{"id":64566,"date":"2017-03-08T08:15:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T02:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/?p=64566"},"modified":"2022-11-13T22:01:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T16:31:00","slug":"free-registry-defragmenter-defragger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/free-registry-defragmenter-defragger","title":{"rendered":"Free Registry Defragmenter to defrag Windows Registry"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Windows Registry<\/a> is a database, located in\u00a0the system32 folder<\/a>, that stores all system configurations and settings.\u00a0\u00a0Over a period of time, you do end up installing and uninstalling several software on your computer. many times, you tweak or change system settings, and change them back – all this can result in broken registry keys, orphaned keys, and invalid entries in the Registry. Moreover, when you remove such invalid registry entries using a Registry Cleaner<\/a>, empty spaces are left behind in the Registry and its hives.<\/p>\n

Free Registry Defragmenter<\/h2>\n

Registry Defragmenters<\/strong> help in removing such bloated registry hive & empty spaces and compacting the registry. We have already seen whether Registry defragmentation is useful or not<\/a>. If you do decide to use a Registry Defragmenter to defrag Windows Registry, here are a few free ones that you may want to check out.<\/p>\n

1] Auslogics Registry Defrag<\/h3>\n

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The registry is very much like hard disk drives. Whenever you start working on your computer, programs access the registry very often. Due to the addition and deletion of entries, the registry may develop invalid entries and get bloated and fragmented over time. To an extent,\u00a0 a fragmented registry could reduce computer performance. Auslogics<\/a> Registry Defrag can defragment and compact the Windows registry in less than a minute. The program will scan the registry, remove slack spaces and also\u00a0reduce the size of the registry. The program also offers to delete your junk files. It appears to be the only freeware that offers a nice UI and shows you the fragmentation of the registry. It also automatically creates a system restore point first before starting the operation, which is a good thing in my opinion.<\/p>\n

I have used this registry defragmentation freeware<\/a>, on occasion and found it to be pretty safe.<\/p>\n

While installing this freeware, do remember to uncheck the options to make Ask your default search provider and Ask.com your home page.<\/em><\/p>\n

2] Free Registry Defrag<\/h3>\n

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Free Registry Defrag<\/em> will help in compacting and optimizing your registry by removing gaps and wasted space, in order to improve the system performance. I have used this registry defragger too on occasions and found it to be safe.<\/p>\n

3] Registrar Registry Manager Lite<\/h3>\n

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Registrar Registry Manager Lite<\/a> is a free tool for system administrators and power users who need to work with the Windows Registry frequently. This tool offers a complete and safe solution for working with and maintaining the registry on your own desktop as well as remote computers on your network. It also includes a registry defragger, along with many other tools to manage the registry.<\/p>\n

4] Registry Compressor<\/h3>\n

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Like other programs, Registry Compressor too does not remove or add anything to the registry. This program<\/a> rebuilds the registry to new files, as a result of which all extra space is gone and the registry is smaller.<\/p>\n

5] WinUtilities Registry Defrag<\/h3>\n

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WinUtilities Registry Defrag will check how fragmented your registry is. Before the analysis starts, you will be informed to close all other applications.\u00a0 You should do so because any changes made to the registry after Registry Defrag has been run are lost after the reboot. It is available on CNET<\/a>.<\/p>\n

6] Eusing Free Registry Defrag<\/h3>\n

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Eusing<\/a> Free Registry Defrag\u00a0can defragment and compact the Windows Registry.. It will scan through the registry to remove any slack space, reducing the registry size and ultimately the amount of RAM the registry takes up, Eusing Free Registry Defrag is a free registry defragmentation software that optimizes registry by removing gaps, fragments and wasted space in Windows registry files.<\/p>\n

7] NTREGOPT<\/h3>\n

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NTREGOPT is a registry optimization software which was popular during the Windows XP days. It will only work correctly if you turn off User Account Control and run it with proper administrative privileges.<\/p>\n

8] PageDefrag<\/h3>\n

PageDefrag\u00a0from Sysinternals will defrag Paging & Registry files. Standard defragmentation programs can neither show you how fragmented your paging files or Registry hives are, nor defragment them. Paging and Registry file fragmentation can be one of the leading causes of performance degradation related to file fragmentation in a system. It\u00a0uses advanced techniques to provide you what commercial defragmenters cannot and that is the ability for you to see how fragmented your paging files and Registry hives are, and to defragment them.<\/p>\n

PageDefrag<\/em>\u00a0has not been updated since 2006 and therefore may not work on newer versions of Windows.<\/em><\/p>\n

Apart from the above-mentioned registry defragmenters, many software like\u00a0Registry Recycler Portable<\/a><\/span><\/span> – as also some free Windows Optimizers<\/a>\u00a0include a Registry Defragmentation\u00a0software as a part of their suite.<\/p>\n

Do let us know if you use Registry Defragmenters or would like to recommend any particular one.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Windows Registry is a database, located in\u00a0the system32 folder, that stores all system configurations and settings.\u00a0\u00a0Over a period of time, you do end up installing and uninstalling several software on your computer. many times, you tweak or change system settings, and change them back – all this can result in broken registry keys, orphaned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[223,22],"yoast_head":"\nFree Registry Defragmenter to defrag Windows Registry<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Download these free registry defragmentation software for Windows, to defrag your registry. 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