Can someone recommend a good RegistryCleaner?

kof · Jan 13, 2007

RegSeeker
CCleaner
jv16 PowerTools
Registry Mechanic

Dunno what to use.

gerardwil · Jan 13, 2007

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=161047

kof · Jan 15, 2007

eyes-open said:

A while ago I came to question the value of a registry cleaner when used as a shotgun tool.

Taken from another discussion offsite:-

Which is a good cleaner in your eyes ? The aggressive one that finds 200 entries or the safer one that finds 50 ?

Of course you have something like Erunt installed for an independent registry back up and you've made sure your registry cleaner has a back-up option as well. Sure you have, so if a problem arises in a fortnight you'll know just why and rollback ? Or will you not relate it to the registry clean - or maybe you've made a few changes since you cleaned the registry and aren't sure that it's worth rolling back ?

On a wholesale clean, back-ups become less useful as each day rolls by. I'm not saying that something you've broken can't be fixed, possibly with a single entry - I am saying that it makes no sense to put yourself in this position in the first place on the basis of 'it seemed like a good idea at the time'.

If you can't look at each entry that the reg. cleaner has identified as problematic and understand why it's saying so ....... then it begins to look as if you're messing. In the hands of the experienced, then the ability of a cleaner to search quickly for entries in a heavily used system has value, because they have the experience to read the sometimes overwhelming amount of data the cleaner presents and work effectively with it. It's a World away from pressing the 'remove all' button and hoping any problem occurs within a time-frame, that makes the back-up worth a damn.

If you have uninstalled a poorly designed program, or removed some malware and want to target the remnants of those installs, then yet again - I see the value. Chances are you will be able to check out the entries you want to remove on forums such as this. Even for a comparative novice like me, using a cleaner like this is something I can understand.

If you have a problem you can't identify and that's causing a chronic system instability...... you've backed up your data and you're one second from reformatting - then fine, what's to lose ? Play about, rollback and try another cleaner until you've gone through them all or hit lucky - in this situation luck can only work for you

So whatever your final choice of cleaner, pressing a button just 'cos' you're worried your registry might be getting full is a I think, a dodgy reason to throw the dice ...... use these tools with restraint and target them ......
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very helpfull Thank's.
but just one a simple question, Do you use a registry cleaner? and what?

Bubba · Jan 15, 2007

kof said:

Do you use a registry cleaner?
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How about We stick to one thread concerning this subject matter for the members to participate in. Also....numerous member posts to this thread were moved to the ongoing thread below.

Continue here Please---> Do you use a Registry Cleaner

Thanks,
Bubba

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