Cleaning out the Registry

[SCPO]

Friends,

I notice in my Registry that, over the last couple of years, there is a lot
of crap (remnants) of programs that I have previously removed from my
system. Is there an easy way (oops, forgot we're talking about MS!) or a
proggy that compares what's actaully on your sys to what is in your
Registry, and then removes ALL entries, keys, etc. that are not applicable?
Ya know like MS Drano!

Thanks for any and all help!

Fairwinds and following seas,

SCPO

 

[johnf]

Use RegSupreme

 

[Guest]

Chief, do a Google search and you'll find many third party freeware and
shareware apps that claim to clean the Registry. It is your Registry, so
you make
the decision of which program to use or buy. Some even have a 30 day
free trial period. Here's a FREEBIE:
Free Download - EasyCleaner 2.0.6.373
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download414.html

 

[Jim Macleod]

9 Apr 2005 12:39:01 in microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support, Byte

Chief, do a Google search and you'll find many third party freeware and
shareware apps that claim to clean the Registry. It is your Registry, so
you make
the decision of which program to use or buy. Some even have a 30 day
free trial period. Here's a FREEBIE:
Free Download - EasyCleaner 2.0.6.373
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download414.html

I have used EasyCleaner for this purpose for several years and found it
did the job OK: it doesn't muck up the Registry or anything like that.

Just one side-effect. Under WinXP, after using EasyCleaner, Windows Help
doesn't work. If you click on the desktop then press F1 to call down
Windows Help, basically nothing happens: the hourglass appears briefly,
then goes back to the normal mouse pointer and that's it. Similarly if
you try to run System Information.

However there is a simple solution, due to Doug Knox. From:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/fixwinxphelp.htm
download and run his VB script file fixwinxphelp.vbs (© Doug Knox).
For me this has always fixed the problem instantly.


Original posting -

 

[SCPO]

Jim

Thanks. I have also been using EasyCleaner for a couple of years, and I
agree it's a nice little program, but it doens't do as thorough a job as
I would like.

I don't know if you have run Regedit after EasyCleaner or not? I think
you will be surprised how much "garbage" (from old/deleted programs) is
still in the Registry.

I'm just tired (lazy) of having to manually clean-out the Registry every
so often.

I think I'll give RegSupreme a try.

Thanks all for the help!

Fairwinds and following seas,

SCPO

 

[johnf]

Send me direct your correct email address

 

[Guest]

I used System Mechanic one time to clean my registry and when I got finished
a lot of things didn't work - what did I do wrong?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I used System Mechanic one time to clean my registry and when I got finished
a lot of things didn't work - what did I do wrong?

You used an automated registry cleaner.



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[Shenan Stanley]

I notice in my Registry that, over the last couple of years, there
is a lot of crap (remnants) of programs that I have previously
removed from my system. Is there an easy way (oops, forgot we're
talking about MS!) or a proggy that compares what's actaully on your
sys to what is in your Registry, and then removes ALL entries, keys,
etc. that are not applicable? Ya know like MS Drano!

Send me direct your correct email address

Why? Something super-secret you cannot share?

 

[Guest]

i use registry mechanic, been happy with it, also, hijackthis

 

[johnf]

As Bruce said ----
RegSupreme is completely reversible.
I've used it for abt. 12 months, at first checked all entries it found to
make sure they were legit., which they were, but now I just quarantine
everthing it finds. No probs so far.
Do you realise that every time you paste something to the Desktop for
example, then delete or move it, those actions remain in the Registry for
ever more? Just a typical example of what RegSupreme cleans out.

 

[johnf]

Yep
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johnf

Why? Something super-secret you cannot share?

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