Registry Cleaner

[RonBin79]

Hopefully I am in the right Forum, if not let me know and I will try elsewhere.

 

[Orbital Shark]

It's a good place to start but can you give details of what it is you wish to know?

 

[gregrocker]

I wouldn't use any other than CCleaner Disk tab to "Run Cleaner," followed by Registry tab to Analyze then Clean Up the shells it finds - save a backup when prompted.

Most other Registry cleaners are sales scams with no genius behind them, as compared to CCleaner which may be the most highly respected app in all of the tech world.

 

[DeaconFrost]

Hopefully I am in the right Forum, if not let me know and I will try elsewhere.

Well, you could try asking a question, and then we'll let you know if you're in the right spot or not.

 

[Tepid]

Registry Cleaner

99.9999999999999% of them are bogus garbage that do more harm than good.

The only Exception, As Long As You Know What You Are Actually Doing is CCleaner.

Otherwise, avoid them all, they are not actually needed for any other reason than you are actually having registry issues.

There is no point to trying to clean the registry to make it faster,, that is a myth.

 

[GeneO]

Skip 'em all. Unnecessary and potentially toxic/hazardous

 

[Sardonicus]

How important is it clean out your registry?
After reading the advantages and disadvantages, I'm skeptical.
Registry cleaner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Kari]

How important is it clean out your registry?
After reading the advantages and disadvantages, I'm skeptical.
Registry cleaner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

+1.

Extract from that Wikipedia article:

There is no reliable way for a third party program to know whether any particular key is invalid or redundant. Poorly designed registry cleaners may not know for sure whether a key is still being used by Windows or what detrimental effects removing it may have.

Nothing more to say, the bet is still on: http://www.sevenforums.com/software/88826-any-thoughts-registry-cleaners-6.html#post1177675

Kari

 

[DeaconFrost]

I sincerely hope this doesn't turn into a debate again, but simply put, those who say CCleaner is worthless don't have the experience to really speak on the topic. I won't discuss other apps because I don't use them, but I have given several real examples of how CCleaner's registry clean solved issues for me, like failed ATI driver installs, cleaning up after an app or driver removal that was preventing a reinstall, etc. There have been several issues that CCleaner has helped me out with. It's also free, and provides several other tools. It is far from useless.

It has never caused me a problem in years of usage on all of my systems. If you are worried, it provides a simple and easy backup method.

 

[vicnard12]

Acelogix Ace Utilities does the job for me. i got CCleaner on my other machine, and it didn't beat Ace Utilities as far as my experience is concern when it comes to "cleaning".

just my thoughts!

but i have nothing against the written articles re: 3rd party cleaners..

 

[RonBin79]

Registry Cleaners

Thank you gentlemen for your words of wisdom. I have downloaded the free version of CCleaner and on its first run, it found a whole lot of rubbish which I was able to clear out. Not being computer technically experienced or minded, I shall only be using the basic operation, running the cleaner, analyzing and deleting, that will do for me.

If I ever have any serious problems with my system, I will turn to Windows7 Forums for help because I know there an awful lot of you here who are very experienced and willing to help and for that I say "Thank You"

Regards,

RonBin79

 

[Tepid]

Just remember that even CCleaners Reg Cleaner should only be used when there is an actual problem in the registry.

 

[RonBin79]

Reg Cleaners

For sure, I will only use it, if and when I have to. Thanks again.

RonBin79

 

[DeaconFrost]

Yeah, I'd agree with that. I don't use it on a regular basis. I use it if there's an issue, or a failed app install, or if I remove some apps and want to make sure they are completely gone. Nero 7, for example, leaves plenty of junk in the registry when you remove it.

 

[RonBin79]

Reg Cleaner

Yes, AOL is even worse I believe.

 

[yowanvista]

Ccleaner is safe to use since it creats a registry backup

 

[TBoyd]

I've always read good things about Ccleaner, so I don't intend on starting any debates. Anyone using JV16 Power Tools? I have been using them for several years, and have been quite satisfied. They always have the option of backing up the fixed/removed registry entries. It would be risky to not select that option! It also gives me about 4 different options of how thorough the scan is to be run, from safe to aggressive. I've found that it is good to run the registry cleaner after major upgrades or program uninstalls. That's when I find a lot of leftover junk.

 

[Tepid]

This statement is for those who are not technical, or want to deal with potential problems that they would then need to repair or nuke and reload.

Yes, having the backups is nice,
but it is still best to avoid using it if not absolutely necessary.
Just because you can create a backup does not mean it will be a quick 5 minute restore fix.

Why create a problem if one does not exist.

not everyone will have good luck in restoring a damaged registry when windows will not boot.
Or the process can be lengthy and troublesome for those who have never done it.

Best to avoid the potential problems.


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