We all know that Registry is heart and soul of Windows installation. Any Corrupted entry can result in crash or a huge registry file degrade the performance of Windows. Also Editing registry files manually can be dangerous, one small mistake and you will loose everything… That’s Why Programmer have created several tools for maintaining and cleaning registry files. Most of them are paid but there are few free ones also. One such Open Source and free tool is Little Registry Cleaner.
Little Registry Cleaner (LRC) is among one of the best registry cleaner and It’s Open Source as well, LRC is now also available as portable application. You can fix or clean your registry by 2-3 simple clicks if you using this simple and easy tool. Some of the task Registry cleaner can do are –
- Little Registry Cleaner will remove unwanted or obsolete items from the registry to make your computer run faster!
- Little Registry Cleaner’s powerful functions will help improve system performance to the maximum!
- Little Registry Cleaner will manage Windows start up programs and their settings to speed up Windows startup
- Little Registry Cleaner will provide you with the option to restore the registry to recover from missing data
- Little Registry Cleaner will update frequently to make sure your computer is running smoothly
- You can also Open Regedit through LRC menu entry.
- LRC is also capable of uninstalling application through an Application manager.
To install LRC you simply have to visit it’s Sourceforge site and Download required version, You can download Setup Version or Portable version as per your requirement. If you are downloading Install files download and install as you install any Standard Windows application. If you downloading Portable application simply download the zip file and extract the files to any location on your hard drive.
Once download is completed simply start the LRC and Click on Scan registry Button Provided on Top Left right below the Menu bar. It will start scanning the registry and find any problem as shown in below figure.
Once it finishes scanning, check the list of problems and select what you want to fix. To repair any errorsfound, simply click the Fix Problems button.
Apart from Cleaning Registry, LRC can also be used as Uninstall manager and Startup manager. Both of these options are available in tools menu of Little registry cleaner. Usage of these option is quite simple and self explanatory.
Little Registry Cleaner is Fully comaptible with Windows Vista/XP and both 32 bit as well as 64 bit version of these. Also to use LRC you need to have Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 installed on your machine.
“Very though, easy to use, seems to clean very well”
I like it as a backup to other cleaners
hope it will do well in the long run