How To Clean the Windows Registry

The Windowsregistry is difficult to manually modify because doing so can make serious errors on a computer, so it's important to make a backup of the registry before attempting to clean.

Here’s how you can clean the registry and improve your computer’s performance.



1- Download: To clean the registry, you will have to rely on applications that are specifically designed to scan the machine. There are plenty of applications for registry cleaning in the market today, some of which are paid and some of which are free. Select  ones from reputable sources such as CNET and PC World. Make sure that the registry cleaners have been favorably reviewed by other users and by autonomous software reviewers specified as CNET.

2- Close programs: Make sure that there are no programs running in the pc when you start the windows registry cleaner
3- Backup: use The Microsoft Registry Editor (regedit.exe): Because the registry is integral to how your computer runs, you should make certainthat it is backed up before you do any changes on the registry
4-Cleaning and repairing:  Next, install the application for cleaning the registry. Afterwards, you will need to open the software and determine  the options for cleaning your registry. Each application will have its own interface and will have a number of options for cleaning the registry.
5- If you encounter problems after using the registry cleaner, use the registry restore option which The Microsoft Registry Editor (regedit.exe)