yes, ununsed bytes of information to load in registry will not impact greatly on performance, it was truth in 95 era, not today...
The problem with this particular poll is in defining "effective" and specifying what you expect from a registry cleaner. As others have already noted, the results are also OS dependent. If "effective" is a performance increase, on a newer OS the results will be minimal at best. If effective means removing usage tracks, MRUs etc, then they can be very effective.
While I agree with Osaban, Sully, and noone_particular, it all boils down to which registry cleaner(s) you use and HOW you use them. If you're going to use one, make sure: a) it has a good track record in terms of it's "safety" (least amount of FPs) b) don't blindly delete all the so-called "junk" (the "checked" items). Go through them and see if they're really not needed. In cases of doubt, better leave it alone. c) you know how to "undo" the removal of the keys or recover your system if anything goes wrong Whether or not it's all worth the efforts, it' up to individual taste buds. Some like it original while others like it crispy/spicy.
If the user makes a full registry backup before starting with an app like ERUNT, there's no risk in trying or comparing registry cleaners. If something breaks, restore the backup.
lol and if your operating system gets corrupted and you can't reboot? Than what? And that goes double for users with encrypted drives.
That's what boot disks and rescue disks are for. Wrong choice for such experimenting or testing to start with.
Yep, just saying there are situations that can't be recovered from and messing with the registry can force you to go through a long process to fix it. I mean, the windows v/7 recovery disk won't do anything to fix your registry. Win8 will, thankfully.
And most uninstallers leave lots of traces i know registry cleaner is not perfect (I guess nothing is) but it gives you that feel
Anyone with any great Windows experience will know that registry cleaners are ticking time bombs as soon as you click clean. Some explode sooner than others, many deep within the system causing unseen damage. If you need to do something to the registry, use an editor with a good search feature. I have many personal experiences to back up my statements.
no they are not.......just gotta set the cleaner right....it'll safely clean remnants of uninstalled software.....and even then nowadays many cleaners backup registry before cleaning .....
I've used CCleaner's Registry module multiple times with bad results. Always had to restore on way or the other. No way in hell I'm sifting through thousands of claimed "errors".
ccleaner does not even clean registry deeply enough......I use it without backing up.....it only cleans a little compared to more standalone cleaners like wise registry cleaner.....how can one go wrong when these software cleans registries smartly, safely and backs up before cleaning.......
It messed up my file associations, program settings, etc. that generally made my system worse just like any other registry cleaner. You better backup up one way or another, unless you know true registry fixing via an editor.
hmm....that's somewhat weird.......how can ccleaner ever mess up registries ....it's not even a deep registry cleaner....... I do possess a tiny amount of know-how in registry fixing.......ccleaner hardly cleans any registry.....I use wise registry cleaner .......any registry cleaner is pretty safe to use......
Few thousands may be less than hundreds of thousands, but it's far from nothing. Looking at what it attempts to clean, one can create many potential issues in applications, installers, system settings, startup files, and even Windows Services. Any registry cleaner can, and probably will, mess your system up. Cleaning the settings database of the entire Windows OS and most of you programs is anything but safe.
CCleaner will touch parts of the registry such as file association. I've never had it break anything but I can see it happening. I don't touch the registry unless I have reason to, I use CCleaner to do it because I'm too lazy to do it manually. CCleaner'll collect the entries and I go through them and decide one by one what to do.
well ccleaner is supposed to clean junkies in those sectors.....but it finds a few......for instance.....I download an installer ......then delete it.....ccleaner will find one or two remnants in installer sector......or if I uninstall anything...it'll find some obsolete keys, etc.......cleaning those never ever does harm ......but with standalone specialized registry cleaners.......they will clean a whole lot.....and completely clean the system out of any remnant junky...... to each his own.......you had bad experience.....I had none.....so I think reg cleaners are important and safe.....at least after uninstalling and in xp.....you may differ......and that's fine.......
that's why registry cleaners cannot do any harm to system especially ccleaner.....only important after uninstalling software......
