Overview |
The main types of registry problems |
Technical support |
Quick tour |
Step 1 of 3 - scan the registry |
Step 2 of 3 - select and remove invalid registry entries |
Step 3 of 3 - modify the registry |
How to use the program |
Start with the program |
Scan the registry for invalid entries |
Select registry entries for correction |
Select corrections for found registry entries |
Safety levels |
Cut Invalid Substring correction |
Create/Restore registry backups |
Create backups before deleting or changing registry entries |
Create full registry backups |
Restore full registry backups in Windows® 98 |
Restore full registry backups in Windows® ME |
Restore full registry backups in Windows® 2000/2003 |
Recovery Console |
Restore full registry backups in Windows® XP |
Deleting Restore Points |
Restore full registry backups in Windows® Vista/7/8 |
Windows® 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7 does not boot regardless of try Safe Mode and Last Known Good Configuration |
Right click pop-up menu |
Run the registry editor for the selected registry key |
Open a folder where the registry reference points |
Save the list of found registry entries |
Print the list of found registry entries |
Search the Internet for the selected key info |
Grouping found items |
Filtering |
Quick Filtering |
Check the web for updates |
Multilanguage support |
Empty entries |
Compacting the registry |
Command line parameters |
Notes for Windows® NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7 users |
Note for machines with multiple operating systems installed |
Advanced settings |
Appearance |
Prompt to restart as Administrator |
Show Scanned Registry Key in Status Bar |
Show Progress Bar |
Do not show found entries while scanning |
Scan Several Registry Keys Simultaneously |
Show Scanned Directory in Status Bar |
Scan Several Folders Simultaneously |
Web Search Query String |
Check for Updates |
Limit registry scan by number of found errors |
Schedule registry scan |
Ignore read-only entries |
Select registry error categories to scan for |
Scan all user registry files or only the current user file |
Show This Dialog Before the Scan |
Empty entries |
Registry Backup Options |
Create Full Registry Backups |
Use system backup tool |
Create full backup automatically |
Use custom backup tool |
Command to create backup |
A simple custom backup command |
Exclude strings from the error checking |
Show This Dialog Before the Scan |
Select paths to search for corrections |
Show This Dialog Before the Scan |
Exclude paths from disk search for corrections |
Show This Dialog Before the Scan |
Exclude registry entries from the scan |
Change or edit color schemes |
FAQ |
How-to questions |
How to restore the registry I had before I ran Registry Healer? |
How to locate a deleted Registry entry in the backup and restore it? |
How to add a registry entry into excluded list to avoid future finding it as invalid? |
How to remove registry traces of an old applications uninstalled a long time ago? |
How to clean from the registry all traces of a program installed and then removed? |
How to backup Registry Healer settings/exclusion lists? |
"A problem" questions |
After running Registry Healer, a program does not function correctly. What do I do? |
I have multiprocessor machine and the program raises "Access Violation" error while running the scan. |
Sometimes I get a I/O 80 error when I try to fix the items found by running Registry Healer. |
"Error reading REG_MULTI_SZ registry key : "Counter"" appears during execution of Registry Healer. |
I have a problem with Norton Systemworks after cleaning the Registry with Registry Healer. What do I do? |
I run Registry Healer and it found many font problems. How can I be sure that there's really a problem with a font. |
When I start Registry Healer, it gobbes all the CPU power, and sometimes the system seems hanged. |
I run Registry Healer yesterday and then today my computer went back to the way that it was having all errors. I had to correct the 529 errors it found in my registry again. What is happen? |
My operating system is Windows Millennium. After I run Registry Healer 2.0, my Windows Help files disappeared. Did I do something wrong? How do I get the Help files back? |
Double-clicking on a .reg backup file does not restore backup. Instead, it runs notepad. How to fix this? |
I found that every time when Registry Healer scans the same registry key it causes system to reboot. What is the problem? |
On starting the system I receive: The system process C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\SERVICES.EXE terminated unexpectedly with status code 128. The system will shut down and restart. |
Registry Healer always stops on scanning the same registry key |
My system runs a bit slower and applications take some time to open. What do I do? |
My computer restarts on the scanning disks for corrections |
I get an error message "framedyn.dll not found". |
I can't get Registry Healer to auto run. I keep getting the comment "can't start" in windows scheduled tasks. |
Why whenever I run the program it finds the same registry entries after I deleted them on previous run? |
Why initial scan when when scanning for corrections is extremely slow? |
Questions about Registry Healer functionality |
What is the easiest way to verify corrections for all 1000+ invalid registry keys that the program found in my system? |
Why HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT key is not scanned? |
Why does Registry Healer find fewer invalid registry entries than some other registry cleaners? |
Every time I run Registry Healer, reboot, and run Registry Healer again, it finds about 30 more invalid registry items. Why? |
What are "empty entries" and are they safe to be deleted? |
Correction changes when the "STOP" button is pressed |
After running Registry Healer, the program asks whether I want to compact the registry. Do I want to do that? |
Is there a way to make Registry Healer run at scheduled times and automatically backup the registry and correct errors? |
What does a "match" mean? For example, in the status line of Registry Healer it might say 222 Invalid references, 213 picked, 73 matches. What is a match and why is it significant? |
Registry Healer always shows 20 Run Entries found. Are these entries bad and should be deleted? |
Why scanning the disks for corrections the second time takes less time than the first? |
I noticed that I have to register the program separately under each user name on the same machine. Why? |
Registry Healer does not correct found registry errors. What is wrong? |
Why do some found keys have the "Leave the entry (no permission to modify)" label. How do I handle this? |
Questions related to installation |
What is the proper procedure for minor version updates? Should I uninstall the previous version? |
How do I uninstall Registry Healer? |
Can Registry Healer run from a removable disk without actually installing it on a computer? |
Questions about registering |
What are the limitations of the unregistered version? |
How to register the software - what do I have to enter: name: xxxxx / xxxx s/n: xxxx or else how? |
A day ago I paid for Registry Healer. I still do not have my registration code. |
Should I purchase a Registry Healer licence for every computer I have? |
I registered this program some time ago and ran it on my system. I opened it today and it says I have an unregistered copy. Why? |