Thread: Clean up the registry

Finally, teach Windows the right attitude so that it doesn't start complaining whenever you install new software or drivers. You can do this by optimizing the registry. Over time, the registry becomes host to a whole lot 'of extraneous system settings and obsolete configuration records which 'cannot be deleted easily unless you have a Master's degree in understanding the Windows registry structure. Unfortunately, the pileup of junk can lead to crashes and erratic functioning, although it tries to make you agree to install an unnecessary browser toolbar and sign up for an email newsletter during installation (both of which you can safely choose not to agree to), and often displays annoying messages asking you to upgrade to a paid version. The first time it starts up, it asks whether it should create a backup of the current state of the registry. If you use the backup tool Erunt that we described earlier, then you can skip this step. OtherwiSe you must let the tool create a backup copy so that you can recover your registry in the case of a cleanup action that fails or goes too far. Once that is done, click the "Scan" button. Wise Registry Cleaner will comb through the system and list all the entries it thinks you need to be aware of in a table.



Click on a task to see additional information about the key that is found. If you find registry entries that you absolutely do not want to delete, remove the tick in front of it. To make sure you don't need to manually check each entry, select the option 'Repairing can be tried' in the "Show" dropdown menu. With this filter, you only see the keys that the tool can restore in case any change causes an error. After making your selections, click the 'Repair' button to clean up your system and spruce it up. Note: As against other optimization tasks, we do not recommend a completely automatic registry cleanup because every computer is different, with different software and settings, which means that identifying exactly which entries are safe to delete is not an exact science. You run the risk of having important data deleted if you or any tool tries to clean the registry in one shot. It is always advisable to manually sift through the options presented and decide whether or not they can be deleted. When in doubt, just let them be.