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Registry First Aid

Version: 6.1

Downloads Count: 67,023

License Type: Shareware

Price: $28

Date Added: Jul 7, 2008

Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows Vista

Requirements: 32-bit system

File Size: 3315 KB

Author: Rose City Software

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Editorial Review of Registry First Aid

Registry First Aid is eager to help you fix and compact your Registry--and it does a terrific job at it, too. Of all the programs I tried, this one inspired the most confidence, both from a safety perspective and in the way it handled Registry problems. The interface is clean and easy to navigate, and the program includes a Registry Defragger, a Registry searching tool, and a built-in, automatic backup module. Registry First Aid supports all versions of Windows.

The only downside is that the program costs $28; the trial lets you see everything the program does, and is fully diagnostic, but only fixes 14 entries at a time. I'm hoping that won't dissuade you from trying the Registry First Aid.

Registry First Aid found 2161 faulty entries in a scan--a thorough one at that--which took about 20 minutes. I was comfortable with the way the problems were listed: Either by category--such as invalid file or DLL, invalid path, or unused software entries--or by safety level. All the entry issues that were safe to fix were automatically check marked and I liked having to manually check those listed with "caution," or "extreme caution."

Most problems First Aid found were marked with "delete the entry," but some had other choices. I could cut the invalid substring or, in some cases, repair the entry. Unfortunately, the program's Help wasn't too helpful, so I opted to use the default.

While the program was scanning, I was able to examine each listing, check or uncheck it, or open the specific entry in the Registry. It made sense being able to view the errors by category or by safety level; filtering was handy if I wanted to find a problem about a certain program or issue.

A super feature--and one worth the price of admission: with one click, most of the problem entries popped open my browser and had Google search on the Registry key. Very cool and ideal for determining if a risky entry should be removed.

One quibble: I wasn't happy that the tool wanted to find a home in my System tray, unnecessarily adding clutter just to check for new versions. I disabled it in settings.

--Steve Bass

Description of Registry First Aid

New 6.1 - It's faster, finds more problems than others and is even easier to use! People's Choice Winner 2003 Shareware Industry Conference! Tired of Windows crashing? Sick of having software lock up on you or taking forever to load? The problem could be all of those incorrect registry entries caused by software installations and un-installations that went awry! Not all software un-installations do a complete job leaving behind numerous nagging file references in the Windows registry pointing to files that no longer exist. In time, you can end up with hundreds of these files that may slow down your computer and cause software to lock up, requiring a hard reboot of your computer. Also, if you've moved your programs from one drive to another, you can break the file links that a program needs. Registry First Aid will find these files and folders that you've moved on your hard drive and help you correct the registry entries that point to them. Registry First Aid scans registry for orphan file/folder references, finds these files or folders on your drives that may have been moved from their initial locations, and then corrects your registry entries to match the located files or folders. In addition, if your registry has links to files of deleted applications, Registry First Aid will find these invalid entries and remove them from your registry. With Registry First Aid, your Windows registry will be always clean and correct, helping your programs load faster and speeding up your computer. Registry First Aid allows you to: - find invalid file/folder references in Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/Vista registry; - select drives and paths where to search registry referenced files/folders; - select found matches to make corrections to invalid registry entries; - delete incorrect registry references to previously un-installed files or folders; - create undo files in RegEdit4 format, so you always can restore Windows registry to the original state.

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Reviewed by: smithjackson

01-07-2009

Duration of ownership: 0 Months

Strengths: Registry First Aid !!! Superb Reigistry Cleaner.

Weaknesses: No Any Queries about this Software

Overall Evaluation: I've used Registry First Aid program over and over again on 4 different systems. I Installed it on my laptop and desktop. Worked to perfection, well worth the price. Cleaned out all kinds of garbage in both registry's without incident. No problems occurred, indeed the software solved intermittent BOOT hangs and speed up the BOOT time a little. Very useful, I had purchased Registry First Aid from "fastsoftwaredownload.com" in Discounted price. I using it on 2 other systems and I maintain, similar results.
Reviewed by: mazorj

11-12-2008

Duration of ownership: 0 Months

Strengths: Don't know

Weaknesses: Would not install on my Vista 64-bit OS. Got the message that it is only for x86 arcitectures.

Overall Evaluation: I'm sick of getting all excited over some piece of software only to find that it won't work on Vista 64.
Reviewed by: quark

11-10-2008

Duration of ownership: 0 Months

Strengths: Using the default settings RFA installs with, it never makes a mistake. I have used the Platinum version for years, and it does a first-class job of cleaning the registry. Its built-in defragger is tops. I've tested it against other registry defragmenters and it is the best by test.

Weaknesses: I am not aware of any.

Overall Evaluation: Superior among registry cleaners. Safe and very reliable.

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