Registry First Aid (Backups) by Registry

What is Registry First Aid (Backups)?

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Overview

How do I clean Registry First Aid (Backups)?

Registry First Aid (Backups) may store excess, temporary data on your computer that can take up valuable space. It may also store private data such as passwords or browsing history in the registry or on the file system. The easiest way to erase this data is by downloading AppCleaner, it is 100% free and about 1MB in size. A portable version is also available.

Clean Registry First Aid (Backups)
with AppCleaner

If you want to clean Registry First Aid (Backups) manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There are nine locations in the file system where Registry First Aid (Backups) stores data that can be cleaned.

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by Registry First Aid (Backups) and to gain free disk space, examine the following file system locations. First of all, open a command prompt window:

• Hit the Windows key , usually located in the lower left of your keyboard between the Ctrl and Alt keys.
• Windows XP/Vista/7: Click Run...
• Type cmd
• Hit Enter

Now list all the files stored by Registry First Aid (Backups) that can be cleaned:

1. Type dir /s %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\RFA_Backups\*
   • Windows XP: Type dir /s %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\RFA_Backups\*
2. Type dir %UserProfile%\NTUSER.tmp
3. Type dir %UserProfile%\UsrClass.tmp
4. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\NTUSER.tmp
   • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\NTUSER.tmp
5. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.tmp
   • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.tmp
6. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ProgramData\RFA_Backups\*
   • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\VirtualStore\ProgramData\RFA_Backups\*
7. Type dir %WinDir%\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\*.tmp
8. Type dir %WinDir%\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\*.tmp.LOG1
9. Type dir %WinDir%\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\*.tmp.LOG2
10. Type dir %WinDir%\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\*.tmp
11. Type dir %WinDir%\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\*.tmp.LOG1
12. Type dir %WinDir%\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\*.tmp.LOG2
13. Type dir %WinDir%\System32\config\systemprofile\*.tmp
14. Type dir %WinDir%\System32\config\systemprofile\*.tmp.LOG1
15. Type dir %WinDir%\System32\config\systemprofile\*.tmp.LOG2
16. Type dir %WinDir%\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\*.tmp
17. Type dir %WinDir%\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\*.tmp.LOG1
18. Type dir %WinDir%\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\*.tmp.LOG2
19. Type dir %WinDir%\System32\config\*.tmp
20. Type dir %WinDir%\System32\config\*.tmp.LOG1
21. Type dir %WinDir%\System32\config\*.tmp.LOG2

Once you have identified the files stored by Registry First Aid (Backups) that you want to clean, delete them using the del command or Windows Explorer.

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