Working with PC Doc Pro
Using PC Doc Pro is very simple! All you have to do to get started is follow a few quick steps:
The following options are available and discussed onwards:
- Scan
This allows you to perform a complete scan and repair of your system. It will produce a thorough report once the errors are detected, and you can choose to repair them. - Rescue
This allows you to backup your entire system registry, or restore older backups. Use this option with extra care, as restoring your system's registry might affect the functionality of your computer! - Registry Defrag
This feature allows you to analyze and defragment your system's registry. - Results
This option shows a list of all the operations and corrections the software has made since it was first being ran. You can also choose to reset these statistics. - Tools
This feature allows you to completely customize the way your Windows starts up. You can choose to enable/disable certain programs that run when Windows starts, in order to save memory and improve your computer's speed. - Help
This button brings up this help manual on screen. - Configure Settings
This option allows you to configure your program's settings and specify how the software should behave. - Live Updates
This feature allows you to update your software with the latest version available online.
Scan
The first step when you choose to Scan is to press the Start Scan button and then to select which categories you would like to scan for errors:
By default, all categories are selected. You can...
- ...click Perform a standard scan of your PC to select/unselect all the categories automatically. (our recommended and default setting)
- ...click Deep scan analysis to perform an in-depth analysis of your computer for junk files in all directories and files. (Please note this scan can take several hours depending on how deep your directory structure is on your hard-drive and is very CPU intensive.)
- ...click Start Scan... to begin scanning your system.
The Scanning Process
This will start the actual scanning process. As the scan goes on, you will see a progress report window:
that shows you at all times the number of errors found and the scan progress. You can choose to pause the scan at any time by pressing Pause (after which you will have to press Resume to continue scanning), or Cancel the scan.
After the scan has finished, your data will be backed up automatically to preventing you from losing any data:
Once the backup process has finished, you should see the scan results:
In this window, click the Repair Errors button to repair all the errors and create a backup of all changes made automatically.
Rescue
This feature allows you to backup your system's registry, or restore previously made backups with the software.
- To create a backup, press the Backup Registry button.
- To delete a backup, select one from the list and then press the Delete Backup button.
- ...click Start Scan... to begin scanning your system.
Note
Be very careful when restoring your system's registry! This might affect the functionality of your entire computer! Use this feature with extra care.
Registry Defrag
You can choose to defragment the system registry using this feature, and analyze current registry fragmentation:
Verifying the system registry fragmentation
Click the Analyze Registry Fragmentation button to verify if the system registry is fragmented or not.
- If your registry is fragmented, you should see a screen similar to this one:
In this screen, you can now choose to defragment your registry by pressing the Defragment... button, or Cancel the defragmentation. Once you choose to defragment your registry, you will have to reboot the computer for the defragmentation to occur - this is caused by Windows locking access to the files that need to be defragmented while your operating system runs.
- If your registry is not fragmented, you will see a message telling you that you do not need to defragment your computer.
Results
This area shows you various information about your program's scanning status:
You can...
- ...clear all statistics by pressing Clear Statistics .
Note
This area allows you to access the six different advanced features that the software comes with, as follows:
Please select which feature you are interested in to continue:
Configure Settings
In this window you can configure the program settings:
Available options are listed as follows. In order to save the changes you are making, you need to press the Save Changes button first.
General Options
- Automatically run PC Doc Pro on startup
Will automatically make PC Doc Pro start when Windows starts. - Close PC Doc Pro after repair
Will close the program immediatly after a successfull repair has been made. - Automatically repair items after scanning
Tells PC Doc Pro to automatically attempt to repair all errors found once a scan has
been made. - Display splash screen before starting
If checked, will show the program's splash screen before starting the program. - Choose scanning mode when scanning for junk files
This allows you to choose between the two scanning modes available for junk files,
Light (which is the fastest, but the simplest also) and Thorough (which is the best
mode, but also the slowest).
Registry
- Please choose what areas of the registry to scan for
This allows you to choose the areas of the system registry to scan for when performing a registry check-up. It is recommended that you select all the areas, to ensure that your system's registry is in good health.
Scheduler
- Enable scheduling
If checked, it will enable the scheduling (when the settings are saved), which will allow you to automatically perform scans daily, at a predefined hour, weekly, at a predefined hour and day of the week, or monthly, at a predefined hour and on a predefined day of the month.
Ignored Registry Objects
- List of ignored registry keys
This is a list of all the ignored registry keys. These keys are not verified whenever the program performs a registry scan. You can remove items from the list by pressing the Remove Selected button, or clear the entire list by pressing Clear All. - List of ignored registry values
This is a list of all the ignored registry values. These values are not verified whenever the program performs a registry scan. You can remove items from the list by pressing the Remove Selected button, or clear the entire list by pressing Clear All.
Ignored Registry Keys
- Enter registry key matches for the program to ignore. Click "Save" when finished. If you want to ignore certain keys or values from your scan, enter them here and press the Add To List button to add them to the ignore list. Any registry key or value that contains the words of the sentence you have entered, in any order, will be ignored from the scan. You can also remove groups of words from the list by pressing the Remove Selected button, or empty the entire list by pressing Clear All.
Junk Filter
- Configure extensions
The redundant and junk file scanner in the software works by verifying your computer for lost files and temporary files left-over by third-party programs. These files' names follow a certain pattern. In here, you can define the extensions to look for when the junk scanner is active. Use the Add... button to add an extension, Remove to remove one, Info... to get more information about a certain extension, or Defaults... to restore the list to its default configuration. - Exclude the following files and folders
You can choose to exclude certain files (or folders) from a scan by adding them in this list. Use the Add File... button to add a certain file, Add Folder... to add a folder, Remove Entry to remove the selected entry from the list, or Defaults... to restore this list to its default configuration.
Redundant Files
- Please select the drives to scan for redundant files
- In here you can see a list of all your drives, and you can choose which one to scan for junk and redundant files. Simply check the checkbox associated with a disk drive to scan that drive whenever you are performing a scan for redundant and junk files.
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