On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 09:31:25 +1000, John Fitzsimons
I tried opt first and that seemed to work. Fix didn't. I doubt it
would work the other way around. Though I might try that later today.
Apparently this sort of thing is called a "registry defragmenter" or
"registry compressor".
I cannot find however any freeware program that does this. At least
on a '98 system. :-(
Scanreg /fix corrects erroneous entries and completely rebuilds the
registry. If your registry contains many errors, is large, or your
machine is slow, it can take a while to finish the job and that could
give the appearance that it is hung. Scanreg /fix does not eliminate
orpan entries left by uninstalled programs.
Scanreg /opt removes unused spaces and blank lines. As such it can
reduce the registry's file size.
Scanreg /fix should always be run before scanreg /opt, if you are
running both.
I use them on a 98se box, with no problems.
