What should I do after using CCleaner?

[LukeOX]

I've been using CCleaner for once a weak for two months now, and after reading this article Are Registry Cleaners Safe to Use? ~ Chris Pirillo, I realized I've harmed my machine instead of "cleaning" it. What should I do now?

 

[zigzag3143]

I've been using CCleaner for once a weak for two months now, and after reading this article Are Registry Cleaners Safe to Use? ~ Chris Pirillo, I realized I've harmed my machine instead of "cleaning" it. What should I do now?

If it isnt broken dont worry about it. If it is do a repair install, or a complete install of the OS.



Ken

 

[LukeOX]

I've been using CCleaner for once a weak for two months now, and after reading this article Are Registry Cleaners Safe to Use? ~ Chris Pirillo, I realized I've harmed my machine instead of "cleaning" it. What should I do now?

If it isnt broken dont worry about it. If it is do a repair install, or a complete install of the OS.



Ken

May I ask how you are running Windows 8?

 

[Lollies]

I've been using CCleaner for once a weak for two months now, and after reading this article Are Registry Cleaners Safe to Use? ~ Chris Pirillo, I realized I've harmed my machine instead of "cleaning" it. What should I do now?

If it isnt broken dont worry about it. If it is do a repair install, or a complete install of the OS.



Ken

I've been using CCleaner for once a weak for two months now, and after reading this article Are Registry Cleaners Safe to Use? ~ Chris Pirillo, I realized I've harmed my machine instead of "cleaning" it. What should I do now?

Well that's a downer, I like CCleaner.

 

[Snakeyeskm]

CCleaner is still a great program to use. Just don't use/run the registry option. If your system is running fine, do not worry. Registry cleaners can, the operative word is can,cause problems but will not always cause problems. Registry fragmentation (as mentioned in the article), unless severe, will not slow down your computer.

 

[Wishmaster]

Ccleaners Reg. cleaner is actually rather mild.
For the most part, it does fine without any major problems.

Allthough Ccleaner usually only deletes safe entries, I would suggest not using the Reg. Cleaner portion of it however.
Theres always a chance it could cause a problem.

If it hasn't caused any issues so far, I wouldn't worry about it. Just be mindful in the future.

I agree with Zigzag, If it isnt broken dont worry about it.

 

[Stonecaper]

So I Should not use The regcleaner Option at all...Like Ever? What About De fragmenting the registry?What should be the frequency to do it?In general How Would U perform The daily Maintainance of Your computer?

@OP Sorry to Hijack your thread

 

[whs]

So I Should not use The regcleaner Option at all...Like Ever? What About De fragmenting the registry?What should be the frequency to do it?In general How Would U perform The daily Maintainance of Your computer?

@OP Sorry to Hijack your thread

Those who peddle Regcleaners should be fined. There is absolutely no need for these destructive programs. The "registry fragmentation" is not a real problem, just perceived.
As to your daily maintenance - best is to do nothing other than defrag the HDD once a month and delete temporary files if there are more than 1GB worth. For that, CCleaner is useful.

 

[Stonecaper]

So I Should not use The regcleaner Option at all...Like Ever? What About De fragmenting the registry?What should be the frequency to do it?In general How Would U perform The daily Maintainance of Your computer?

@OP Sorry to Hijack your thread

Those who peddle Regcleaners should be fined. There is absolutely no need for these destructive programs. The "registry fragmentation" is not a real problem, just perceived.
As to your daily maintenance - best is to do nothing other than defrag the HDD once a month and delete temporary files if there are more than 1GB worth. For that, CCleaner is useful.

Okay....Will Follow...Thnx again for letting me know about The regcleaners

 

[ken9122]

So I Should not use The regcleaner Option at all...Like Ever? What About De fragmenting the registry?What should be the frequency to do it?In general How Would U perform The daily Maintainance of Your computer?

@OP Sorry to Hijack your thread

Those who peddle Regcleaners should be fined. There is absolutely no need for these destructive programs. The "registry fragmentation" is not a real problem, just perceived.
As to your daily maintenance - best is to do nothing other than defrag the HDD once a month and delete temporary files if there are more than 1GB worth. For that, CCleaner is useful.

You don't need "daily maintenance"

 

[EzioAuditore]

IF u understand what those keys are/refer to then u can use them, but with caution i.e. not deleting the entries about which you don't know what they're.
Better yet, make a backup of the keys your gonna delete as offered by CCleaner.

 

[Stonecaper]

What about Those Softwares whose Folders i have deleted accidentally and they are Still Listed in Add/remove Programs / RevoU?
I Have Seen that one Registry clean Solves it....

 

[EzioAuditore]

What about Those Softwares whose Folders i have deleted accidentally and they are Still Listed in Add/remove Programs / RevoU?
I Have Seen that one Registry clean Solves it....

Yeah! Ccleaner will most probably list them as "Missing Unistall Reference" or similar and you can remove them from there. They no longer will appear in Windows's uninstall or Revo's list.

 

[shozum]

Aye, I don't move a lot of files around myself so I only use it about once every 3 months when I perform all my other scheduled tasks. I take about a hour out of my day and clean out the inside (2 smokers and 2 cats put out a lot of dirt and grime), defrag, run the cleaner, and just make sure everything is tightened down and still spinning like it should. My older 9500GT I usually take out and take a q-tip to since the fan is starting to show signs of age and I also pay special attention to the power supply since that could cause a fire and would bork my entire system if it went out.

 

[Maxxwire]

After reading this article Are Registry Cleaners Safe to Use? ~ Chris Pirillo, I realized I've harmed my machine instead of "cleaning" it. What should I do now?

Not everyone agrees with Chris Pirillo's or his friend Kat's opinion.

~Maxx~

 

[dannyboy2005]

I use PC Tune ups 2011 & Uniblue PC Suite 2011 to maintain my pc. Along with Diskmax (Which i have to say, is actually amazing)

I do use CC cleaner and do use it to delete old registry problems, so far I've not had any problem. I maintain my pc daily.

To be quite frank, if you “clean” your registry often enough, it will become fragmented. That WILL result in slower system performance… quite the opposite of what you were trying to accomplish in the first place. I think I’d rather have orphaned keys in my registry, instead of deleting something by a so-called “cleaner” that should have never been touched.

I never knew this :S

 

[ken9122]

I use PC Tune ups 2011 & Uniblue PC Suite 2011 to maintain my pc. Along with Diskmax (Which i have to say, is actually amazing)

I do use CC cleaner and do use it to delete old registry problems, so far I've not had any problem. I maintain my pc daily.

To be quite frank, if you “clean” your registry often enough, it will become fragmented. That WILL result in slower system performance… quite the opposite of what you were trying to accomplish in the first place. I think I’d rather have orphaned keys in my registry, instead of deleting something by a so-called “cleaner” that should have never been touched.

I never knew this :S

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