Registry Drill Editor's Review

Keep your registry clean and running at peak performance with this awesome Windows utility.

Your Windows registry IS your computer. The cleaner it is, the more powerful your computer.  When you install computer programs, installation routines make registry modifications in support of the application.  The problem with software is that it needs your registry in order to function.

If you install and uninstall a lot of software like we do, at some point you're going to need to deal with a dirty registry. Many software removal routines often fail to clean or remove all of the registry modifications they made during program installation.  As a result, many computer users can often trace poor computer performance back to a registry that has erroneous and/or orphaned registry keys in it.

Registry Drill is a powerful registry utility that can scan your registry for erroneous or orphaned registry keys and remove them.  Registry Drill has 50 different tools to analyze and fix Registry problems.  Its Auto Clean mode can clean your registry with just a few clicks. Its Search and Replace tool is so easy that even a beginner can use it.  It can reset registry & file permissions for you and it can repair most corrupt registry files with its Load Hive tool. Its comprehensive help file can walk you through any required repair.

The application is decent, but doesn't do enough or offer a large enough set of tools to earn our highest ratings.

Pros: Auto Clean, Search & Replace, Registry Optimization

Cons: Doesn't do a deep scan, won't compact the registry

Conclusion: Registry cleaners are important to have for a Windows computer. The registry clogs and dirties easily.  Uninstall routines don't do a good enough job of removing registry keys.  This is why tools like Registry Drill are important. However, the app is missing a few key components, like the ability to do a deep registry scan or to compact the registry that is preventing us from giving it our highest ratings.

version reviewed: 4.3.0.2