shademan wroteOK The program will, back-up, eliminate the registry entry because it points to a file that doesn't exist. What do I need thsi registry entry for anyway?
You most likely don't, that's exactly why the registry cleaner shows it to you as an error.
And if it is needed for anything in the future will the program that has to use it create it again?
That fully depends on the software, it's imposible to say.
Why would something be modified if it isn't useful?
The entry might not always been errornous, the file it is pointing to might have been removed after the creation of the registry entry. In most cases this kind of situations are born when a badly configured uninstallation program uninstalls a software but leaves some registry entries behind. In other words, it removes the files but fails to remove the specific registry entries.
Lots of questions. I have gone into the registry and modified settings to get the most out of my cable connection and done some registry modifications for firefox. But I've always had exact instructions. What about my idea of first going through and eliminating , back-up, the high ones first then medium and then low each having its own name?
That sounds like a good plan to me.
And if windows needs the registry entry and the program won't create it, will windows tell me the one I'm missing?
No, most likely not. You might not even notice if the entry is in fact needed, it all depends how well the software using it is made. Well made software can recover from situation when a registry entry it needs has been removed, some software show an error message, some only crash.
I consider myself moderate knowledge. I run XP home. Is there some place I can go and get more knowledge about the registry. This my first time running this program. Thanks for your patience and time
For more information about the registry and the product itself, please see:
http://www.macecraft.com/html/jv16pt2005_docs/Handbook.pdf
