Best Free Computer Cleaner?

[2010MegaScooter]

Best Free Computer Cleaner?
What Would Deep Clean And Get Er Done?

I Use AML Right Now.

Tell Me What Your Opinion Is On This Software I Have, (If You Know)
And Tell Me A Better One If Any... Thanks... Be Nice... I Am Only 15!

 

[SledgeDG]

What makes you think you need to mess around with clean the registry to begin with?
What gain do you expect to come from that?

My advice: leave the registry alone.

-DG

 

[The Howling Wolves]

Sledge,
Looks like another operator who will be standing in the BSOD or System Crash Line!
Any side bets as to how long it will be?

 

[whs]

Any registry cleaner is to be avoided like the plague. For temporary files, use CCleaner.

 

[2010MegaScooter]

Thanks For The Advisories..

I Will Remove AML

Thanks ... CCleaner I Have Heard Of.. It Sounds Safe.. Feel Free To Keep Posting More On This Forum..

 

[SledgeDG]

I know, HW but then again, the BSOD-Clan would soon be without customers...and we surely can't have that happen

-DG

 

[whs]

Download CCleaner 3.03.1366 - FileHippo.com

 

[Hopalong X]

Only use Ccleaner to remove what you know are left over registry fragments from an uninstall.

Please don't use it as a regular cleaner.

Also the Malwarebytes is excellent!

Mike

 

[The Howling Wolves]

I know, HW but then again, the BSOD-Clan would soon be without customers...and we surely can't have that happen

-DG

Sledge,
You are right again...got to keep the boys busy. Don 't want them to have any social life do we? hehehehe

 

[DaGooN]

These programs may be of use to those who know what they are doing to fix problems. The problem is people use this for some sort of a performance tweak and then run into problems like Windows or programs becoming unresponsive or not working as expected.

Have a read here.

The myth of Registry Cleaners

 

[yowanvista]

Windows is a closed source system. Developers of registry cleaners do not have the core code of Windows 7 and are not working on definitive information, but rather they are going on past knowledge and experience. Automatic cleaners will usually have to do some guesswork.

Modifying registry keys incorrectly can cause Windows instability, or make Windows unbootable. No registry cleaner is completely safe and the potential is ever present to cause more problems than they claim to fix.

Registry cleaners cannot distinguish between good and bad. If you run a registry cleaner, it will delete all those keys which are obsolete and sitting idle; but in reality, those keys may well be needed by some programs or windows at a later time.

Windows 7 is much more efficient at managing the registry than previous Windows versions. Even if you use the CCleaner registry to delete keys left over when uninstalling programs, these few keys will not make 1 millisecond's difference in performance. If you run CCleaner or any other registry cleaner and do not know precisely what you are doing, you will have problems down the road. There are no gains to be had from using a registry cleaner and the risk is great.

Forget all the "wisdom" you learned about XP. Windows 7 is not XP and does not manage the registry the same as XP.

 

[Ciara]

Any registry cleaner is to be avoided like the plague. For temporary files, use CCleaner.

 

[StalkeR]

Nice explanation yowan!

 

[mickey megabyte]

Nice explanation yowan!

+1, particularly:

Even if you use the CCleaner registry to delete keys left over when uninstalling programs, these few keys will not make 1 millisecond's difference in performance.

 

[seekermeister]

Unlike the others, I do use a reg cleaner, but I doubt that I would ever use a free one. There is usually a reason that something is free, and that doesn't include reliability. However, no reg cleaner is any more reliable than the person that uses it.

 

[Rockfella]

This is the best one hands down:

Download CCleaner 3.03.1366 - FileHippo.com

 

[Rockfella]

^i've not faced any issue cleaning registry with it as well.

 

[sreedhav]

Thanks For The Advisories..

I Will Remove AML
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Thanks ... CCleaner I Have Heard Of.. It Sounds Safe.. Feel Free To Keep Posting More On This Forum..

Dear 2010MegaScooter ,
You are a quick learner and you'll be better off for it! Congrats. A new version of CCleaner3.0.5 is released and you may download it from : Download CCleaner 3.05.1408 - FileHippo.com
regards,
DR.Sreedhav.

 

[stereo]

Ccleaner + Revo Uninstaller

 

[Nemix]

+1 for CCleaner.