Registry First Aid allows you to:
# find and correct:
* invalid file/folder references
* invalid font entries
* obsolete Start Menu items
* invalid application paths
* invalid registered help files
* invalid shared DLL references
* invalid program references in auto run registry keys
* obsolete and unused software registry entries
* invalid known DLL registry references
* invalid file associations
- search the registry for several strings at once
- defragment registry files
- create registry snapshots, find changes made to the registry and create "undo" and "redo" files for any modified registry key
- review folders where invalid registry keys refer
- review registry entries with RegEdit where invalid items reside
- create full registry backups before any changes, so you can always restore your Windows® registry to its initial state
- create small registry backups of modified registry entries, so you can always restore only modified entries
- restore any particular modified registry entry to its initial state
- search for a modified registry entry in all backup files
- save the list of found invalid entries into a text file
- print the list of found invalid entries
- schedule automatic registry scan
Platinum version also allows to control auto-run programs, installed software, "Open With.." dialog, Browser Helper Objects (BHO), Internet Explorer menus and toolbars. Registry First Aid works with Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista 32-bit registry;
New in version 7.1.0:
* added new excluded keys into the default list;
* language files were updated.
* "Search for Keywords" feature now scans HKEY_USERS instead of HKEY_CURRENT_USER key, (HKEY_USERS key includes HKEY_CURRENT_USER as a subkey with name like S-1-5-21-xxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxx-1xxx and all other currently logged in users);
+ new option to hide/show read-only keys in "Search for Keywords" feature independed from
"Scan for Registry Errors" feature;
- "Save found keys into a text file" was not working in "Search for Keywords" feature;
- if no errors were found the Error Category checkboxes were locked until user click "Back" to return to the home page;
- fixed freeze while RFA corrects errors under \Classes\HTTP\ and \Classes\HTTPS\ keys;
- some minor problems fixed;
Home Page - http://www.rosecitysoftware.com/Reg1Aid/