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- README.TXT for
- RegClean 4.1 (build 97.71) March 12, 1997
-
- HOW TO INSTALL
- --------------
-
- Copy RegClean.EXE to any folder on your machine.
-
- HOW TO RUN
- ----------
-
- Double click on the RegClean icon.
-
- RegClean will start by displaying a progress dialog. While this
- is shown, it will load a copy of the parts of the registry that
- it is going to check, and perform the actual scanning. Depending
- on how much information is in the registry and the speed of your
- CPU, this will take anywhere from about 2 to 30 minutes.
-
- If you have many entries in your registry, there may be times
- that RegClean appears to have stopped working. In fact, RegClean
- may appear completely halted whenever it is checking remote or
- removable drives.
-
- Once these progress meters are gone, you will be prompted for the
- next action. You can do two things at this point.
-
- Thing 1 - Exit RegClean.
-
- Well, thatÆs kind of pointless, but you can do it. Just
- press the Cancel button.
-
- Thing 2 - Allow RegClean to fix errors that it found.
-
- This will create an UNDO.REG file in the folder where
- RegClean was run from. The file will be titled "Undo
- computer yyyymmdd hhmmss.REG", where computer is the name of
- your machine, and yyyymmdd is the date and hhmmss is the
- time.
-
- After the file is saved, Regclean will remove these entries
- from the registry. You will see a progress meter while it
- does this. Sometimes, the progress meter may stop
- momentarily, but it should resume after a few seconds. When
- the meter is gone, RegClean is done. Press Exit to end
- RegClean.
-
- KNOWN ISSUES
- ------------
-
- ╖ There is no specific control over the level of checking or
- the individual items to be corrected.
-
- ╖ The report is not easy to access (you may not even be able
- to figure out how to get to it).
-
- ╖ The dialog box loses active window status several times.
-
- ╖ It's hard to tell when it completes the scan stage and is
- readyto save the changes.
-
- ╖ There are cases where RegClean will have an invalid page
- fault, or attempt to access memory that cannot be "read". These
- messages are commonly called "GPFs" or ôAccess Violationsö.
- Microsoft is currently researching these issues. The messages,
- while preventing RegClean from working, should not harm your
- computer or the software on it in any way. Please email a report
- on these messages to
-
- regclean@microsoft.com.
-
- Thanks for using RegClean! We hope you find this utility useful.
-
- - The RegClean Team
-
- REGCLEAN IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.
- MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
- INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
- PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR
- ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING
- DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS
- PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS
- SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
- SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
- FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING
- LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.
-