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Automatic Removal This tool cleans, repairs or removes errors in the registry automatically. Indicates Registry Severity This feature identifies how dangerous removing an error file may be to your system. Individual Undo This allows you to undo a single deleted action. Exporting / Importing This is a means of taking information out of the registry and saving it as a text file. A text file is a harmless format that can also be reverted back into the Registry, if needed. Replacing this information in the registry is called Importing. Cleanup Internet Explorer This feature cleans up your Internet activity and Internet settings. Removes Duplicate Files Duplicate files are files that have the exact same name, size, update date, time and same contents. Duplicates are deleted with this feature. Deletes Empty Registry Keys You can only delete empty registry keys. If the registry key you want to delete contains any keys, subkeys, or values, you must delete them before you can delete the parent key, and this feature helps you do this. Checks For Hidden Traces of installed software This feature looks for hidden objects that are sometimes installed from software applications. Checks Invalid Class Keys This feature checks for invalid class keys and gives you the option to delete them. Checks Shell Extension A shell Extension enables the third-party developer to run his program inside the Shell. Some registry cleaners check for the validity of the shell extension. Checks Invalid Help Files Some applications store information help file location data in the registry. This area of your computer may contain incorrect and outdated entries for programs you have uninstalled; registry software cleans these. Checks Invalid CLSID/ Typelib/Interface Entries This feature removes unnecessary interfaces, or operating screens, from your operating system. Checks Invalid Shared/known DLLs A DLL is a Dynamic Link Library that is shared among applications. Some registry cleaning software will find and repair orphan references to shared DLLs. DLLs hold functions that can be called up by different applications, so if removed, the link becomes invalid and should also be removed. Dynamic-Link Library, they are routines linked into applications at runtime, that's why sometimes applications don't work and get errors such as x.Dll is missing, DLL's are usually made w/ high-end languages such as C Checks Com / Activex Entries in this section contain information about COM and ActiveX programs registered in the system. These are compiled, executable programs; the registry cleaner. Checks Sound and Appevents Application events (appevents) that are associated with sound are checked for validity. Checks Invalid Paths Registry Cleaners check the validity of the referenced programs to make sure all the paths exist. Otherwise, the entry is invalid and should be deleted (unless the registry repair tool can find an alternate path). Checks Application Path keys /Orphan References When a new program is installed, information about its location will be added to this section of the registry. If the application's path is changed or if it is removed at all this entry becomes invalid and should be removed by a registry cleaner. Many applications store their program's association with their installed directory. Sometimes they are moved to some other location but their associations are not updated and such references keep cluttering the registry. When you launch a program, Windows first searches the application path's section; missing entries increase search time. These items can be repaired with registry cleaning software. Checks Invalid fonts Many people install new font faces and remove them later. Windows stores references to each font in the registry. If the registry is not cleaned regularly, Windows font reference data can become jumbled and start showing different font faces than you plan. Some registry software checks for this type of anomaly. Checks Invalid File Types / Extensions/ Entries Windows keeps a record of which program to use to open all types of files. For example, Notepad is the default to open basic text files that have names that end with the extension .txt. This relationship between file and program is known as a file association. Sometimes a file association is created, but its opening program (such as Notepad) is removed or deleted. In this case, Windows cannot open the file. Software that checks for invalid extensions checks that all your files' extensions have programs that match; any deviant files are highlighted. Checks Shared Folders This section contains references to shared folders on your computer that hold settings for the folders on your network. If a particular shared folder is deleted or removed, then the reference becomes invalid since it no longer points to a valid location. Checking these folders in order to delete broken links cleans your system further.
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