My point in this situation is to defrag after you remove a program, yes, once would be fine in this instance, maybe twice. A proper defraged drive should get it done in seconds.
Whenever I advise doing it 3 to 4 to 5 times it`s for the people who come claiming their PC is running extremely slow and hasn`t had a re install in years and they do not want to re install :)
My Apologies AddRam I was only trying to make the point that to save space cleaning the registry is not the way to go. And I'm sorry but I don't need 5000 posts to voice my opinion.
In another place, the techs are very clear on advising anyone in that other place -- do not use registry cleaners. However, I also have been using well-configured, well-setup registry cleaners and register editors cautiously, selectively -- and like the others here -- have had very few problems.
A related aside: I do not compress or compact the registry ever.
AddRAM, did you ever try out Registrar Registry Manager? I have, it's pretty cool, I was able to root out license numbers no longer needed, and now the laptop I took to school only has free stuff on it.
Last edited by AddRAM; 22 Apr 2015 at 17:47.
This might be some thing worth reviewing before using ccleaner,
CCleaner - Delete Junk Files
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