need best free registery cleaner & fix ?????

[yvesj]

hi i want to know the best registery fix or cleaner .and do i really need one to fix my computer .did try one yesterday and found over 800 some problem .but the fix i use only allowed to remove 50 of them .to me they only remove the less critical one .so what i need is one good one to use for at lease one free month free trial.then i will find one more for one more month .so on and so on .let me know .
yvesj???

[WSFuser]

ccleaner has a good registry cleaner.

[zapjb]

I think the safest free registry cleaner is RegCleaner 4.3.0.780.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=460

[Pedro]

Does RegCleaner show what it found, to choose what to clean and what to ignore?

[TonyW]

Isn't RegCleaner what RegSupreme is now?

[yvesj]

{QUOTE-> Does RegCleaner show what it found, to choose what to clean and what to ignore? <-QUOTE}
thank you .i cant not tell you any thing about {REGCLEANER}TO ME IT THE TOP WORST .OR NO GOOD I EVER GOT INTO IT .there is not even a scan button . i do have 5 downloaded so far .and guess what am stuck with it because i cant not even remove it from my pc .it do not show on .add&remove so am not able to uninstall the damm thing .now proprely i will have restore my pc one day back to get that thing out of there .nice going .what am trying to do here is try maybe 5 or 6 and choose the 2 best one and delete the other .i will remember that name .so advise is stay away from that one period .this is my point of vue
yvesj>:(

[acr1965]

JV16 PowerTools has a last free version at the link below. It is version jv16 PowerTools 1.3. It has some nice features and has worked well for me in the past.

http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=jv16

Besides that Ccleaner has always worked well.

http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/

[Long View]

http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm

http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm

[farmerlee]

nCleaner is another free system/registry cleaner. You can also try eusing's free registry cleaner, although it asks for a donation it is free to use.

[atlantis]

If you have money :

jv16, ace utilities, registry first aid, tuneup utilities.

for free :
http://www.aplusfreeware.com/categories/LFWV/jv16Powertools.html

Ccleaner

Winaso registry optimizer -
very good but trial repair only 10 errors in one scan, you must use it a few times to repair all, trial no time limited http://www.winaso.com/

reg seeker

[EASTER.2010]

{QUOTE-> I think the safest free registry cleaner is RegCleaner 4.3.0.780. <-QUOTE}
{QUOTE-> You can also try eusing's free registry cleaner, although it asks for a donation it is free to use. <-QUOTE}

I regularly use both of these myself AFTER first using CrapCleaner. Then use Erunt's reg optimizer NTRegOpt to shrink the base followed by a reboot for basic duties. I recommend them myself. LoL Good choices.

[MICRO]

{QUOTE-> hi i want to know the best registery fix or cleaner .and do i really need one to fix my computer .yvesj??? <-QUOTE}
I can't find one poor review re.,

www.pctools.com/registry-mechanic/

maybe someone else can.

The page looks as though it will do a Scan there and then.
The ever reliable Snapfiles says RM has a free 30 day trial, but long term
it would cost 30 bucks.

[ErikAlbert]

A good registry cleaner has minimum :
1. a backup of registry, which is not always available
2. removal of registries
3. ignoring of registries, the most neglected feature in registry cleaners.
4. undo ignoring of registries
The majority of registry cleaners don't have the same selection options for ignoring, undo ignoring as for removal.

The scan result of EACH registry cleaner is DIFFERENT, because they are made by different programmers.
Some registry cleaners will report a small quantity, while others report several hundreds.
There is no safe registry cleaner, there is only safe usage of a registry cleaner and that is upto you.

[Perman]

Hi, folks: Finding free reg cleaner to test is not that hard, but deciding which one is best fit for your system is very that hard. I would do this, step by step: First, find some freewares equipped w/ ignore list and restore(undo) options. Secondly, test one at a time for a period of timeframe(let say 2-3 weeks) to see any sign of troubles. If yes, undo all deletions and try another one, until you can narrow down to few, then to pick the best one or just keep them all (finalists). Registry is a very sensitive part, you have to treat it very carefully, one tiny mistake and lack of restore possibilties, your system may be cooked, well done. Be careful.

