Registry cleaner

[Hobbes]

The wisest thing to do is 'leave well alone' If you are not capable or
competent to manually edit the registry then the vast majority of registry
cleaner will simply make matters worse. While I agree that CCleaner is
useful for general cleaning of Temporary internet files, cookies, MRU's
etc. I rarely use the registry cleaner option and when I have used it
there are only ever 2 entries available for deletion; and as I know
exactly what these entries are they are left exactly where they are.

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Associate Expert ?
WTF is that ?
Your expertise is in associations?
Or do you only associate with other Experts?
An Expert ... you used to be pert?

 

[Hobbes]

Of course. That's why I always get a kick out of the Bozo squad that
pretends they know what every one of tens of thousands of lines in a
typical Registry does as they fake claiming they edit theirs by hand
knowing what each and every line does. What a load of crap. They
always drudge up the same tired bullshit. Pretending everybody will
always use some automatic kitchen sink setting to wreck their
Registry. I don't know of anybody that does that, well maybe the idiot
Frank would.


Yep, and there's plenty of crap in a typical Registry that's put their
by Vista that hardly anyone needs.

People used to think for themselves.
People used to think.
Now they do what some "Expert" tells them.

Open discussion of ideas is out of the question ... or so says Hillary and
Oprah.

 

[Alias]

Most FOOLS will recommend against them because they don't have a clue
how to properly use them and I'll wager these are the Bozos that
trashed their machines because of their ignorance. Of course that
applies to just about every topic the same handful of blowhards jabber
aimlessly about in this crazy newsgroup day after day.

Just curious, which one do you use?

Alias

 

[Bruce Chambers]

True about any performance gain.
But if you uninstall a program... using something like CCleaner is a
quick way to remove reg entries of that program.

True enough, but why bother? Those orphaned entries can have no
possible affect unless one subsequently attempts to reinstall the very
same application. And then, a manual removal of the single offending
entry is simple enough using Regedit's built-in search capability.

I've never seen hundreds of reg entries show up in it's report.

Every one has different experiences, of course. I can only report what
I've seen numerous times.

Too each his own ... Its faster than F3'ing thru the registry.

Not significantly, if all you need find is one or two entries, as is
usually the case. And on those few occasions when Regedit's native
search capabilities don't quite cut it, NirSoft's RegScanner,
(http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/regscanner.html) is much safer to use, as
it has no automatic "reaming" feature to accidentally enable.


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[Hobbes]

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True enough, but why bother? Those orphaned entries can have no possible
affect unless one subsequently attempts to reinstall the very same
application. And then, a manual removal of the single offending entry is
simple enough using Regedit's built-in search capability.




Every one has different experiences, of course. I can only report what
I've seen numerous times.




Not significantly, if all you need find is one or two entries, as is
usually the case. And on those few occasions when Regedit's native search
capabilities don't quite cut it, NirSoft's RegScanner,
(http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/regscanner.html) is much safer to use, as it
has no automatic "reaming" feature to accidentally enable.


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Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand
Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

I believe your stated method is the safer.

But even CCleaner gives the ability to unselect and select entries.
And offers to backup the registry beforehand.
If the entries are from a deleted program...then you don't need them.
If they are system .dll's in the list ... a little investigating would be in
order.
Adults shouldn't need babying.
This ain't rocket science, ya know !

 

[kevpan815]

Most FOOLS will recommend against them because they don't have a clue
how to properly use them and I'll wager these are the Bozos that
trashed their machines because of their ignorance. Of course that
applies to just about every topic the same handful of blowhards jabber
aimlessly about in this crazy newsgroup day after day.

Adam My Dad Said You Are Worse Than Most Fools Because You Are A Retard Just
Like What My Dad Calls Me When I Play With My Computer. Just FYI. Do You
Want To Come Over And Help Me With My Computer? Just FYI. I Hear That You
Live In My Area. Just FYI.

Just FYI

 

[Slap]

Cleaning the registry is like putting your finger in your eye. It's an

Don't be silly. I wonder how you learned that?
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[Slap]

For good reason: They're nothing but snake oil that do absolutely nothing
useful.

Use CCleaner on a daily basis for the past year or so... that would be at
least 300 times. never a problem. This under Vista. XP I'd think at least
1000 times. Good program.
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[Adam Albright]

Don't be silly. I wonder how you learned that?

He's just one of several moronic copy and paste jockeys that hang out
here that doesn't know a damn thing, but likes to pretend he does.