Unfortunately, as is the way these days, having a nice trouble free Windows install doesn’t seem to last very long from the time you start using it. As soon as you begin putting hardware drivers or new software on it, the potential for minor or even major issues to appear, increases. Quite often, some bits of software don’t remove themselves very cleanly from the system and other times, one program might not play very nicely with another. Add into the mix fake antivirus programs and other malicious software changing system settings to stop you doing even simple tasks, and you can see yourself needing something to fix the problem rather quickly.
Have a good look around, and it will not take too long to come across a utility that will ‘fix’ your Windows issues with the click of a button. In fact there are so many, it may take more time to pick the right program to fix your issues than it could do to sort it out yourself. Sometimes, it’s just nice to have a utility that is simple to use and doesn’t give you a million options, but can get a number of tasks done with the minimum of fuss.
A little utility called 7 Quick Fix 2.0 is just such a program. There are a total of 108 options available for fixing common Windows 7 errors and problems as well as a few tweaks thrown in for good measure. As the name implies, this is more of a quick and easy one-click-fix type of utility as opposed a more comprehensive, in depth and deep down repairer like Tweaking.com’s Windows Repair (All In One) tool.
To start with, the program IS portable but it’s a bit of an odd situation because you need to install it first and then copy the standalone 1.1 MB QF.exe from the ‘C:\Program files\7 Quick Fix’ folder, then uninstall again. Be careful to disable the toolbar / facebook smiley option during install.
As you can see, the main window is pretty clean with six different categories represented by the icons in the middle. They are; ‘Enable / Disable’ (default screen), ‘Restore Missing Stuff’, ‘Performance’, ‘Errors and Crashes’, ‘Tweaks’ and finally ‘Associations’.
The top part of the Window shows each fix or tweak in each category and by hovering over each button, you will get a description of what the tweak actually does and any instructions like needing a reboot.
The default window is ‘Enable / Disable’ and contains some useful options like enabling the Task Manager or Control Panel again after a malware attack.
The second window is for ‘Restore Missing Stuff’ and is useful if you have such problems as no access to optical drives or Windows Aero has somehow been disabled.
‘Performance’ is mainly for altering certain delay times for various things like start menu delay and Taskbar Thumbnail display.
‘Errors and crashes’ has a few fixes for various issues like errors when launching Internet Explorer or Computer Management.
The ‘Tweaks’ window is mainly for adding things like ‘Copy to’, ‘Command Prompt Here’ and ‘Take Ownership’ to the context menu as well as some options for the ‘Send To’ menu.
The last windows is for ‘Associations’ and could prove useful if opening a certain type of file has odd results like opening the wrong associated program.
7 Quick Fix 2 uses a combination of registry modifications, ini file modifications, re-registering system components, stopping and starting services or removing files to perform the fixes and tweaks. When any button is clicked there will be an undo folder named after the fix in a folder called ‘Backup’ where the QF.exe is located. Depending on the fixes applied, there will be a mixture of batch, registry and ini files along with a readme on how to reverse the procedure should you need to.
Overall, the program is easy to use and does a good job of allowing you to find and apply several fixes with the minimum of fuss. I have used it several times for various things and it works well, definitely one for the USB toolkit.
7 Quick Fix 2 is compatible with Windows 7 only (32 & 64 bit)
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