Copy version 4.1a build 7364.1 of RegClean.EXE to any folder on your machine.
HOW TO RUN
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Double-click on the RegClean icon.
RegClean will start by displaying a progress dialog. While this
is shown, it will load a copy of the parts of the registry that
it is going to check, and perform the actual scanning. Depending
on how much information is in the registry and the speed of your
CPU, this will take anywhere from about 30 seconds to 30 minutes.
If you have many entries in your registry, there may be times
when RegClean appears to have stopped working. In fact, RegClean
may appear completely halted whenever it is checking remote or
removable drives.
Once these progress meters are gone, you will be prompted for the
next action. You can do two things at this point:
1. Exit RegClean.
If RegClean did not find any errors in your registry, or, if you do not want RegClean to fix the errors that it found, click the Cancel
button.
2. Allow RegClean to fix errors that it found.
Clicking the Fix Errors button will cause RegClean to remove the entries with errors it found in the registry. You will see a progress meter while it does this. Sometimes, the progress meter may stop momentarily, but it should resume after a few seconds. When the meter is gone, RegClean is done. Press Exit to end RegClean.
Clicking the Fix Errors button also creates an UNDO.REG file in the folder where RegClean was run. The file will be titled "UNDO computer yyyymmdd hhmmss.REG," where computer is the name of your machine, yyyymmdd is the date, and hhmmss is the time. If at any point you would like to "undo," or put back what RegClean removed from your registry, double click the UNDO.REG file.
WHAT REGCLEAN DOES
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RegClean analyzes Windows Registry keys stored in a common
location in the Windows Registry. It finds keys that contain
erroneous values, and after recording those entries in the
Undo.Reg file, it removes them from the Windows Registry.
WHAT REGCLEAN DOESN'T DO
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RegClean does not fix every known problem with the registry. It
does not fix a "corrupt" registry; it only fixes problems with
some of the entries that are in a normal registry.
It is very possible that RegClean will not correct a problem that
you have encountered. RegClean will leave any entries in the
registry that it doesn't understand or could possibly be correct.
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GENERAL ISSUES
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- OLEAUT32.DLL
- DOESN'T SOLVE PROBLEMS/MAKES NEW PROBLEMS
- CAN'T UNDO THE REG FILE
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FIX: REQUIRES UPDATED OLEAUT32
This error occurred with an earlier version of RegClean. In order for RegClean to work, you must have the updated version of the OLEAUT32.DLL. If your system has Internet Explorer version 2.0 or lower, installing Internet Explorer version 3.0 or higher will update the OLEAUT32.DLL. If you are using Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 with SP 4 or lower, you will need to install SP 5 in order to update the OLEAUT32.DLL. These files are also available for download below. If you experience the below symptoms when using RegClean 4.1a, please follow the resolution instructions.
SYMPTOMS
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Two messages boxes appear. One box says:
"REGCLEAN.EXE is linked to missing export OLEAUT32.DLL:421"
while the next message box says:
"A device attached to the system is not correctly functioning"
RESOLUTION
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You need to install the update to the OLE Automation system
libraries. These files are contained in the executable
OADIST.EXE, which is included in the download. (NOTE: If you are
using Window NT 3.51, you must use OADIST2Z.EXE instead; read the
