Best Registry Cleaner HelP?

[gregriv]

hi, what is the recommended registry cleaner on the martket? There's so many out there.

[Green Giant]

A1 Ultra PC Cleaner from www.superwin.com and updates are free.

[Green Giant]

I should have said RegVac (also from www.superwin.com) as this is more thorough than A1 Cleaner. I have both and would not be without either of them.

[L Bainbridge]

My preference would be for jvPower Tools 2006.
It has a normal (or invariably safe) mode and an aggressive mode as well as giving you quite a lot of other areas of control/ clean up of your system.
Tune Up utilities Reg cleaner is also fairly good in my experience.
RegSeeker seems good if you are looking for a free one.

[bellgamin]

The foundational oath of a physician is "First, do no harm."

The same should be true for a registry cleaner. In other words, a registry cleaner that creates a really really clean registry that no longer functions is NO BLOODY GOOD.:P

Ergo, the need is for an optimum balance between "cleans good" & "safe to use." The two I recommend DO have this balance. They are. . .

Free. . .
RegSeeker (http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm)

NON-free (one-time payment of $29.95). . .
Ace Utilities (http://www.acelogix.com/)

NOTE- You can get a for-real discount of 10% on Ace from DozLeng Security Website (http://www.dozleng.com/updates/index.php?autocom=shop&CODE=02&cat=13).

[the Tester]

Ace Utilities is the program that I use for registry cleaning and junk file removal.
I highly recommend it.

Before using a registry cleaner keep a few things in mind;
1)If you are cleaning up after uninstalling software identify the traces that you remove.
2)The most important feature in these types of programs is a backup feature.If there isn't one,don't use that program.Check to make sure that the backup is enabled before using such a program.
3)Read the help file for possible recommendations from the program's developer.
4)If possible purchase a lifetime or one-time only license.

[pvsurfer]

Consistent with bellgamin's infinite wisdom, I highly recommend Tune-Up Utilities 2006. Not the most aggessive cleaner out there, but very good nevertheless and most important, very safe!

http://www.tune-up.com/info/lp/tuneup-utilities/?ap=1646

[WSFuser]

i just use the registry cleaner built-in to ccleaner. its simple and effective.

[sweater]

TuneUp Utilities 2006, Registry Mechanic v5.2, and EasyCleaner v2. :thumb:

I think they are the best.... ;)

[mistycat]

TU 2006 - very safe; various freeware versions here: http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/index.html JV 16 seems very good and safe and Regseeker although I only delete green items but deleting all items it found in the past didn't cause any issues. For some it seems to.

[ErikAlbert]

The most aggressive registry cleaner, I've ever seen is Stompsoft's Registry Repair.
For awhile I thought RegSeeker had that title, but RegSeeker is nothing compared with Registry Repair.
If RegSeeker reports 200 registries, Registry Repair will report 400+ registries.

Registry Repair reported about 700 registries on my computer and because I like it extreme, I removed all of them and my computer was still working properly, except that my folder settings were back to default.
Nevertheless I restored them back after the test. I don't remove unused legimitate registries, like most users do. :)

I would recommend JV16, Fred Langa's favorite one, but I stick to Registry Repair, because it's one of the very few registry cleaners with complete selection features for removal, exclusion and undo exclusions. :)

[screamer]

I've been using a host of registry cleaners after following ErikAlbert's quest to find "the best".

I trailed StompSoft: After deleteing several hundred unique entries, several times..., they never showed up again. I deleted the app.

Currently using: Registry Mechanic, Ccleaner, Eusing Free, RegSeeker, JV16 (old free ver.) RegScrubXP, and RegCure*.

*= excellent app :)

All are free except RegMech & RegCure (http://regcure.com)

hth,

...screamer

[Spyros]

-{ Quote: "

Currently using: ... ... Eusing Free ... ..." }-

How is Eusing Free Registry Cleaner? I just found about it today. (http://www.eusing.com/free_registry_cleaner/registry_cleaner.htm)

as well as

Free Windows Registry Cleaner (http://www.free-windows-registry-cleaner.com/free_windows_registry_cleaner.html).
This one seems to be brand new.

[screamer]

Spyros, I find that using one reg cleaner doesn't do a sufficient job.

Prior to using "any" registry cleaner, I BU w/ ERUNT. Then I clean to my hearts content. Worst case is I have to restore a SnapShot w/ FD-ISR.

Back to your question: Eusing is a good registry cleaner. I would say it's on par w/ Registry Mechanic. Seem to find basically the same issues.

hth.

...screamer

[ErikAlbert]

-{ Quote: "Free Windows Registry Cleaner (http://www.free-windows-registry-cleaner.com/free_windows_registry_cleaner.html).
This one seems to be brand new." }-
If it doesn't have a registry backup, you can ditch it and they also don't mention exclusion or undo exclusion, only removal. Seems to me a very basic registry cleaner.

[Spyros]

Thank you for the info, screamer & ErikAlbert :)

[Mrkvonic]

Hello,
I find TuneUp Utilities 2006 to be a very nice, friendly tool.
Mrk

['G']

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