Excluded Registry Keys

On the Excluded Registry Keys page you may exclude some registry entries from the registry scanning by adding these entries into one of excluded lists.
Note: The lists are case insensitive.

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Registry First Aid has several lists of registry entries that will be excluded from the registry scanning. Every registry problem category has its own excluded list. Some lists contain several default excluded entries.

Users can add new registry keys to these lists. If the program finds repeatedly the same entry as invalid or empty then the user can add it to the one of excluded lists. You can exclude some program entries from the search. Usually you don't know exactly all programs' registry entries that can be found as invalid. So, scan the registry and add to the excluded list those entries that belong to the program you want to exclude (using the right mouse click pop-up menu).

To add or remove an entry you have to select a registry category from the drop-down box and press the Add button, or select an item in the list and press the Remove button. It is possible to edit user-added entries using the Edit button.

Note: There are also Default excluded lists in addition to User-defined lists. Default excluded entries are only those that deleting or modifying which causes 100% problems in the system or installed programs. They are usually found by our testers and developers. Sometimes users report us registry keys that damage installed programs. Default excluded lists are inaccessible for editing and deleting.

It is always possible to restore to the Default excluded lists using the Restore default button. Note that then all user-added entries will be lost.

Adding a new registry entry into the excluded list is also available just after registry scanning. To add an entry please do the registry scan, then select the entry to be excluded and add it to the list using the right mouse click pop-up menu.