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Configuring TweakNow RegCleaner Standard Options

The default settings should be good enough for most users. However, you may want to adjust them to suit your need. There are several options that you can modify: 

  • Ignore Missing Files on Removable Drives: set whether TweakNow RegCleaner Standard should ignore all registry values that refer to removable drives (CD/DVD or USB disk). Recommended: check the checkbox. 
  • Registry Keys to exclude: All registry keys (and they're sub keys) listed in this list will not be included in the scanning process.


Quick Registry Cleaning with TweakNow RegCleaner Standard

  • Under the scan mode section, select the available options that best describe the scan you would like to run.
    • Quick Scan: this mode only scan the most important part of your registry.
    • Custom: this mode allows you to manually select list of registry sections to be scanned. 
  • Under the user mode section, select the available options that best describe your understanding of Windows registry.
    • Beginner: in this mode several registry keys will be excluded during the scan process and only scan results that rated as safe to delete will be shown to user.
    • Expert: scan the registry using all available scan methods and all scan results will be shown to user.
  • Click the clean now button. The  registry scan starts running and the length of the scan will depend on the options you have selected.
  • After the scan has completed click the view result button to display scan results. 
  • Carefully analyze the result.

    Table below provides an overview of the icons displayed in the result dialog.

     Icon  Explanation 
    Safe to delete This value refers to missing files or folders. You are safe to delete the value.
    Not fully safe to delete This value contents both valid and invalid data. We recommend to simply ignore the value (unless you know what to do).
    Unknown The program is unable to determine the status of data in registry value. Click the deep scan button to further examine this registry value.
  • Check ( ) all items that you wish to delete/clean and click delete button to start the cleaning process. Please note that when you click the Delete button, TweakNow RegCleaner Standard automatically backup all checked items before deleting them.


Restoring TweakNow RegCleaner Standard Backup File

  1. In the main window, click restore backup icon or link. The restore dialog will appear.
  2. Select file that you wish to restore from the list and click restore button.