Automatically fix registry errors using PowerTools Lite

Posted on August 8, 2009 at 5:48 am

Previously, I wrote an article on the 10 best free registry cleaners currently on the market. The Windows registry can become bloated over time and registry cleaners help to reduce to size of the actual file. Another one I came across was PowerTools Lite.

PowerTools Lite is a freeware from Macecraft software (URL: http://www.macecraft.com/ptlite/) that detects and fix errors in the Windows registry. It also searches invalid registry entries and cleans them. It has a backup utility so you can restore any backup created before cleaning or deleting files and entries in the registry.

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Click File then select Quick system analysis of your system. This will scan you computer for errors and invalid entries in the registry.

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After finishing the analysis, click on the Clean and fix my computer icon. These will display the scan research window and you will be able to correct the errors scanned by the program.

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To correct the errors scanned by PowerTools Lite , select the item in the Scan Results window and click the fix button. The system will ask you if you want to backup the scanned item before any action is taken. Click yes to if you want to back up the files.

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You can also delete and restore your backup files in the backup tool window.

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Click on the backup file click delete if you want to delete the backup file or click restore to restore the backup file.

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As a power windows user, I always tend to mess up my registry entries.  It is hard to keep it clean without a tool like PowerTools Lite.  It is scans fast and could fix your registry in a few minutes.

Ben Carigtan shows you how it’s done!

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3 Responses to “Automatically fix registry errors using PowerTools Lite”

  1. Joe said on : August 18th, 2009 at 12:24 pm

    Great advice. I dont know how many times I have to tell people the very same things. Glad I’m not the only one.


  2. Grete said on : September 8th, 2009 at 11:02 pm

    While I enjoyed the author briefing on the ten best free registry cleaners and couldn’t agree more with his choices there are no pros I could tell about Powertools Lite.

    In terms of functionality, feature set and safety it is so far behind the top ten freebies that they shouldn’t even be mentioned together.

    I tested. In safer mode it failed to retrieve many obsolete and useless keys that anybody can find if searches the regedit and in aggressive mode it returned a nice number of false positives and still missed a few MRU. Sometimes it stopped working either during the scan or when I hit the repair button and there were other issues, too.

    Clearly for me, it was released for testing purposes and still very far from being fully operational. Acronis saved me.


  3. Wesely said on : December 2nd, 2009 at 12:41 am

    I agree with Grete, I would not trust this program. The only program that I trust for cleaning the Windows registry is CCleaner. It’s safe and works well.


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