Registry Cleaner

[Dave]

Can anyone recommend a good free registry cleaner?
I know jv16 used to have one but he took it back. Now you have to pay for
that one.
Any others?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Using one of those free registry cleaners with Windows XP
will entitle you to submit free posts to this newsgroup.
Usually the subject matter is "Why did Windows XP suddenly
stop................................" (you fill in the rest).

Visit www.iolo.com and try System Mechanic free for thirty days.
That's my own personal recommendation.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| Can anyone recommend a good free registry cleaner?
| I know jv16 used to have one but he took it back. Now you have to pay for
| that one.
| Any others?
|
| --
| Dave

 

[Ionizer]

Using one of those free registry cleaners with Windows XP
will entitle you to submit free posts to this newsgroup.
Usually the subject matter is "Why did Windows XP suddenly
stop................................" (you fill in the rest).

Visit www.iolo.com and try System Mechanic free for thirty days.
That's my own personal recommendation.

Hi, Carey:

I've got two commercial registry cleaners installed: WinDoctor (part of
Norton SystemWorks) and Iolo System Mechanic v3.8a. I notice that WinDoctor
recommends FAR fewer registry entries for removal than the Iolo software
does, leading me to wonder if System Mechanic is perhaps overly thorough and
therefore potentially more dangerous to use. Am I incorrect in this
assumption?

Both programs have an "undo" feature, which I suppose will allow me to save
my own bacon, but I have always felt just a bit more worried when I use
System Mechanic to delete a slew of registry entries which Norton previously
didn't think worthy of mention.

Thanks for any insights,
Ian.

 

[D.Currie]

Hi, Carey:

I've got two commercial registry cleaners installed: WinDoctor (part of
Norton SystemWorks) and Iolo System Mechanic v3.8a. I notice that WinDoctor
recommends FAR fewer registry entries for removal than the Iolo software
does, leading me to wonder if System Mechanic is perhaps overly thorough and
therefore potentially more dangerous to use. Am I incorrect in this
assumption?

Both programs have an "undo" feature, which I suppose will allow me to save
my own bacon, but I have always felt just a bit more worried when I use
System Mechanic to delete a slew of registry entries which Norton previously
didn't think worthy of mention.

Thanks for any insights,
Ian.

The way I figure it, a few stray registry entries that don't do anything
except waste a little space aren't going to do any harm; removing entries
that you need can cause a world of hurt. And that undo feature isn't going
to be worth much if suddenly you can't get back into Windows.

 

[Richard]

Can anyone recommend a good free registry cleaner?
I know jv16 used to have one but he took it back. Now you have to pay for
that one.
Any others?

The current version of EasyCleaner by ToniArts seems to work OK with XP. It
is free which fulfils your criteria.If you have Norton installed make sure
you have this named to be skipped by the registry cleaner. Also should you
wish to retain the XP's help and support feature make sure that help is also
excluded. Typical Skip entry:--norton,help . Using these settings I have
had no problems.

Now whether these cleaners are really worthwhile is another question
entirely.

Richard

 

[capt]

Try here: http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm It is free and it ranks
right up there with JV16 power tools. It has many choices and I've used it
for about a year now and it has made no mistakes. This program was also
recommended by "lockergnome" several months ago. It's a great registry
cleaning tool.