Easy way to fix the Windows Registry

The windows registry is the database of vital configuration information of the windows system. The windows registry holds this information as a form of keys and its values. The keys are organised just in the same way as folders are organised. Keys can have sub keys and so on. The values attached with the keys are the actual information which needs to be stored in the registry. Windows uses this database for working. These key-value pairs are the basic building blocks of actions that a windows system performs. Hence there are many a times when something goes wrong in the system that has to do something with an invalid or an incorrect entry in the registry.

These type of problems can be only be solved by digging deep into the registry and changing the invalid or incorrect entries present. This can be done manually but the registry is so complex and the naming convention is also not easy that manual changing of values can only be done to a certain extent and that too by an expert. So to solve the mysteries of the registry special software called Registry Cleaner/Registry Repair are available. This software is so built that it has a deep understanding of the registry structure and knows the most common places of errors in the registry. They search the entire registry database for invalid entries and delete them or correct them if necessary. Even the little things in the windows system such as background wallpaper can be changed or tweaked by changing the appropriate keys and its values.

Some of these utilities provide the user with a page that displays common problems related to windows registry such as task manager option being greyed out, Folder Option icon not showing, etc. The user is able to select the relevant option and the registry cleaner tweaks the registry. Other software performs a thorough search of the entire registry to fix common windows problems. Another common problem is that there are numerous viruses, Trojans, etc. designed specially to corrupt the registry and to delete keys from it. Registry cleaners are a sure shot way of repairing damages caused by such malwares.

The windows registry is complex and is divided into many logical subsections known as hives. There are 5 hives in the windows registry. These hives are present in a tree like structure with various nodes. It is this complex structure that causes problems such as issues with ActiveX controls, DLL issues, explorer errors, installer issues, runtime errors, and errors with installation and uninstallation of applications. Registry cleaner/Repair software knows its way through this structure and can solve these issues very easily. If done manually it will take days even to find the correct key-value pair let alone assigning the correct value to it? Removing such errors causes system performance to improve which can be instantly noticed. Some of these tools are so built that they don't even cause the system to restart, changing the key values shows results immediately.