[yvesj]

{QUOTE-> Hi, folks: Finding free reg cleaner to test is not that hard, but deciding which one is best fit for your system is very that hard. I would do this, step by step: First, find some freewares equipped w/ ignore list and restore(undo) options. Secondly, test one at a time for a period of timeframe(let say 2-3 weeks) to see any sign of troubles. If yes, undo all deletions and try another one, until you can narrow down to few, then to pick the best one or just keep them all (finalists). Registry is a very sensitive part, you have to treat it very carefully, one tiny mistake and lack of restore possibilties, your system may be cooked, well done. Be careful. <-QUOTE}
thank you .it hapen to me today i cooked my pc .i had to restore 2 day back but that did not work .so i restore to one day back.then i had problem for about 1 hr .now it running fine .but before i restore it i was not even able to get my sympatico page any more really bad .so like you say it is very tricky to fix your registry .you really have to know what you are doing .that it for me .no more playing what stuff
yvesj

[acr1965]

{QUOTE-> I can't find one poor review re.,

www.pctools.com/registry-mechanic/

maybe someone else can.

The page looks as though it will do a Scan there and then.
The ever reliable Snapfiles says RM has a free 30 day trial, but long term
it would cost 30 bucks. <-QUOTE}

I have tried Registry Mechanic and would not spend $29.95 for it. At the same price Ace Utilities or System Tune-up is a much better product. I have tried both and there is no comparison. Plus Ace Utilities has a 30 day trial as well. If PC Tools runs their registry scans anything like their free spyware scans they will try to scare people into buying their product.

http://www.acelogix.com/systuneup.html

But if you want to give Registry Mechanic a try, go right ahead. Or you can download their 5.0 version which is now offered for free.

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/downloads/2164197/registry-mechanic50

But between free products, I think C-cleaner or the JV16 Powertools version 1.3 are better options than Registry Mechanic.

If you want a pretty safe way to clean your registry there is the free Windows Live OneCare. It will clean your registry, defragment and clean-up some junk files. Plus there is some virus/spyware scanning. I doubt if the Live OneCare is as thorough as some of the paid programs like Ace Utilities but it shouldn't deleat anything that could otherwise mess-up your system. So it might be a nice place to start.

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/default.htm?mkt=en-US

[MICRO]

{QUOTE-> Hi, folks: Finding free reg cleaner to test is not that hard, but deciding which one is best fit for your system is very that hard. I would do this, step by step: First, find some freewares equipped w/ ignore list and restore(undo) options. Secondly, test one at a time for a period of timeframe(let say 2-3 weeks) to see any sign of troubles. If yes, undo all deletions and try another one, until you can narrow down to few, then to pick the best one or just keep them all (finalists). Registry is a very sensitive part, you have to treat it very carefully, one tiny mistake and lack of restore possibilties, your system may be cooked, well done. Be careful. <-QUOTE}
I Agree Perman,

I don't have XP, use only 'Regseeker' on my machine, but as you say,
'with care', it has a check box to make backups of anything one might
choose to Delete, so I keep it checked.I only Delete GREEN, and have in the past needed to right click and 'Merge' certain things back into the registry.

From Safe Mode I also use WinASO to defrag. the Reg. and have had no problems with either program, or the Reg., in years of using them.

[Perman]

Hi, folks: I feel compelled to jump out to defend registry mechanics, although I am not a big fan of PCTools. RM has never let me down since v.4, and I am using v.6, reliable and effective. I have long suspected that PCTools company is a so-called collective corporation; it compiles different OEM products from different sources and dress them with their own labels, that is why they have heavy variation of product qualities. RM appears to come from good source and w/ good genes, far superior to its other adopted siblings.:P Winaso is an excellent app. it just upgraded to v.3.0.5, I have it on my machine.

