
Hence, getting rid of broken registry items becomes imperative, and here I will discuss how to do that. A broken registry can lead to all sorts of errors and some hardware or software components not working at all.

When you uninstall an application, the registry files may not be deleted alongside the software. However, registry stores some other important configuration files that ensure the smooth running of the software. It is used as a storage library for the information and configuration settings of the software and hardware that you install on your device, operating system configurations, user preferences, etc.Īlthough not all software uses the registry to store their configuration files as some use XML format while portable apps store their data in the executable (.exe) file.

The Windows Registry is the database collection of configuration settings of the Windows operating systems.

