Introduction
Registry Tool - An improved version of RegCleaner,
which contains all the registry features from RegCleaner.
You can uninstall software, remove leftover registry entries
from software you thought you had removed ages ago. The Registry
Tool is your interface to the Registry and you really don't
have extensive knowledge of the registry to use the Registry
Tool.
The main user interface
The registry tool consists basically on three items. The most
important one is the list that lists data. The navigation
bar on the left ("Functions", "Info" and
"Help") and the operational bar on the bottom.
The list contains the data that is extracted from the registry.
You can save it with a shortcut CTRL + S or from File >
Save list as.. -menu. You can print the list with any text
editor by first saving the list as text and then printing
that text with for example Notepad or with Word. Please notice
that the list contains all the data from all the programs,
not just the ones that are safe to remove. The program can't
know what you want to remove, you have to make that decision.
The small balloons beside each item tells you the programs
opinion whether they should be safe to remove. A gray balloon
with a question mark in it means that the program don't
know if it's safe to remove, a green means that it should
be safe to remove and a red means that it most likely is not
safe to remove.
The navigation bar on the left contains the list of available
functions, info on the current list and a brief help section.
The frame inside the Functions box shows which section is
currently active. For example, if the frame is around the
"Installed Software" then the current list is the
list of installed software and so on.
The operational bar on the bottom contains all the most important
functional elements. Such as a button to close the tool and
the button to remove items.
Functions
- Installed Software. This feature shows you the list
of software currently registered to the registry.
It's very common that you find programs here
that you thought you had removed ages ago.
- Starting Programs. This features shows you the list
of all programs that are automatically started from
the registry when your computer starts.
- Uninstall Menu. By default this feature shows you
exactly the same as Windows'own Uninstall menu
shows (Control Panel > Add/Remove programs). But
in addition to Add/Remove programs' features
you can also remove obsolete items from this list.
Please notice that the "remove" button just
removes the software from this list and the button
"uninstall" really uninstalls it.
- Registered File Types. This feature shows you all
the registered file types, like that .txt files are
text files and so on. It's very common that
programs you remove from your computer leaves their
file type registrations.
- New File shell ext. This feature shows you the list
of files types you can create from right click >
New -menu.
- Shell Extensions. This feature shows you the list
of current shell extension. Shell extension means
that program can register some file types for itself
and define some operations with it. For example you
can view a text file (.txt) with Notepad by double
clicking such file and you can print the file by right
clicking it.
- Open With... Menu. This feature shows you the list
of programs Windows can show in the list it shows
when you try to run a file of unknown file type. (This
feature is only for NT-based operating systems)
- Search with Menu. This feature shows you the list
of items in Start Button > Search. You can remove
all the items you don't need. (This feature
is only for NT-based operating systems)
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The Tools menu
- Registry Cleaner. This feature automatically scans
the entire registry and detects entries that are invalid
or obsolete.
- Console. Shows the Console.
- Reset Hardware Configuration. This is a very dangerous
feature if you don't know what you are doing.
This feature is meant for those who are about to reinstall
windows because of hardware related problems. After
you use this feature you will have to reinstall all
the device drivers and please notice that it's
very likely that your CD-ROM drive doesn't work
when Windows prompts you for drivers after you have
restarted your computer. (This feature is only for
Win9x-based operating systems).
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Special features
- The Age system. If the age system is enabled (Preferences
> Age system > "Enabled") you will
see an age column in each list. The age system can
be used in manual or in automatic mode. By default
it's in manual mode. In manual mode you can
mark specific items as old using the "Mark as
old" button. In automatic mode all items are
automatically marked as old after you have seen them.
This feature is quite handy when you check out all
the lists to see whether there are any new items.
- The comment systems. If the comment system is enabled
(Preferences > Comment system > "Enabled")
you can write comments to each items to help you to
remember what some items are.
- The Special Select (Select > Special Select).
This feature allows you easily find items e.g. items
that should be safe to remove.
- Uninstall Menu settings (Preferences > Uninstall
menu). This feature allows you to choose whether you
want to see hidden entries in the Uninstall menu or
not. By default you can see only normal entries, just
the same as Windows' own Add/Remove programs
shows you.
- Remote access (File > Connect to a remote registry).
This feature allows you to use the current Registry
Tool with a registry from another computer in your
jv16 PowerTools Network. All the same functions are
available for remote registry editing except the Registry
cleaner.
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