[MICRO]

{QUOTE-> If PC Tools runs their registry scans anything like their free spyware scans they will try to scare people into buying their product.
<-QUOTE}
Thanks ACR.,

Reading of peoples experiences is all that can help us bypass such grubby tactics, but as you can appreciate, we would need more than one poor review to condemn RM, at least while there are very good reviews re. the product.
So many times I read very poor reviews about particular products but then
after searching here and there find very good reviews, makes one wonder
if it's the same product.
Then again there are certain products who too many people agree on for
them to be anything but as good as the best in their field.
There was a time when Toniarts own regcleaner was reputed to be the best
in the business and free, but then JV16 free became the cat's whiskers, until it went commercial, and now there are dozens of possibles.

[atlantis]

jv16 last freeware version find more errors than regcleaner .
Very good to registry backup is Erunt http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/

[yvesj]

{QUOTE-> I have tried Registry Mechanic and would not spend $29.95 for it. At the same price Ace Utilities or System Tune-up is a much better product. I have tried both and there is no comparison. Plus Ace Utilities has a 30 day trial as well. If PC Tools runs their registry scans anything like their free spyware scans they will try to scare people into buying their product.

http://www.acelogix.com/systuneup.html

But if you want to give Registry Mechanic a try, go right ahead. Or you can download their 5.0 version which is now offered for free.

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/downloads/2164197/registry-mechanic50

But between free products, I think C-cleaner or the JV16 Powertools version 1.3 are better options than Registry Mechanic.

If you want a pretty safe way to clean your registry there is the free Windows Live OneCare. It will clean your registry, defragment and clean-up some junk files. Plus there is some virus/spyware scanning. I doubt if the Live OneCare is as thorough as some of the paid programs like Ace Utilities but it shouldn't deleat anything that could otherwise mess-up your system. So it might be a nice place to start.

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/default.htm?mkt=en-US <-QUOTE}
thank you . i did download regseeker i realy like it but the only problem is every time use use it you have 3 other icon showing on your desktop .then you have to delete them every time .
now as { window liveonecare }are you sure is not going to delete any thing i need.let me know .because it take 3 hrs to download .this why am having problem with all of them .am not good enuff on computer to choose the file i have to scan.this is how i srews my computer yesterday , i did deleted file i need it .so now i do have {SMART.PC} {FREE.REGISTRY.FIX } {REGSEEKER }but i dont which file to scan wet them ???? when you dont much about computer well it is really hard .
yvesj???

[yankinNcrankin]

I use this all the time, its very aggressive, but so far I have not had it screw up anything on my box itll clean the sh*t out of your registry very well. Then use NTREGOPT. :)
http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/

[yvesj]

{QUOTE-> I use this all the time, its very aggressive, but so far I have not had it screw up anything on my box itll clean the sh*t out of your registry very well. Then use NTREGOPT. :)
http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/ <-QUOTE}
thank you .so all i have to do is scan the registry .do i have to oncheck some of the file .or i live every thing there .all i have to is scan every one of them.?????.if i have to oncheck some of them do you know the one .?????
yvesj???

[MICRO]

{QUOTE-> thank you .so all i have to do is scan the registry .do i have to oncheck some of the file .or i live every thing there .all i have to is scan every one of them.?????.if i have to oncheck some of them do you know the one .?????
yvesj??? <-QUOTE}
yvesj,

Earlier you mentioned that when you opened REGSEEKER you had three icons.

You should only have one, but I am wondering if all these programs you are downloading are beginning to fall over each other.

When you open Regseeker you will see down on the bottom left hand corner
a checkbox, make sure it's checked before you attempt any Deleting.

Then you click on, 'Clean the Registry' and it will run through the registry
before giving you a list in it's window - ONLY click on each GREEN item to light it up, then right click on it and you should see one on the menu which says, ' Delete selected Items', click it.

