Registry Cleaner and Error Severity

mercury1

To the extent that it exists, what is the criteria used to generate, or meaning of, the Error Severity number?

I've noticed some entries, for which a referenced file or folder does not exist, have an Error Severity of 80% - while other entries, for which a referenced file or folder does not exist, have an Error Severity of 11% (and sometimes there are numbers in between). I've noticed the higher numbers for entries related to the original factory installation.

For those circumstances where a folder/file does not exist, it would seem to me that an error with 11% severity would be as equally "severe" as one with 80% severity.

I would appreciate any insight someone could provide.

jv16

The error severity is calculated based mainly on two things: the error type and the data relating to the error.

In this case, the error type is the same (file or folder does not exist). In such case, the severity is mainly calculated by the broken file/folder reference. For example, if the file reference is "C:\temp\picture.jpg" it is estimated not to be a very serious issue because the file is located in a temp directory and the file is an image file, but on the other hand, if the file reference in question is something like "C:\Windows\system32\important_driver.dll" then it would be estimated with a higher severity due to the file extension and the location of the file.