(In 20+ years of cleaning the registry I've never had to restore one because of a botched cleanup job. Line 6 POD Farm software with FX Junkie model pack.
The only thing I suggest users learn to do is backup the registry beforehand. Make sure one of your Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 drivers is selected as Playback Timing Master. I have been informed that this is a fairly common problem with.
FOCUSRITE SCARLETT 2I2 DRIVER PROBLEM HOW TO
You don't have to know a thing about how it works - only how to run it. I have the Focusrite ASIO driver selected in Audition, thats when I get the error message. I get that some folks are leery of anything to do with the registry, but a registry cleaner is just another tool. Also, by leaving the old drivers in there, you never know if they'll cause a problem again down the road. After a reboot, all the old driver bits are gone! This ensures a thorough fix as opposed to installing on top of the corrupted code and hoping it all works out. You don't even have to go into the registry editor if you have a utility like JVPowertools or CCleaner, which searches for and cleans up all unused registry entries. It's not hackery, but rather cleaning up bits of leftover code. Petemus That's what I did, and it went well, without registry hackery or such.