| Windows 7: Need opinions about registry software |
22 Nov 2012
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#1 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 Peoria, AZ |
Need opinions about registry software Used to use a registry tool called Registry Crawler. It was one of my "must haves" to remove traces of programs that I uninstalled. The program allowed you to enter a search term and it would create a list of ALL registry entries that contain that search term.
Registry Crawler went bye-bye (only after I paid for the upgrade) and am looking for a replacement. Currently using Registry Seeker, but not that fond of it.
So if you know of program that will accomplish this or a site that discusses utilities I would be very appreciative. Thanks. | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number ASUS UL30A OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 CPU Intel Mobile Core Duo SU7300 Motherboard ASUSTek UL30A Memory 4.0GB Graphics Card Mobile Intel 4 Series Chipset Sound Card Realtek High Def Monitor(s) Displays Compaq WF1907 Screen Resolution 1440x900 Hard Drives Seagate ST9500325AS |
22 Nov 2012
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#2 | | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7600 cornwall UK |
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Hewlett packard/p6512uk OS Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7600 CPU IIx4 amd athelon 635 processor Motherboard FOXCONN 2AA9 Memory 2x2gb Graphics Card ati radeon HD 5450 Sound Card (1) Realtek High Definition Audio (2) AMD High Definition Monitor(s) Displays samsung lcd tv 32" Screen Resolution 1360x 768 Keyboard wireless hp Mouse wireless Hp,optical PSU ? Cooling air! Hard Drives (1) WDC WD10 01FAES-60Z2A0 SATA Disk Device (2) Maxtor OneTouch USB Device (3) ST310003 33AS USB Device (4) WD My Book 1111 USB Device Internet Speed 1.10mb/s Antivirus MSE Browser Firefox |
22 Nov 2012
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#3 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 Indiana/Florida U.S.A. |
Revo is my recommendation too. Its the only thing I trust to touch my registry besides me. | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number Asus G74Sx OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 CPU Intel i7 2670 Qm @2.20 Motherboard AsusTek G74Sx,1.0 Memory 16 GB DDR3 Graphics Card Nvidia Geforce GTX 560M -2040mb Monitor(s) Displays Generic Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 Hard Drives Crucial M4 128 gb SSD Internal/ 500gb Western Digital internal @ 7200 rpm (love the dual internal drives!)
1t Western Digital External, 500gb Western Digital External
500gb Seagate External x 2 Antivirus Avast Free Browser Opera/Maxthon3/Comodo Dragon (very rarely) |
22 Nov 2012
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#4 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1 Northern Ohio |
I also use Revo to remove programs and all those little left overs. Works great.Other than using regedit to search things out such as you mentioned I also use Everything Search. It will find anything you type in if it is on your system. With a right click you can find where it is and a lot of other information. One must be careful using this program. Once removed it for sure is gone. Revo Uninstaller - CNET Download.com
Everything Search http://www.voidtools.com/ http://www.voidtools.com/download.php
------------- I say again. Windows built in regedit and these programs must be use wisely. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home made Desktop OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1 CPU Intel i7-960-3.2 @ 4.25 Motherboard ASUS P6X58D-E Memory KINGSTON KHX2000C9, Hyper X,12 GIGS Graphics Card MSI/Nvidia/460GTX-Cyclone 1GD5/OC Monitor(s) Displays DYNEX 40 IN. Screen Resolution 1920-1080 or 1280-720 HDMI Keyboard M/S 3000 v 2.0 wireless Mouse M/S 5000 wireless PSU Corsair AX-850 Plus Gold Case Corsair 600T (Black) + side panel with 2 140 mm Noctua fans Cooling Corsair H50/2 Noctua NF-P12 (120 mm) Push/Pull- Hard Drives INTEL SSD 120GB-SER 510
Seagate 1TB SATA 600 7200 rpm Hard Drive Internet Speed 3.0 mb Antivirus Microsoft Security Eesentials Browser I.E. 10 default/Firefox Other Info LG BluRay-Read/Write
Sound system
KLipsch-THX
Asus Router RTN-12
2 Noctua 140 added on top of 600t case
Malwarebytes Anti Malware Professional
Windows 7 Firewall |
22 Nov 2012
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#5 | | |
I've found NirSoft utilities to be very safe. RegScanner will pull up searches in a list. Also I think you can double click or some other action to bring up the RegEdit open to that key. RegScanner: Alternative to RegEdit find/search/scan of Windows
Also CCleaner has a "registry issue" finder that lets you delete unreferenced keys. But I would back up before making changes. I only got burned once when that release had a bug in that feature. It's since been fixed. But when doing Registry it's good practice to back up. CCleaner provides a .reg backup, you can make a restore point and also use ERUNT free reg backup. Sounds like a lot but the restore point takes about 10 times longer than doing the other two. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Media Center OS Windows 7 32 bit CPU AMD 5200+ dual core Memory 2 GB Graphics Card NVidia GeForce 6150SE 128 MB Monitor(s) Displays CRT Screen Resolution 1280x1024 Keyboard PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Wheel Mouse Hard Drives 500 GB Sata internal :
