Contents of the RegClean 4.1 Readme.txt

Article ID: Q168104
Creation Date: 06-MAY-1997
Revision Date: 06-MAY-1997

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Office 97 for Windows

Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0

Microsoft Windows 95

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0

Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0

SUMMARY

This article contains the contents of the Readme.txt file that is included in the self-extracting file that contains RegClean version 4.1. The RegClean utility removes extraneous and duplicate entries in the system registry.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

 ~ Regcln41.exe (size: 412699 bytes)

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

For more information about using RegClean, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   Article-ID: Q149286
   TITLE     : Using the RegClean Utility After Removing Applications

MORE INFORMATION

README.TXT for

RegClean 4.1 (build 97.71)                         March 12, 1997

HOW TO INSTALL

Copy RegClean.EXE to any folder on your machine.

HOW TO RUN

Double click on the RegClean icon.

RegClean will start by displaying a progress dialog. While this is shown, it will load a copy of the parts of the registry that it is going to check, and perform the actual scanning. Depending on how much information is in the registry and the speed of your CPU, this will take anywhere from about 2 to 30 minutes.

If you have many entries in your registry, there may be times that RegClean appears to have stopped working. In fact, RegClean may appear completely halted whenever it is checking remote or removable drives.

Once these progress meters are gone, you will be prompted for the next action. You can do two things at this point.

Thing 1 - Exit RegClean.

     Well, that’s kind of pointless, but you can do it. Just
     press the Cancel button.

Thing 2 - Allow RegClean to fix errors that it found.

     This will create an UNDO.REG file in the folder where
     RegClean was run from. The file will be titled "Undo
     computer yyyymmdd hhmmss.REG", where computer is the name of
     your machine, and yyyymmdd is the date and hhmmss is the
     time.

     After the file is saved, Regclean will remove these entries
     from the registry. You will see a progress meter while it
     does this. Sometimes, the progress meter may stop
     momentarily, but it should resume after a few seconds. When
     the meter is gone, RegClean is done. Press Exit to end
     RegClean.

KNOWN ISSUES

There is no specific control over the level of checking or the individual items to be corrected.

The report is not easy to access (you may not even be able to figure out how to get to it).

The dialog box loses active window status several times.

It's hard to tell when it completes the scan stage and is readyto save the changes.

There are cases where RegClean will have an invalid page fault, or attempt to access memory that cannot be "read". These messages are commonly called "GPFs" or "Access Violations". Microsoft is currently researching these issues. The messages, while preventing RegClean from working, should not harm your computer or the software on it in any way. Please email a report on these messages to
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      regclean@microsoft.com.
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Thanks for using RegClean! We hope you find this utility useful.

The RegClean Team

REGCLEAN IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.

Additional query words: 3.50 3.51 4.00 95
Keywords : offwinsetup
Version : 7.0 97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbreadme

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