Try that first, but don't Delete RED ones until you have experience, just see if your machine runs better,worse, or the same, after the next restart.

[acr1965]

{QUOTE-> ...now as { window liveonecare }are you sure is not going to delete any thing i need.let me know .because it take 3 hrs to download . <-QUOTE}

I don't think I could guarantee that nothing would go wrong. Certainly something could but that is with all programs that mess with your registry. But as far as programs I have used, Live OneCare has been the least aggressive on my system.

[yvesj]

{QUOTE-> yvesj,

Earlier you mentioned that when you opened REGSEEKER you had three icons.

You should only have one, but I am wondering if all these programs you are downloading are beginning to fall over each other.

When you open Regseeker you will see down on the bottom left hand corner
a checkbox, make sure it's checked before you attempt any Deleting.

Then you click on, 'Clean the Registry' and it will run through the registry
before giving you a list in it's window - ONLY click on each GREEN item to light it up, then right click on it and you should see one on the menu which says, ' Delete selected Items', click it.

Try that first, but don't Delete RED ones until you have experience, just see if your machine runs better,worse, or the same, after the next restart. <-QUOTE}
thank you .well i just did check to run it ,then i did click off and there is no 3 icon any more ,maybe they show up only for the first time you double click on regseeker ,this is setle,now as long i dont {delete the red check mark am safe }is that rigth ,am going to save only that one because you explain it to really good ,am going to uninstall the 2 other one , now what about {regrescue from microsoft } it do not matter anyway i will stick with {regseeker }also am running this
{superantispyware the pay version }
{avg free 432 antivirus }
{spywareblaster]
{adaware.se }
yvesj

[MICRO]

{QUOTE-> now as long as I dont {delete the red check mark am safe }is that right, am going to save only that one because you explain it really well ,am going to uninstall the other 2, now what about {regrescue from microsoft } it does not matter anyway, I will stick with {regseeker }also am running this
{superantispyware the pay version }
{avg free 432 antivirus }
{spywareblaster]
{adaware.se }
yvesj <-QUOTE}
I am not aware of this 'regrescue' from M$ yvesj, but maybe someone else might comment on it.

Yes, the other programs you mention are all very good, but I am concerned about your AVG free antivirus being 432 , where did you get that from, or is it the 7.5 version which you have NOT updated for a while ?

My AVG free is the 7.5.441 version.

I hope you have a bit of good luck re. your registry.

Kind Regards.

[yvesj]

{QUOTE-> yvesj,

Earlier you mentioned that when you opened REGSEEKER you had three icons.

You should only have one, but I am wondering if all these programs you are downloading are beginning to fall over each other.

When you open Regseeker you will see down on the bottom left hand corner
a checkbox, make sure it's checked before you attempt any Deleting.

Then you click on, 'Clean the Registry' and it will run through the registry
before giving you a list in it's window - ONLY click on each GREEN item to light it up, then right click on it and you should see one on the menu which says, ' Delete selected Items', click it.

Try that first, but don't Delete RED ones until you have experience, just see if your machine runs better,worse, or the same, after the next restart. <-QUOTE}
thank i just did the registry cleaning with {regseeker } it fund 104 items ,but i did not see any green check mark ,is this normal ,let me know ,
yvesj

[yvesj]

{QUOTE-> thank i just did the registry cleaning with {regseeker } it fund 104 items ,but i did not see any green check mark ,is this normal ,let me know ,
yvesj <-QUOTE}
well am sorry i use the wrong registry cleaner ,
now i did a registry cleaning with {regseeker} and guees what it fund { 802 }idems ,now i did count all the green one one by one .and there is {664 green one }it took me a long time to count them one by one ,lol,
now all i have to do is delete one {green one and the green one will be delete ????? let me know how to delete 664 , i hope i dont have to do it one by one ,
yvesj

[yvesj]

{QUOTE-> I am not aware of this 'regrescue' from M$ yvesj, but maybe someone else might comment on it.