SIIG USB 3.0 docking stations w/WD Caviar Black 6 Gb/s drives Other Info SIIG USB 3.0 PCIexpress card. |
22 Nov 2012
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#6 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1 Northern Ohio |
Restore point are quick compared to not having them when needed. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home made Desktop OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1 CPU Intel i7-960-3.2 @ 4.25 Motherboard ASUS P6X58D-E Memory KINGSTON KHX2000C9, Hyper X,12 GIGS Graphics Card MSI/Nvidia/460GTX-Cyclone 1GD5/OC Monitor(s) Displays DYNEX 40 IN. Screen Resolution 1920-1080 or 1280-720 HDMI Keyboard M/S 3000 v 2.0 wireless Mouse M/S 5000 wireless PSU Corsair AX-850 Plus Gold Case Corsair 600T (Black) + side panel with 2 140 mm Noctua fans Cooling Corsair H50/2 Noctua NF-P12 (120 mm) Push/Pull- Hard Drives INTEL SSD 120GB-SER 510
Seagate 1TB SATA 600 7200 rpm Hard Drive Internet Speed 3.0 mb Antivirus Microsoft Security Eesentials Browser I.E. 10 default/Firefox Other Info LG BluRay-Read/Write
Sound system
KLipsch-THX
Asus Router RTN-12
2 Noctua 140 added on top of 600t case
Malwarebytes Anti Malware Professional
Windows 7 Firewall |
22 Nov 2012
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#7 | | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
I found that registry cleaners are more trouble than they are worth. And in Windows 7 they really are not required. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
23 Nov 2012
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#8 | | |

Quote: Originally Posted by Layback Bear Restore point are quick compared to not having them when needed. Since not everyone knows what ERUNT is, and most people are familiar with Restore Points, it gives an idea what's involved to use ERUNT and the CCleaner .reg backup. The point is not that restore points suck. You seem to be good at getting everything I post reversed. I guess we're not on the same brain wave length. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Media Center OS Windows 7 32 bit CPU AMD 5200+ dual core Memory 2 GB Graphics Card NVidia GeForce 6150SE 128 MB Monitor(s) Displays CRT Screen Resolution 1280x1024 Keyboard PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Wheel Mouse Hard Drives 500 GB Sata internal :
SIIG USB 3.0 docking stations w/WD Caviar Black 6 Gb/s drives Other Info SIIG USB 3.0 PCIexpress card. |
23 Nov 2012
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#9 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1 Northern Ohio |

Quote: Originally Posted by MilesAhead 
Quote: Originally Posted by Layback Bear Restore point are quick compared to not having them when needed. Since not everyone knows what ERUNT is, and most people are familiar with Restore Points, it gives an idea what's involved to use ERUNT and the CCleaner .reg backup. The point is not that restore points suck. You seem to be good at getting everything I post reversed. I guess we're not on the same brain wave length. It was not my intent to reverse anything. I was only trying to point out that the built in ability of Windows 7 to create its own restore point is quiet handy when needed. I do believe that restore point is also used when one can't boot into Windows. Boot in Last Know Good Configuration. I do use Ccleaner and it's method of backing up changes of the registry also. Using more than one safety net to me is a good thing.
I will watch my post very closely so I don't do anymore (Once again). I'm surly sorry if my post was abusive to anybody.
Happy computing to all. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home made Desktop OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1 CPU Intel i7-960-3.2 @ 4.25 Motherboard ASUS P6X58D-E Memory KINGSTON KHX2000C9, Hyper X,12 GIGS Graphics Card MSI/Nvidia/460GTX-Cyclone 1GD5/OC Monitor(s) Displays DYNEX 40 IN. Screen Resolution 1920-1080 or 1280-720 HDMI Keyboard M/S 3000 v 2.0 wireless Mouse M/S 5000 wireless PSU Corsair AX-850 Plus Gold Case Corsair 600T (Black) + side panel with 2 140 mm Noctua fans Cooling Corsair H50/2 Noctua NF-P12 (120 mm) Push/Pull- Hard Drives INTEL SSD 120GB-SER 510
Seagate 1TB SATA 600 7200 rpm Hard Drive Internet Speed 3.0 mb Antivirus Microsoft Security Eesentials Browser I.E. 10 default/Firefox Other Info LG BluRay-Read/Write
Sound system
KLipsch-THX
Asus Router RTN-12
2 Noctua 140 added on top of 600t case
Malwarebytes Anti Malware Professional
Windows 7 Firewall |
23 Nov 2012
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#10 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 Peoria, AZ |
I've used Revo for 3 years in lieu of Ashampoo Uninstaller and it does well in uninstalling. It's after the Revo uninstall that I like to use the registry tool to rid the registry of things Revo didn't get. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number ASUS UL30A OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 CPU Intel Mobile Core Duo SU7300 Motherboard ASUSTek UL30A Memory 4.0GB Graphics Card Mobile Intel 4 Series Chipset Sound Card Realtek High Def Monitor(s) Displays Compaq WF1907 Screen Resolution 1440x900 Hard Drives Seagate ST9500325AS Need opinions about registry software problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:35 PM. | |