It is not always possible for a third-party program to know whether any particular key is invalid or redundant. Removing or changing certain Registry data can prevent the system from starting, or cause application errors and crashes. Some Registry cleaners make no distinction as to the severity of the errors, and many that do may erroneously categorize errors as "critical" with little basis to support it. The correction of an invalid Registry key (such as one or more that remain after uninstallation of a program application) can provide some benefits but the most voluminous will usually be quite harmless, obsolete records linked with COM-based applications whose associated files are no longer present. ( December 2014) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)ĭue to the sheer size and complexity of the Registry database, manually cleaning up redundant and invalid entries may be impractical, so Registry cleaners try to automate the process of looking for invalid entries, missing file references or broken links within the Registry and resolving or removing them. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. This section needs additional citations for verification.
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