

What are the benefits of a registry cleaner?

 Opting for a registry cleaner tool provides you with the following benefits:

• Registry tools are usually GUI-based and have a user-friendly interface that makes them quite simple to use.
• The tools use advanced algorithms to perform a thorough scan of your registry, and weed out errors that may exist deep within the registry.
• Options in these tools are easy-to-use and you can start and perform a thorough registry scan just by clicking your mouse button a few times.
• Most of the advanced registry cleaner tools display the errors on the screen. You can manually go through these errors and select the ones you want to repair.
• If you are not too confident about which entries to delete, you can click the button that allows your registry cleaner tool to perform an automatic scan and repair of the registry.
• When you scan and repair a registry, you can get rid of many troublesome system errors, such as DLL errors, Driver errors, runtime errors, and ActiveX/COM errors.
• Many registry cleaners provide you with both full and selective backup options. You can use the full backup option to back up and restore the entire registry. Whereas, the selective backup option enables you to back up a small portion of the registry and restore this portion only when required. Selective backups are quite useful because while restoring these backups, only the restored part of the registry is affected and all other parts remain as is.
• An advanced registry cleaner tool enables you to defrag the registry also. Defragging the registry enables you to get rid of empty registry keys left behind by removed entries, thereby, helping to reduce the size of the registry. Defragging also helps in re-indexing registry files to make them more congruous and quickly accessible to various programs and applications installed on your PC.
• Many advanced registry cleaners enable you to get rid of embedded—non-removable—keys from the registry. These keys, primarily meant to save licensing information, can be misused by spyware programs to enter hidden non-removable keys within the registry. A thorough and deep registry scan using a registry cleaner can help you weed out these malicious entries and work towards keeping your PC free from malware.
• It is recommended to follow up a program uninstall with a registry scan and repair to ensure that the program you are uninstalling has not left behind any orphan entries in the registry. This helps you curb unwarranted growth of the registry.
• You can also choose to use registry tools that help you perform certain other system maintenance tasks. Some of the tasks that registry tools may offer are, managing startup programs, Internet Explorer Browser Help Objects (BHOs), Internet Explorer files, and orphaned program shortcuts and files.
• Most of the registry cleaners enable you to schedule regular registry scans to help you ensure yourself a healthy PC.

A healthy registry is important to maintain an error-free, high-performance PC. Get yourself a registry cleaner today, to regularly scan the registry and keep it free from unwanted information and errors.

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