Hey John, try using regcleaner 4.3 by juoni vuori. From here.
This program deletes things like dead registry links and the like. Follow these steps to do a succesful registry cleaning:
Go & click on the drop-down menu [tools]

click on [registry cleanup]

then click on do them all

after finishing, click on the drop-down menu [Select] and click on [all]

Then go to the right lower side of the program and click on [Remove Selected]

It should now go to a process of removing dead links. Congratulations, you've just cleaned your registry!