Yes, the other programs you mention are all very good, but I am concerned about your AVG free antivirus being 432 , where did you get that from, or is it the 7.5 version which you have NOT updated for a while ?

My AVG free is the 7.5.441 version.

I hope you have a bit of good luck re. your registry.

Kind Regards. <-QUOTE}
thank you , sorry but you have the wrong i never saw {441 }
mine is {AVG 75 FREE_432 A 861 } now the new one is not 861 it the 904 , so i guess you are not running the same antivirus as i do , mine scan automaticly every morning when i turn my pc on , and it upgrade easy ,and it not a trial ,it free for as long you need it , where i got it it from grismos well some like that if you use avg antispyware it a trial and you cant upgrade it ,so this why i have the { superantispyware professional or the pay version this the best you cant get ,
yvesj

[yvesj]

{QUOTE-> thank you , sorry but you have the wrong i never saw {441 }
mine is {AVG 75 FREE_432 A 861 } now the new one is not 861 it the 904 , so i guess you are not running the same antivirus as i do , mine scan automaticly every morning when i turn my pc on , and it upgrade easy ,and it not a trial ,it free for as long you need it , where i got it it from grismos well some like that if you use avg antispyware it a trial and you cant upgrade it ,so this why i have the { superantispyware professional or the pay version this the best you cant get ,
yvesj <-QUOTE}

it me again , i did check it is 441 ,but the one am talking about 7.5 ,now if you want to go and check it out ,GO TO GOOGLE ,WRITE ,{AVG FREE ADVISOR }that will take you to the antivirus free adition ,you will see it the second row from the top left corner ,now you see what you get for free and what you get if you pay ,i did check mine and am still on 432 861, i do upgrade it every week ,and my check mark is green and it say am well protected so maybe it because i been having it for about 4 months now ,i dont know but all i know it free and it scan my pc every day ,
yvesj

[yvesj]

{QUOTE-> it me again , i did check it is 441 ,but the one am talking about 7.5 ,now if you want to go and check it out ,GO TO GOOGLE ,WRITE ,{AVG FREE ADVISOR }that will take you to the antivirus free adition ,you will see it the second row from the top left corner ,now you see what you get for free and what you get if you pay ,i did check mine and am still on 432 861, i do upgrade it every week ,and my check mark is green and it say am well protected so maybe it because i been having it for about 4 months now ,i dont know but all i know it free and it scan my pc every day ,
yvesj <-QUOTE}

oky i when back on google and if you write {AVG ANTIVIRUS 7.5.432 ]now go to the 5 row to {softonic }this is what i have ,
yvesj

[EASTER.2010]

{QUOTE-> I use this all the time, its very aggressive, but so far I have not had it screw up anything on my box itll clean the sh*t out of your registry very well. <-QUOTE}

LoL. Indeed. Forgot about that one. It pulls up an incredible amount of INVALIDS and i never had it mess up anything either. I always watch for "filetype unused" because i use a custom icons program that creates a new file type that you can use it to restore all those cool decorator pieces (ICONS), when the registry loses it's mind and forgets your settings; since it's microsoft, you can count on your handicraft being dismissed more than once. >:(

[MICRO]

{QUOTE-> oky i when back on google and if you write {AVG ANTIVIRUS 7.5.432 ]now go to the 5 row to {softonic }this is what i have ,
yvesj <-QUOTE}
yvesj,

This (SOFTONIC) might be where your problems came from, you really should not download anything from there.Site Advisor finds it very questionable.
I still can't quite tell what you have but unless it's 7.5.441 then it's the wrong one.

