Registry Fast

Registry Fast is an application that can optimize your computer's performance by fixing invalid keys found in the Windows registry.

If you're using Windows 7, make sure to run Registry Fast with administrative privileges. Otherwise, it pops up an error which prevents you from initializing it.

The interface of the software is clean and intuitive. You can enable Registry Fast to scan the registry for issues in application paths, empty keys, font entries and invalid shortcuts.

But Registry Fast can also look through ActiveX, OLE and COM issues, the help and sound section, invalid file associations, most recently used files, shared DLLs, startup programs, system services and software settings, uninstall entries, start menu items, and others.

You can clear data in Internet Explorer (e.g. cache, address bar history, cookies, save and download directory), Windows software (e.g. Paint, WordPad, Office, WinRAR history), Windows system (e.g. Run history, recent files, My Network Places, Recycle Bin) and Internet software (e.g. Firefox history, cookies and cache).

You can create an exclusion list, schedule a scan, backup the registry and create a system restore point, remove junk files, uninstall programs from your computer, manage applications which automatically run at system startup, and more.

Registry Fast requires low-to-moderate system resources, takes a reasonable amount of time to finish a scanning job and can guide you to a comprehensive online help file with snapshots for beginners. No errors have popped up during our tests.

However, since the demo version doesn't let us fix any type of registry issues, we cannot accurately evaluate this software (although its other features work fine). We can only suggest you test Registry Fast for yourself to see if it fits your preferences.