Free Registry Cleaner?

[ebarn]

Whats the best free registry cleaner?

I know there is a sticky with some programs, but I would like some input from other users to see if one is recommended over the others.

Thanks.

 

[A Guy]

Welcome ebarn, I think what you'll mostly get here is opinions that registry cleabers are not a good idea. Windows 7 does a good job of managing the registry. If you feel you absolutely must use one, the only one I'd universally suggest is the one built into CCleaner

CCleaner

If you do use it, you should know exactly what it is it wants to clean, and make a restore point 1st. A Guy

 

[ebarn]

Thanks Guy. I''ll take a look at that.

I want to clean it up because I have been having a problem were I keep getting an error with WerFault.exe. I want to try everything I can to try and fix the system before I resort to restore points or even clean installs.

Thanks again.

 

[A Guy]

You are welcome, you'd be better served starting a thread about your WerFault.exe problem. And a restore point is a good option, but before you'd do a clean install, you'd want to try a repair install, leaving all your files and programs. Let us know iff you'd like help with original problem in the appropriate forum. A Guy

 

[ebarn]

You are welcome, you'd be better served starting a thread about your WerFault.exe problem. And a restore point is a good option, but before you'd do a clean install, you'd want to try a repair install, leaving all your files and programs. Let us know iff you'd like help with original problem in the appropriate forum. A Guy

I did, it's in the Crashes and Debugging forum. Would that be the correct place?

 

[AussieGuy92]

it's not free but it does not cause any screw ups or problems with windows 7, tune up utilities but its not that expensive.

 

[electrotune1200]

Cleaning up your registry will rarely correct errors. The root of this problem lies elsewhere.

 

[brianzion]

hi
here is some software you might be interested in

Ashampoo® - We Make Software!

 

[karlsnooks]

Another strong vote for CCleaner.

CCleaner
CCleaner - Optimization and Cleaning - Free Download

CCleaner is the number-one tool for cleaning your Windows PC.
Removes unused files, can clean traces of your online activities, contains a registry cleaner.

 

[brianzion]

hi here is another

Auslogics Registry Cleaner - One of the safest Registry Cleaners

 

[windows7theme]

Cleaning up your registry will rarely correct errors. The root of this problem lies elsewhere.

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If you still want to go for a registry cleaner I would advise you to check out glary utilities which is free. I have used it and it is much more than a registry cleaner and a great software. Just make sure that you skip the box of installing their search bar on your browser while you install it for the first time. If you skip the bar everything else is quite ok. I have not used it for a long time and I dont have it in Windows 7 but it is a good software I used previously.

http://www.glaryutilities.com/

 

[SIW2]

Glary Utilities works well in Win 7 too.

 

[A Guy]

I have personally used a number of these on my own system, well backed up. But I wouldn't recommend them, which is why I didn't list them. If I mess up my machine fine, but I won't recommend things that might mess up yours

A Guy