Registry Gear

If you want to find the source of many system errors, you should look in the Windows Registry, but not without a specialized application, otherwise you may end up causing more damage. Registry Gear can scan and clean critical registry sections, without any risk to your operating system's integrity. The program works quite fast and it is capable of identifying numerous problems.

Registry Gear can be installed in a matter of seconds and it works on all popular Windows versions. The installation file is small and the setup wizard will guide you through a series of basic configurations, like selecting a destination path and creating a desktop shortcut.

The software comes with a modern and very well organized user interface, which does not display anything else than you actually need to clean and optimize the registry. The available functions can be found on several tabs. The home page displays a series of gauges, which indicate the system's overall health, the number of found errors, as well as the number of fixed items. You can also find an option for starting a scanning process and options for backing up and restoring the registry.

The scanning process is quite fast and when it is done, the results will be displayed in a list. You can filter the results, according to which registry sections you wish to review. You can also add keys and values to an ignore list. If you wish to scan specific registry sections, you can select them on the second tab, on the user interface. The application allows you to target ActiveX components, application paths, fonts, shared DLLs and much more.

Besides scanning and cleaning, the software can also defragment the registry. The process may take several minutes and you will not be able to interact with your computer during this time, but when it is done, the registry will take up less disk space.