"How-to" questions
If I get an error relating to some deleted Registry item, how do I locate this in the backup, and restore it?
"Why" questions
Why does a second run of the program still find a few dozen invalid entries?
Why does Registry First Aid find fewer invalid registry entries than some other registry cleaners?
Why doesn't Registry First Aid scan HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT hive? Is there a reason for this?
Why doesn't Registry First Aid recognize all my removable drives in the "excluded" list?
Why does Registry First Aid initially show entries as "Delete Entry" and then change to "Leave the entry without change"?
Why after running Registry First Aid, does the program ask if I want to compact the registry? Do I want to do that?
I have the default 'Excluded Paths' listed, such as :\RECYCLER\ etc.., when I'm logged on (XP Home), but not listed when using Registry First Aid under the other two user names on the same PC. Why is that?
I noticed that I have to register the program separately under each user name on the same machine. Why?
My copy of Registry First Aid finds everything, shows what to correct but when I tell it to correct the items it does nothing. What is wrong?
Problem-related questions
I have multiprocessor machine and the program raises "Access Violation" error while running the scan.
After cleaning the registry with Registry First Aid, I find a program does not function correctly. What do I do?
"Error reading REG_MULTI_SZ registry key : "Counter"" appears during the registry scan.
Sometimes I get a I/O error when I try to fix the registry errors.
My computer reboots on the second step - scanning disks
Double-clicking on a .reg backup file does not restore backup. Instead, it runs notepad. How to fix this?
Registry First Aid always stops on scanning the same registry key
Questions related to installation
What is the proper procedure for installing updates? Should I uninstall the previous version?
How do I uninstall Registry First Aid?
Questions about registering
What are the limitations of the unregistered version?