The Windows registry is file that is maintained by the operating system to store the information about the hardware and software configuration and other system settings.
These data are access by the system while starting the PC as well as during the run time. With continuous use the size of the registry file increases everyday as every change made to the system is logged in the registry in the form of an entry.
With accumulation of the data in the registry, the file becomes cluttered with entries some of which are not even required by the system for running the PC. |