RegSeeker

Maintenance tools are a must have nowadays, getting into account how easy operating systems could breakdown due to a variety of reasons, however it's still hard to choose one that really does its job well.

RegSeeker is the kind of tool that can help you deal with Windows Registry errors, basically the main things that slow down the operating system. Since it's a pretty old application, the interface isn't the most appealing one, but it still helps the utility serve its purpose.

You can search the registry for a certain key, manage installed application or startup entries, organize your favorites, clean the registry or play a little bit with backups and so on.

Cleaning the registry, however, needs a lot of time because the scanning process can take quite a few minutes. Not to mention that the resource usage on our testing machine was a little bit steep during the whole procedure.

Although the application has a backup function when cleaning the registry, it's recommended that you create a system restore point before loading it because there were lots of cases when the operating system became nonfunctional due to some missing registry keys.

Apart from managing the registry, RegSeeker comes with a handy 'Tweaks' section that enables you to apply font smoothing, tinker with the context menu, add fading effects and animations to menus as well as other similar customizations.

RegSeeker remains a handy tool for Windows users and can prove of great help for quickly scanning and fixing registry errors. Also, the solid feature pack that accompanies the registry management functions increases the value of this software.