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Registry Cleanup
The Registry Cleanup feature is a tune-up activity that removes invalid registry entries from the system that have appeared due to
improper uninstall, non-existent fonts, etc. Sometimes during installation, the registry entries are not deleted. This leads to slower
performance of the system memory. The Registry Cleanup removes such invalid registry entries to boost the performance of system
memory.
Customizing Registry Cleanup
Before you execute Registry Cleanup, it can be customized to perform as per your needs. To customize Registry Cleanup, please
perform the following steps:
1. Click Cleanup -> Registry Cleanup.
2. Click Options button.
3. The Registry Cleanup Options screen opens. Each item in the list is preceded by a checkbox. By default all items are
checked in the list.
4. Uncheck the items that need to be skipped by Registry Cleanup feature.
5. Click Apply to save the new settings; click Close to exit without saving the settings.
How to Perform Registry Cleanup
To execute Registry Cleanup, please perform the following steps:
1. Click Cleanup -> Registry Cleanup.
2. Click Options if you wish to customize Registry Cleanup as mentioned earlier.
3. Click Start to populate the list with registry entries and their path.
4. You can click Stop to halt the entries being added to the list.
5. Each registry entry will be preceded by a checkbox. By default all registry entries are checked. Uncheck the registry
entries that need to be skipped by Registry Cleanup.
Figure 6-4: Performing Registry Cleanup
6. There are two other fields which display the following information:
• Items Found: The total number of registry entries found by Registry Cleanup.
• Items Selected: The total number of registry entries selected for removal.
7. Click Remove Entries to remove the files. Click Close to exit Registry Cleanup.