• Svchost.exe tools will either repair or remove corrupt items from your Windows Registry.pc image by Dron from Fotolia.com
  
  Svchost.exe is a shell program that allows Windows to access the Windows Registry and run certain programs. This program helps otherwise unexecutable programs to run, and these programs include any .dll (dynamic link library) files. Problems arise when there are either too many instances of the Svchost.exe program or when there is a bottleneck in the system. Svchost.exe error programs will search for errors in your registry and repair them.
  
  

RegCure

• This is a general Windows Registry cleaner program that searches your registry for errors, including Svchost.exe errors. It will also search your registry for old, corrupt, empty, duplicate or missing registry items. If the item is old or corrupt, you can set up the program to automatically remove them, or you can remove them yourself. RegCure will back up your registry before it starts cleaning it, which allows you to recover accidentally deleted, but needed Windows Registry items. Other features of this program include allowing you to set it up to run at certain times, and showing you the progress of the scan. It will also defrag your registry, which is the process of freeing up the space left by deleted programs or files. This helps your system run faster. You can run a free scan on your computer, but you must purchase the program to fix or remove registry items. The program costs between $29.90 and $39.90 in 2010.
  
  

Error Repair

• The Error Repair program is compatible with Windows 98 SE (Standard Edition), Me (Millennium), 2000, XP, Vista and 7, and it allows you to repair Svchost.exe errors. This tool will also scan for any errors within your registry, and you use this tool to remove old, corrupt or empty registry items. It will also run a virus scan on your computer to determine whether or not the Svchost.exe errors are actual errors or viruses. Some viruses use the Svchost.exe name to hide in your registry and do damage. You can run a free virus/registry scan with this program, but you must purchase the full version to remove the virus or registry items. As of 2010, the program costs approximately $30.
  
  

RegGenie

• This program also allows you to run a free registry scan, but you must purchase the program to remove registry items. The program costs between $29.99 and $34.95 in 2010. RegGenie runs a full scan on your registry, and it searches for errors, duplicate entries, obsolete and potentially dangerous entries. It will then either remove these items from your registry, or it will repair the errors. This program is compatible with Windows XP, Vista and 7, and 32- and 64-bit systems.