What exactly is the registry on the computer.?

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What exactly is the registry on the computer.?

What does it do and is it necessary to clean it and how often?Sorry about the questions,new to computers.Thanks everyone for answers.

2006-09-06 13:42:46 · 2 answers · asked by halfbright 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers

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The registry on the computer is a file that holds settings in the form of text for the operating system & all of the programs that are on your computer. If the registry is edited in the wrong way it can crash your whole operating system.

2006-09-06 13:59:10 · answer #1 · answered by black_ca_scorpio 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋

It is a place where the computer and programs store stuff that it needs to refer to from run to run. Sometimes when you remove programs the stuff remains.

2006-09-06 20:49:58 · answer #2 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