defragment/registry keys

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VR

hey!

just wondering whether defragmenting C: will remove
invalid/useless registry keys. Thanks!

Cheers,
VR
 
Nope, defrag only affects the filesystem, and doesn't actually modify
anything in Windows or any application. Supposedly Windows has a
self-cleaning registry now. However, using such software, like Spybot -
advanced scan showed me about 50 invalid entries. I'm concerned about having
Spybot or anything "fix" those keys though.

-Max
 
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VR said:
just wondering whether defragmenting C: will remove
invalid/useless registry keys. Thanks!
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No.

Defragging does *nothing* to the contents of any individual
files. All it does is take files that are in several piecesa nd
put those pieces closer together, so they can be accessed faster.
 
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