Optimizing the registry

The system registry stores settings and settings"Hardware" and software required for the correct operation of the operating system. Almost all changes made to the system when installing programs, working with the Control Panel, etc. are entered in the system registry. In fact, The Windows registry is a database of settings and settings, built on a hierarchical principle.

The system registry is divided into sections (branches). Each section contains folders in which the system settings and settings are stored. The more changes are made to the system at work, the more the registry grows. In due course erroneous parameters appear in it (for example, if some programs were removed incorrectly). In addition, the registry is subject to fragmentation, which slows down the work with the registry.

Optimizing the registry helps to organize it and, accordingly, speed up the system. Usually, the optimization of the registry implies several operations at once: cleaning the registry from defective and obsolete records, compressing and defragmenting the Windows registry. The size of the registry decreases, and the speed of access to the registry increases.

In Windows, there are built-in utilities for working with the registry - regedit.exe and regedit32.exe. However, an inexperienced user should notuse them to optimize the registry, because they are focused primarily on manual work with the registry. If you are not familiar with the system registry, you can delete something wrong, and this will entail a failure in the system. You may even need to reinstall the OS.

Therefore, it will be more efficient and Optimizing the registry with special programs for working with the registry. Such programs automatically find existing problems in the registry and fix them, compressing and defragmenting the registry. Let's consider several such programs in more detail.

One of the most popular programs for optimizing the registry - CCleaner. This program is distributed free of charge andsuitable for both 32-bit and 64-bit systems. Optimizing the registry is just one of the options CCleaner, designed to optimize the operation of the operating system as a whole.

To optimize the registry, runprogram, go to the "Registry" tab and click the "Search for problems" button. The program will scan the system registry for a number of parameters (from invalid file extensions to missing applications) and display a list of the problems found. If you want, you can choose which parameters will be scanned, by checking or unchecking the corresponding parameters.

Working with this program, it is not necessary to make a backup copy of the registry: before fixing errors in the registry the program itself will offer to make a backup copy of the changes made. If the registry optimization fails and the system crashes, you can always restore the registry in its original form from the REG file saved by the program.

Another program to optimize the registry is called Registry Life. This free utility from the company Chemtableserves to clean and optimize the registry and supports both 32-bit and 64-bit OS Windows. When you start the program, the program will scan the registry for errors and the degree of fragmentation and will issue a verdict: is it really necessary to clean or optimize the registry.

In the process of cleaning and fixing errors, the program finds and removes unnecessary and erroneous registry entries, compresses registry files, and then defragments them. You can configure automatic optimization, run on a schedule with a certain periodicity.

Regular optimization of the registry with the help of special programs will help to speed up the system, but do not forget that the performance of the operating system is affected by other factors that also need to be considered.