Been using this for awhile, very inexpensive, and not bloated at all. PC very fast, using it. It has some very nice features, and just went to version 5. I've included 7 photos for your examination.
I tried to install v5 when it was first released, but it won't install on my main system. Is there much difference from previous versions?
When trying you do not get to try all the features. So you do not know what you get when you buy it by trying.
It installed for me on another computer. It crashed when it launched after installing, but when I opened it from its desktop icon, it ran fine. It's definitely an improvement over the last version, but it's not something I would use personally, but might like it. You are given the following warning before opening the registry cleaner. Which is good advice. If you ignore the warning and open the registry cleaner is says the following, which is not exactly true. All registry cleaners only want to remove errors that they think are safe for removal. However the problem is that just pretty much every cleaner ever written, will sometimes mistakenly identify some valid registry keys as being errors. Even this registry cleaner (despite the claims) has minor issues with false positives, so it makes senses to follow Pegasun's advice and not use it.
They both have issues with false positives and can in some cases delete needed registry keys. For example, it wanted to delete three valid uninstall entries, which would lead to the programs no longer being listed in Programs and Features. My system would still have run fine after that, but it would be an issue if I wanted to uninstall any of these programs, as they would no longer be listed. As I've said many times, there is no actual need to ever clean the registry. If you are exceptionally lucky, cleaning the registry may increase performance or fix issues. But there is a very good chance that a registry cleaner will actually cause issues by removing valid registry keys. If you want to clean the registry, Auslogics Registry Cleaner is a good choice. It's free and won't ever delete valid registry keys. It's even safe to check the the scan categories which are disabled by default, with the exception of Missing Software. They are disabled for safety, but in my experience, it is safe to enable them. More than likely you won't see any benefit after using it, but at least it won't cause any problems. I'd think twice before buying any of their software, but this is completely free and you could use their Registry Defrag software as well, which also is free.
Just an unfounded opinion....Tons of people use it along with Kerish and they are doing fine....Stop your nonsense.
Well dunno how this would play on my Windows 8.1. But I never fear registry cleaners, even aggressive one's, at least on 8.1 as long as you use RegBak or Tweaking.com Reg Backup and regularly create backups. If something does go awkward on my 8.1, even failing to boot to GUI, it's as simple as either restoring a ready-make reg image backup or in extremest of error situations paralleling a Linux Mint flash drive. Or of course full backup image restores would also restore messed up functions. Since I don't bother with Win 10 just yet, can't say if it's more prone or not to reg errors via cleaners & such.
It makes no difference what version of Windows you use. If needed registry keys are deleted, it can cause problems.
Thanks @roger_m for the heads up. I don't even see using Windows 10 until new equipment this summer/then I can mess with the headaches it introduces, but also by then, most of their fudging experiments will been complete but won't count on it.