The correct place to get AVG free is from Grisoft itself.
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/
when you get to that page you must scroll down approx. 2-3 inches until
you see, Anti-Virus free, it's Orange coloured, and click on it.
Then scroll down the next page until you see the words,
Dowload free Version and click on it.
Now save that final page in your favourites.
If you scroll down the page you will come to the proper version 7.5.441
and that's the file to download from the maker's of AVG rather than these other very doubtful sources.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Regarding the Regseeker list - 664 GREEN ones, you LOL after counting them one by one, it's a wonder you were not COL (crying out loud).

With that many maybe your machine is trying to lie down and die.

I have never had more than 15 GREEN ones so I shall have to check the
HELP file to find out how to KEEP the RED ones - DELETE the GREEN ones,
but all of them rather than one by one as you say.

Maybe someone else here at Wilders knows already.

[JimIT]

{QUOTE-> I have never had more than 15 GREEN ones so I shall have to check the
HELP file to find out how to KEEP the RED ones - DELETE the GREEN ones,
but all of them rather than one by one as you say.

Maybe someone else here at Wilders knows already. <-QUOTE}

1. Go to the top GREEN listing, and highlight it by clicking.
2. Go down to the last GREEN listing you want to delete and:
3. Hold down the Shift+Alt keys as you click that listing.
4. A range of highlighted listings should light up.
5. Right-click in that range, and choose your option.

[yvesj]

{QUOTE-> yvesj,

This (SOFTONIC) might be where your problems came from, you really should not download anything from there.Site Advisor finds it very questionable.
I still can't quite tell what you have but unless it's 7.5.441 then it's the wrong one.

The correct place to get AVG free is from Grisoft itself.
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/
when you get to that page you must scroll down approx. 2-3 inches until
you see, Anti-Virus free, it's Orange coloured, and click on it.
Then scroll down the next page until you see the words,
Dowload free Version and click on it.
Now save that final page in your favourites.
If you scroll down the page you will come to the proper version 7.5.441
and that's the file to download from the maker's of AVG rather than these other very doubtful sources.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Regarding the Regseeker list - 664 GREEN ones, you LOL after counting them one by one, it's a wonder you were not COL (crying out loud).

With that many maybe your machine is trying to lie down and die.

I have never had more than 15 GREEN ones so I shall have to check the
HELP file to find out how to KEEP the RED ones - DELETE the GREEN ones,
but all of them rather than one by one as you say.

Maybe someone else here at Wilders knows already. <-QUOTE}thank you ,now as for {sofonic }i never never get my file from there ,it was only to show you what i Had ,i take all my file from [GRISOFTS } BUT IF YOU GOOGLE {AVG FREE ADVISOR }YOU WILL SEE THEM ALL THERE ,now as for {regseeker} yes it took me a wild to count them one by one ,am dumm all i ad to do is count the red one ,lol,now do you know how to delete all the green one all in one shot,oky now i do have a good one for you to answer ,now let say you do registry cleane up ,and you delete all the bad file ,now you are really filling good about it rigth ,BUT GUESS WHAT ALL THE FILEYOU JUST DELETE ARE ALL IN THERE WET ,they are in the{ back up sistem },so my point is you did not delete anything because they still there, but to different place lol ,it make you thing you pc is faster but or cant that be you never did delete nothing wet ,so thing about that one and let me know what you thing ,and try to find out HOW to delete mine , yvesj ???

[Long View]

Does anyone know how many references there are in a typical registry ? my guess is that 664 is probably represents less than 0.00001% well a very small % anyway. Just as it is possible to become overly obsessed with security - often slowing down a perfectly healthy machine - it is possible to ruin a perfectly good registry simply by overcleaning.

