What is a good, reliable registry cleaner?

JamesR404 said:

I'd give my vote to Tune Up utilities.

I've seen that program cause way too many BSODs to back you up there.

CCleaner has a proven track record.
I have used it for years and have had no problems with it

Mellon Head said:

Jonathan_King said:

JamesR404 said:

I'd give my vote to Tune Up utilities.

I've seen that program cause way too many BSODs to back you up there.

Agreed. It trashed my last Vista system so bad I had to buy Win 7 to cheer myself up. :)

I now have a "no tune up" policy.

You are wise. :)

seven works better by default. you don't need 3rd party unless the situation demand you too which is rarely

I have a few registry cleaners that I have found safe for MY system, but that said, many of the registry cleaners are far too aggressive, and WILL bork your system if you don't know what it is they want to remove. The only registry cleaner I recommend universally is CCleaner. It may not be as thorough, but it is the only program I know of that has caused no problems for anyone I know or have run across.

Using a good uninstaller program (I use Your Uninstaller myself) such as Revo Uninstaller will remove most of the leftover registry entries. CCleaner for the "safest" registry cleaner. A Guy

P.S. ERUNT and NTREGOPT both work fine with Windows 7 if you set a scheduled task for ERUNT, or use this batch file:

http://web.ncf.ca/pat/pdqlib/erunt.html

Description of ERUNT

When the Windows registry gets corrupted, it can mess up your entire system. Emergency Recovery Utility NT--but you can call it ERUNT--lets you back up your registry. With ERUNT's restore folders, you can restore your NT-based system to its full glory. And if your PC's sorry state has reduced you to a mess, too, don't worry; ERUNT doesn't have any complicated settings. You can set ERUNT to automatically backup and restore the folders, too.

A Guy said:

I have a few registry cleaners that I have found safe for MY system, but that said, many of the registry cleaners are far too aggressive, and WILL bork your system if you don't know what it is they want to remove. The only registry cleaner I recommend universally is CCleaner. It may not be as thorough, but it is the only program I know of that has caused no problems for anyone I know or have run across.

Using a good uninstaller program (I use Your Uninstaller myself) such as Revo Uninstaller will remove most of the leftover registry entries. CCleaner for the "safest" registry cleaner. A Guy

P.S. ERUNT and NTREGOPT both work fine with Windows 7 if you set a scheduled task for ERUNT, or use this batch file:

PDQ Library: Backup/restore Windows 7 registry using ERUNT

Description of ERUNT

When the Windows registry gets corrupted, it can mess up your entire system. Emergency Recovery Utility NT--but you can call it ERUNT--lets you back up your registry. With ERUNT's restore folders, you can restore your NT-based system to its full glory. And if your PC's sorry state has reduced you to a mess, too, don't worry; ERUNT doesn't have any complicated settings. You can set ERUNT to automatically backup and restore the folders, too.

Have you ever seen the registry get corrupted and bring down a system, other than malware? Neither have I.

The only time I see registry related problems is when someone has run a registry cleaner or optimizer on it.

nah... no matter how complicated technology is,you still need manpower to operate
.System break down when the person itself operate the reg tool