Scan & Fix 100 registry errors free
CNET Editors' review
NirSoft's RegScanner is an enhanced Registry scan and search tool. When it finds the specified values, you can open them in RegEdit for modifying. RegScanner can also save and export .reg files that RegEdit can open. This simple but effective tool is portable freeware.
RegScanner opens with its Registry Scan Options dialog displayed, and we had to enter at least one character in the Find String field to proceed. We could select a Matching method from a drop-down list as well as choose to have the program look at Values, Data, Keys, and Unicode strings. We could also choose base keys to scan, limit the display to certain values, exclude keys from the scan, and make other choices. We entered a short string and clicked OK, and RegScanner scanned our Registry, displaying its results in a small window that showed a lot of data in a series of customizable headings. We could save, copy, and export selected values or whole lists; view the properties of any entry; create reports; and more from the program's file menu and toolbar. Selecting any item and right-clicking it opened an extensive menu of choices, including Open In RegEdit, which we selected. The Windows Registry Editor opened almost immediately with the selected items displayed.
Although RegScanner is quite easy to use, inexperienced users should be careful before modifying any Registry values with RegEdit. RegScanner itself won't hurt your system, but tinkering around in the Registry certainly can, so we recommend the usual precautions before changing anything, including creating System Restore Points and full backups. RegScanner reveals a lot of information about your Registry and finds things fast when you need to make changes.
Publisher's Description
From NirSoft Freeware:
RegScanner is a small utility that allows you to scan the Registry, find the desired Registry values that match to the specified search criteria, and display them in one list. After finding the Registry values, you can easily jump to the right value in RegEdit, simply by double-clicking the desired Registry item. You can also export the found Registry values into a .reg file that can be used in RegEdit.
What's new in this version: Version 1.85 has added option to exclude one or more keys from the Registry scanning.
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"RegScanner is a 5-Star, Excellent Registry Cleaner!!!"
Version: RegScanner 1.85
Pros
All pros for RegScanner as a registry cleaner since it's very user-friendly, thorough and quick.
Cons
No cons!!!
Summary
Yes, I could opt to clean my registry manually but why do that when it's much quicker to use RegScanner's. I'm a genuine advocate for any software that saves me valuable time and RegScanner does! The first time that I used RegScanner I noticed that my network connected faster, my browsers loaded much quicker, and my movie downloads on Netflix loaded within seconds instead of minutes! Now my computer's speed has improved and faster internet download times means that I save on my internet gigabyte usage. Thanks, RegScanner!
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"Worked great!"
Version: RegScanner 1.85
Pros
Allows keyword search of the registry and multi-select removal.
Cons
I did not have any issues.
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I needed to manually uninstall Silverlight or so I was told to do so by a Microsoft Support Person. After over an hour, I was still deleting. Ridiculous!! I found NirSoft RegScanner, searched and removed 'em in seconds.
RECOMMENDED!
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