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How To Clean And Repair The Windows 10 Registry (2020)

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Select Fix Selected Issues To Repair The Registry.

Step By Step Instructions

Open A Web Browser And Visit www.craigthetechteacher.com/ccleaner.
STEP 1: Open A Web Browser And Visit www.craigthetechteacher.com/ccleaner.
Select And Download CCleaner As A Free Download If This Device Is For Non-Commercial Use Or Purchase A Copy Of CCleaner If This Device Is For Commercial Use.

STEP 2: Select And Download CCleaner As A Free Download If This Device Is For Non-Commercial Use Or Purchase A Copy Of CCleaner If This Device Is For Commercial Use.
Navigate To A Location To Save The File And Click Save.
STEP 3: Navigate To A Location To Save The File And Click Save.
Once Downloaded, Launch The CCleaner Installer.
STEP 4: Once Downloaded, Launch The CCleaner Installer.
Select Yes If Prompted By User Account Control.
STEP 5: Select Yes If Prompted By User Account Control.
Make Sure You View And Accept The Licensing Agreement, Then Click Install.
STEP 6: Make Sure You View And Accept The Licensing Agreement, Then Click Install.
STEP 7: Choose Run CCleaner When The CCleaner Installation Completes.
STEP 8: To Optimize CCleaner Performance, Right Click On The Quick Launch Icon And Choose Options.
STEP 9: Uncheck Two Boxes For Tell Me When There Are Junk Files To Clean And Enable Smart Cleaning. Disabling These Two Services Will Keep CCleaner From Running In The Background.
STEP 10: Click Yes When Prompted To Confirm The New Settings.
Click On The Start Menu Button.
STEP 11: Click On The Start Menu Button.
Type CCleaner Into The Windows Search Bar.
STEP 12: Type CCleaner Into The Windows Search Bar.
Launch The CCleaner Application Installed In The Previous Step.
STEP 13: Launch The CCleaner Application Installed In The Previous Step.
Select Registry From The Left Navigation Menu.
STEP 14: Select Registry From The Left Navigation Menu.
Click The Scan For Issues Button.
STEP 15: Click The Scan For Issues Button.
Select Fix Selected Issues To Repair The Registry.
STEP 16: Select Fix Selected Issues To Repair The Registry.
When Prompted To Backup The Registry, Click The Yes Button.
STEP 17: When Prompted To Backup The Registry, Click The Yes Button.
Click The Save In Dropdown Menu And Select OneDrive Or An External USB Drive.
STEP 18: Click The Save In Dropdown Menu And Select OneDrive Or An External USB Drive.
Select Save And CCleaner Creates A Registry Backup.
STEP 19: Select Save And CCleaner Creates A Registry Backup.
Choose The Fix All Selected Items Button.
STEP 20: Choose The Fix All Selected Items Button.
Close The Repair Summary.
STEP 21: Close The Repair Summary.
Repeat Steps 5 - 11 Until All Registry Issues Are Clean.
STEP 22: Repeat Steps 15 – 21 Until All Registry Issues Are Clean.
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Lesson Summary:

This lesson can be found within my book 27 Amazing Windows 10 Performance Boosting Tips: A Complete Visual Guide For Beginners, Intermediates & Experts. The goal of this lesson is to teach the user How To Clean And Repair The Windows 10 Registry in 2020, This lesson is performed using a complete visual guide. First, we will assess the primary skill one user will obtain through the lesson. Second, a brief risk analysis of how the lesson can impact system performance and security. Finally, we conclude with learning why this particular lesson is important.

Skills Obtained In This Lesson:

Skills Obtained In How To Clean And Repair The Windows 10 Registry
Skills Obtained In How To Clean And Repair The Windows 10 Registry (2020)

Risk Analysis Of This Lesson:

Risk Analysis Of How To Clean And Repair The Windows 10 Registry
Risk Analysis Of How To Clean And Repair The Windows 10 Registry (2020)

Why Learning How To Clean And Repair The Windows 10 Registry (2020) Is Important:

WARNING! Any Tool The Cleans The Registry Includes Stability Risks. It Is Always A Good Idea To Backup The Registry Prior To Running Any Optimization Or Performance Tweaks Related To The Windows Registry. 

Is Registry Defragmentation A Good Idea?

One could quickly scour the internet for hours to determine whether or not defragmenting the registry is a good idea. I’ve had a great experience with registry defragmentation. As long as you use an excellent tool to perform the defrag, you should be fine. I use the Auslogics Registry Defragmenter.  Auslogics has been around for many years and developed an outstanding reputation full system optimization tool. For those of you who do not know what fragmentation is, it is essentially the separation of chunks of files on the physical hard drive.

What Is Fragmentation?

In other words, a hard drive fills up small sectors one after the other. If sectors become separated from one another, they are considered to be fragmented. This separation can occur when you delete a file that may remove it from a set of sectors and then put a new file on your computer. The new file fills in the empty sectors and places the remaining sectors at a different location on the drive. After you’ve done this 10, 20, or even 100 times, you start to see how over time fragmentation can occur. The registry can be a pretty large file that can become fragmented over time as well. 

Due to this, defragmenting the registry can allow for faster access times. This process is painless and only really needs to be done once every 6 months to a year. Now that you have a better understanding of how fragmentation works, you should still back up the registry. Even though registry defragmentation is entirely safe, you should always back it up. So if you have not had a chance, make sure you revisit my earlier guide to create a registry backup or restore point.

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Author:Craig Chamberlin

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