Registry

How To Clean Windows® Registry

Fixing the Windows® registry. Are you searching for efficient registry cleaning methods for your system?

The registry is like a store house of the computer. It contains all the program files and folders required to run the entire system. But the biggest question that puzzles the computer users is how to clean the registry? You may come across several methods of registry cleaning. You may clean the registry either manually or with the help of a registry cleaning software. However, both the methods should be handled efficiently with complete knowledge.

Here you will find three major steps on how to clean Windows® registry:

• Cleaning registry with registry Editor
• Using Registry cleaning software
• Repair files and restart

Cleaning registry with registry Editor

You can manually clean your registry with the help of the Windows® registry Editor. At first create a registry file back up and delete all the unnecessary files from it. Now click the Start button on the desktop and click Run. You will see the small Run window on the desktop. Type the command regedit in the window and click OK. The from the toolbar menu choose the File option and select Export. Here you have to type the backup file name and then save it.

Using Registry cleaning software

One of the most common ways to clean the registry is by using a registry cleaner. The Registry cleaner is a software that scans and repairs the registry files and the folders. There are various registry cleaning programs available in the market such as Wise Registry Cleaner, registry drill, TweakNow Regcleaner, Registry Mechanic and many more. All these programs perform the cleaning task quite similarly. At first they scan the entire registry and then delete the registry holes or vacant spaces and file errors.

Repair files and restart

After you have installed and scanned all the files of the registry with the registry cleaner start repairing the corrupted files by clicking the Repair button of the software. This button corrects all the errors of the registry files and restores them in the previous state .after completion of the repair task restart your system. If you are still experiencing error in the registry files then restore it from the backup which was made at the first stage.