[yvesj]

{QUOTE-> Does anyone know how many references there are in a typical registry ? my guess is that 664 is probably represents less than 0.00001% well a very small % anyway. Just as it is possible to become overly obsessed with security - often slowing down a perfectly healthy machine - it is possible to ruin a perfectly good registry simply by overcleaning. <-QUOTE}

do you mean not to bother with the {664}green files it is nothing bad in my pc ???? ,no i will not going to cleane my pc now , i will wait for 2,3, months to do it ???? , if my pc still running fine i will not bother with it ,i thing if i run my superantispyware profesionel , it will be okay for now ,i will run a check next week to see if i have more then 664 green files ,but will not delete any thing ,i will let you know ,in the mean time try to fine out how to delete all the green files all at onetime, i will tell you some thing the next time i will count the red one it will be faster because there is less red files,lol,
yvesj

[MICRO]

{QUOTE-> 1. Go to the top GREEN listing, and highlight it by clicking.
2. Go down to the last GREEN listing you want to delete and:
3. Hold down the Shift+Alt keys as you click that listing.
4. A range of highlighted listings should light up.
5. Right-click in that range, and choose your option. <-QUOTE}
Thanks for that Jim.,

I shall keep the info. in case someone else has hundreds - with no help file for Regseeker did you figure it out via trial and error, or is this same method good in other than a Regseeker situation ?

I notice yvesj is still asking the question so he must not have noticed your
post yet.

Kind Regards.

[MICRO]

{QUOTE-> {QUOTE-> yvesj,

now do you know how to delete all the green one all in one shot,thing about that one and let me know what you think ,and try to find out HOW to delete mine , yvesj ??? <-QUOTE}
Maybe you missed JimIT's post #35, he explained how to handle all the GREENS in one go, should you ever decide that you need to Delete them
into the backup folder.

[yvesj]

{QUOTE-> Thanks for that Jim.,

I shall keep the info. in case someone else has hundreds - with no help file for Regseeker did you figure it out via trial and error, or is this same method good in other than a Regseeker situation ?

I notice yvesj is still asking the question so he must not have noticed your
post yet.

Kind Regards. <-QUOTE}
thank you very much , got it know i will save this ,am all set for now ,thank you again for the help from you member very good
yvesj

[MICRO]

{QUOTE-> - it is possible to ruin a perfectly good registry simply by overcleaning. <-QUOTE}
Good point Long. but unfortunately you don't explain how to strike the balance re. the registry, between doing nothing, and maintaining it in good order, same re. security cover ?

[Pedro]

A registry editor, backups and careful cleaning. Like looking for uninstalled software and deleting. The only reason i find to clean the registry. Are there other reasons?

[JimIT]

{QUOTE-> Thanks for that Jim., <-QUOTE}

You're welcome!

{QUOTE-> ...did you figure it out via trial and error, <-QUOTE}

Figured it would work, and it did. ;)

{QUOTE->
or is this same method good in other than a Regseeker situation ? <-QUOTE}

Yes. It's a shortcut that works pretty much anywhere in a Windows environment. Great to purge a range of e-mail files, as well.

[MICRO]

{QUOTE-> backups and careful cleaning. <-QUOTE}
I think you've got it in one, Someone.

Cheers.

[MICRO]

{QUOTE->
Figured it would work, and it did. ;)
Yes. It's a shortcut that works pretty much anywhere in a Windows environment. Great to purge a range of e-mail files, as well. <-QUOTE}

Cheers Jim.

[Long View]

{QUOTE-> Good point Long. but unfortunately you don't explain how to strike the balance re. the registry, between doing nothing, and maintaining it in good order, same re. security cover ? <-QUOTE}

Sorry - I know I was being lazy.

Having played with a number of reg cleaners I have settled for Crap cleaner ( it sits in the recycle bin and has never caused me any harm), jv16 ( it was dangerous a few years ago but seems to have matured), TuneUp utilities 2007, and RegSeeker 1.52

Security - even more basic - Hardware firewall ( throw away the "free" modem ), Firefox with No script, Antivir and that's it. I ocassionally run and on demand and nothing of significance is found -- so I prefer to use my pc for work rather than for running hundreds of reg or security programs.

If one day I get infected or mess up the registry I will restore an Acronis system image.