Is RegCleaner a safe freeware program for Windows XP?

[Guest]

Hi

Does any one know if RegCleaner is a safe freeware program for Windows XP
Home Edition for checking and cleaning the registry in Windows XP Home
Edition?

It is listed at this site: http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/index.html
I got this link from a Dell user's forum.

Please reply soon.

Thanks.

Egan

 

[John Barnett MVP]

Regcleaner is more suitable for someone who knows what they are doing rather
than a complete novice. You can easily remove items you should have kept.

Manual registry editing is better than most software based applications, but
again you need to know what you are doing.

Have you been installing loads of software on your pc and then uninstalling
it? Have you been accepting loads of Active X files? If the answer is no
then leave well alone.


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[Guest]

Hi John or any one else,

What do you recommend for a novice trying to clean the registry in Windows XP?

Please reply soon.

Thanks.

Egan

 

[Ted Zieglar]

The registry doesn't need cleaning. It's that simple.

 

[Jerry]

The Microsoft RegCleaner is NOT compatible with XP and should not be used.

 

[kitekrazy]

The Microsoft RegCleaner is NOT compatible with XP and should not be used.

Must be a different one.

RegCleaner 4.3.0.780 (last freeware version)
OS: Win9x/NT/ME/2000/XP

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Jerry

The Microsoft registry cleaner is called RegClean, as opposed to RegCleaner
which is available for free also.. as with most, RegCleaner does a job, but
is not as thorough as the name would suggest..

 

[MAP]

Hi

Does any one know if RegCleaner is a safe freeware program for
Windows XP Home Edition for checking and cleaning the registry in
Windows XP Home Edition?

It is listed at this site:
http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/index.html I got this link
from a Dell user's forum.

Please reply soon.

Thanks.

Egan

It is safer for the novice than the one listed above it (jv16 powertools).
Both are written by the same person, but RegCleaner does not display any
system registry entries, it will only display entries for programs you have
added,so if you mess up you can only kill one application at a time and not
your whole system.

Note: It does create a backup before removal just incase you need to restore
it.
Also as others have said this really is not needed on XP.

If you decide to use this only remove entries from programs you know for a
fact you have uninstalled, if in doubt leave it alone.