How to clean the Windows Registry |
How to clean the Windows Registry |
The Windows Registry is very common to accumulate obsolete values, references lost, file extensions without association with a program, and many more failures.
To solve these problems and clean up the Windows Registry there are many programs payment with different results, but there are free alternatives that offer a very good performance, this is the case with RegSeeker also runs on both Windows XP and Windows Vista and this Available in over 20 languages.
No matter what program to use is always advisable to make a copy of Windows Registry as clean the registry amounts to a massive release of a key file in Windows and before crashing or unexpected power outages, is best prevented.
The best way to make a copy of the registry is establishing a system restore point. To do this we proceed as follows:
For XP, go to System Tools > System Restore and select Create a restore point, place it a name, and ready.
In the case of Windows Vista simply write Restore in the search option, and run System Restore. Once open, click the option to Create a restore point, which will take you to Protection System. Make a point manual restoration once you're there.
Going back to our application RegSeeker, first download the official website, decompress it into any folder and execute.
In the upper right corner select language.
Of the many options offered optimization, we select Clean the Registry.
Select all options and make sure backup before removing Backup Before Deletion (below left) is also marked, and RegSeeker make an backup from the shackles removed. Click OK to begin.
When finished Clean Windows Registry click Select and choose Select All. Then click the right mouse button when you're on one of the chains, and choose Delete Selected Items. We ask for a confirmation, and the name for backup. Leave your name default, and click OK.
This concludes cleaning, but to a large number of errors is advisable to make a second pass because the elimination of an error can occur other hidden errors.
With Windows Vista you run RegSeeker with administrator privileges, which will enable the program to modify the Registry. If after successive past RegSeeker returns to detect that some errors and you verify are exactly the same after last past then you can ignore them. For some reason Windows Vista regenerates these chains.
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