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14.2.1. Cleaning Windows Registry

The Windows Registry is an important part of the Windows-based operating systems.

It is a database that contains information and settings for the hardware and the

operating system, installed applications, users, preferences of your computer and

others.

Many applications write keys in the Windows Registry at installation time. When

removing such applications, some of their associated registry keys might not be

deleted and continue to remain in the Windows Registry, slowing down your system

and even causing system instability. The same happens when you delete shortcuts

to or certain files of applications installed on your system, as well as in the case of

corrupt drivers.

To clean the Windows Registry and improve the performance of your system, use

the Registry Cleaner. The Registry Cleaner scans the Windows Registry and deletes

the invalid registry keys.

To clean the Windows Registry, follow these steps:

1. Click Clean Registry.

2. Follow the four-step guided procedure. For more information, please refer to

“Registry Cleaner Wizard” (p. 99).

14.2.2. Recovering Cleaned Registry

Sometimes, after registry clean up, you might notice that your system does not

work well or that some applications fail to operate properly due to missing registry

keys. This may be caused by shared registry keys that were deleted during registry

cleaning or by other deleted keys. To solve this problem, you must recover the

cleaned registry.

Important

Only users with administrative rights on the system can recover the cleaned registry.

To recover the cleaned registry, follow these steps:

1. Click Recover Registry.

2. Follow the two-step guided procedure. For more information, please refer to

“Registry Recovery Wizard” (p. 104).

14.2.3. Finding Duplicate Files

Duplicate files eat up your hard disk space. Just think about having the same .mp3

file stored in three different locations.

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