RegCleaner is an application that allows you to remove registry entries. If you are a novice, then you definitely should not use this tool, because you can end up deleting some essential files that Windows cannot run without.

Here you can find seven tabs: software, startup list, uninstall menu, file types, new file, shell extensions, and backups. In each column you can view author and software name, age, file path, source, extension name and description, command, as well as date and time for created backups.

So, the main purpose of RegCleaner is to allow you to delete registry entries that do not belong to Windows (for example, when you uninstall a software, you can usually find leftovers).

An important aspect that RegCleaner does not tell you about in some window that pops up when you first initialize the software, is the fact that, by default it automatically creates backups before deleting registry entries, and these can be later restored in case Windows starts acting strange.

In addition, you can remove some applications that automatically run at computer startup, any software installed on your system, file types that are added to the registry, file types that appear under "New" when you right-click your mouse in the desktop, as well as unnecessary shell extensions. Plus, you can save lists as text documents, search for text, view and delete system and shared DLL files, run RegEdit, and more.

Unfortunately, RegCleaner also has some issues. For example, if the purpose of the command panel was to give you quick access to a search tool, it did not work. Going through the main menu can become stressful and time-consuming, the search function only finds the first occurrence of the inputted text, and the option to reset hardware configuration is only available in Windows 9x versions.

Furthermore, the user can have trouble understanding what this tool can do, in lack of proper documentation within the interface (which is completely different from the Readme file). The software froze several times when attempting to remove some registry entries and we had to restart it, and if you choose to view DLL files or OCX entries, there is no possibility of returning to the main interface without exiting the program.

But RegCleaner uses a small amount of system resources, and it gets the job done, most of the times. Power users would be thrilled to have this program installed.