Best Registry Cleaners

Fix Registry Problems

Regcure Registry Mechanic

When you need to fix registry problems  (see What is the Windows Registry) the easiest way to solve them is by using one of the best registry cleaners.  Whilst it is possible to edit the registry manually this is very time consuming and very dangerous if you are not a hundred percent sure what you are doing.   You could pay an expert to do this but this would be expensive and  the best registry cleaners can make it very easy to fix registry problems.

Having decided that you need to fix registry problems (see “Will Registry Repair Software Fix Windows Registry Problems?”) the next issue is deciding which are the best registry cleaners to use as there are a great many on the market.

In order to try and help with this we  decided to do some registry cleaner reviews so took eleven of the better known registry cleaners and ran scans.   It quickly became clear that making direct comparisons was not possible as the content of the scans differed but, for the record, the number of errors reported varied from 391 to 3881.    In some cases the description of the area being scanned was the same but the results varied widely, which illustrates the problem of defining “errors” (see “Using a PC Registry Cleaner“).   It is therefore dangerous to say that any registry cleaner is the best registry cleaner as results will vary depending on the state of the PC in question.   We therefore decided that the best way forward was to select three products that we liked, were user friendly and have had good user reviews (on independent sites) and met the following key criteria:

• support at least Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 – to avoid risk of using on an inappropriate system
• automatically backup the registry before cleaning – so it can be restored if there are any problems after cleaning
• offer a money-back guarantee – so you can get a refund if it does not work.

The best registry cleaners we chose were:

• Regcure
• Registry Mechanic

which give you the best chance to fix registry problems.  They allow you to download the software free and then run a scan of your PC.  They will then report on the errors found.  This gives you a chance to see if you find the software user friendly both in terms of its prime function (registry cleaning)  and the other functions provided.    Please see the individual product pages for more detail on each product.  The links above take you to the product pages from which you can go to the website or download the software for a free scan.