Can't repair Windows 7 registry errors

[Afakasii]

wasnt sure where to post this, so i thought id try here.

Up until recently my laptop started displaying broken icons on my taskbar.
after extensive googling, deleting the Iconcache.db and running several registry scanners, i noticed alot of my registry files were corrupted or missing.

attempting to repair them with windows registry repair hasnt worked, after it says it been repaired, i run the scan again an it still comes up with the same corrupted/missing registry files. Ive tried restoring my laptop to factory condition, but
running the registry scanner i still see alot of files broken/missing.

is there any other way i can repair my registry without wiping my drive again?
can anyone plz help?

 

[brucethetech]

Ive tried restoring my laptop to factory condition, but
running the registry scanner i still see alot of files broken/missing.

this should not happen. either you did not restore to factory or you have faulty software on there after the wipe. registry scanners are not a good idea and they will always find something wrong. also, if the goal was to get icons back can you see them now with the errors.

 

[Afakasii]

thanks for the quick reply bruce, much appreciated.