Do's and Don’ts While You Plan To Clean the Windows Registry

Don’t ever think of messing with the registry. No, we’re not kidding! It is so powerful that it can even destroy your windows operating system if you did something wrong. So before you take the risk and start playing with the registry, here are a set of dos and don’ts, following which you can be sure of keeping your system in good health.

Let’s see what you should do and what you should avoid doing to be on a safer side.

If not, take it immediately! Backup is the utmost protection that you need to have to avoid any computer disaster from taking place. If this seems like a big task, take the help of a backup tool, which will do it for you, but make sure you have it before you proceed.

As already mentioned, registry cleaning is not child’s game. Although various registry cleaner helps you do the task through a proper wizard, it is of no use if you keep clicking on the Next button with eyes closed. Pay attention on each and every step.

Doesn’t matter how secure you feel, you can never have enough of it! It’s better to have an extra level of security. Use ERUNT tool to back up the registry. Although registry cleaner stores the backup for any changes that are done, emergency recovery utility NT (ERUNT) will be like an extra shield!

Provide an interference free environment

Make sure that while you attempt to clean the registry via registry cleaner utility, there are no applications running in the background. Running apps are surely going to interfere with the registry, thus making it difficult to work for registry cleaners.

Although your registry cleaner is an automated tool and a majority of them do come up with an auto clean option. Do not trust their intelligence and do this task on your own only! For instance, your registry cleaner found 2456 errors in the production system out of which 2000 can be deemed safe to alter.

Now from the huge list of errors that the registry cleaner has spotted is simply going to be a herculean task. What more, you won’t be even familiar with a majority of them. Look for the stuff that you can recognize. For example, those entries of MP3 files that you deleted months back or those drivers that you have uninstalled. Never ever allow the cleaner to delete the entries on its own. Also, never attempt to clean the entries you don’t have idea of, unless you are an expert. Although registry cleaners come with the option of restoring the deleted items, restoring is not that easy.

Don’t worry if you find something wrong. Simply put your best foot forward and use the restore feature of the cleaner. This should fix the issue. If it doesn’t, resort to the last option and use the tool ERUNT to restore the registry. If nothing goes fine, use backup and restore function of the PC.

Use a good and reputed registry cleaner for such operations. Relying on a cheap registry cleaner just for the sake of money is surely not a good idea. There are many free pc optimizer / registry cleaner software available to download from reputed websites. You need to choose wisely and decide which one is best for your need.