EasyCleaner 2.0 Released

[Jordan]

EasyCleaner is a small program which searches Windows' registry for entries
that are pointing nowhere. EasyCleaner also lets you delete all kinds of
unnecessary files like temps, backups etc. You can search for duplicate
files and you can view some intresting info about your disk space usage! You
are also able to manage startup programs, invalid shortcuts and add/remove
software list.

Version 2.0.5:

http://www.toniarts.com/ecleane.htm
http://www.toniarts.com/files/EClea2_0.exe
Size: 1.97mb

Features:

Almost a complete re-write!
New interface
Registry cleaner now 110% accurate
New utility, add/remove cleaner
New utility, startup cleaner
New utility, undo-tool
Ability to clear IE temporary files, history and cookies
Ability to clear the most recently used list
Lots of more options in unnecessary file finder (IE cookies, history and
temp files, temp dirs, MS Office recent, custom dirs)
Duplicate file finder re-writen, unbelievable speed!
Start-menu cleaner --> Shortcut cleaner, more efficient + ability to search
the desktop Auto-update
Blacklist, like the virus-definition file in anti-virus software. Fast fix
to new found problems

Fixes:

The infamous bug in Windows XP/ME that made help & support unusable after
registry clean
EasyCleaner broke Office XP after deleting unnecessary files

 

[Rolf Barbakken]

EasyCleaner is a small program which searches Windows' registry for entries
that are pointing nowhere. EasyCleaner also lets you delete all kinds of

<...>

Anyone know if this thing works with Windows Server 2003?

 

[kreatikl]

what does it do that 'scanreg /fix' does not do?

 

[Rob]

what does it do that 'scanreg /fix' does not do?

scanreg /fix does not get rid of much garbage in your registry. The goal of
scanreg /fix is to make sure that your registry will not cause too many
system crashes.

Registry cleaning tools are much more thorough.

That being said, I would still recommend using

scanreg /fix
scanreg /opt

on a regular basis along with a good Registry Cleaner.

Rob

 

[Jordan]

what does it do that 'scanreg /fix' does not do?

Runs in Windows (no booting into DOS necessary), cleans out orphan registry
entries (scanreg /fix doesn't), is much faster, plus all of the additional
features listed.

 

[Joan]

what does it do that 'scanreg /fix' does not do?

Do you know what 'scanreg /fix' does?
Have you visited the author's website to read up on that?
Too lazy, pal?

Version 2.0.5: The sixth public release!

Features:

Registry cleaner now 110% accurate
New utility, add/remove cleaner
New utility, startup cleaner
New utility, undo-tool
Ability to clear IE temporary files, history and cookies
Ability to clear the most recently used list
Lots of more options in unnecessary file finder (IE cookies, history
and temp files, temp dirs, MS Office recent, custom dirs)
Duplicate file finder re-writen, unbelievable speed!
Start-menu cleaner --> Shortcut cleaner, more efficient + ability to
search the desktop
Auto-update
Blacklist, like the virus-definition file in anti-virus software. Fast
fix to new found problems

BTW, it adds 66 registry entries, quite a lot for such a utility.

Joan

 

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Version 2.0.5: The sixth public release!

Features:

Registry cleaner now 110% accurate

Ouch. That's at least 10% too much registry cleaning for me.

--
»Q« It's is not, it isn't ain't, and it's it's, not its, if you
mean it is. If you don't, it's its. Then too, it's hers.
It isn't her's. It isn't our's either. It's ours, and
likewise yours and theirs.
-- Oxford University Press, Edpress News

 

[mike ring]

http://www.toniarts.com/ecleane.htm

My main crib is that it STILL does not date the registry entries it finds
(in W98SE at least)

I scanned with it and got 25 hits, I then scanned with regseeker and got
109 hits.

I deleted them all, and as ever (so far) with regseeker - Im not an agent
- have had no ill effects

mike r

 

[*** **]

EasyCleaner is a small program which searches Windows' registry for entries
that are pointing nowhere.

Version 2.0.5:

http://www.toniarts.com/ecleane.htm
http://www.toniarts.com/files/EClea2_0.exe
Size: 1.97mb

<snip>

Seems like EasyCleaner 2 needs an easy cleaner to clean the junk it puts in
the registry and on other parts of your hard drive (this expands on a short
comment that Joan made at the bottom of her post in this thread in which
she noted that EasyCleaner 2.05 adds 66 registry entries). Comparing
registry and other drive changes between EasyCleaner 1.7 and 2.0.5 yields
the following results:

REG KEYS ADDED:

EasyCleaner 1.7 ... 5

EasyCleaner 2.05 ... 63



REG VALUES ADDED:

EasyCleaner 1.7 ... 6

EasyCleaner 2.05 ... 90



REG VALUES CHANGED:

EasyCleaner 1.7 ... 0

EasyCleaner 2.05 ... 69



FOLDERS ADDED:

EasyCleaner 1.7 ... 4 Total;
1 under Startup Programs Group
3 under D:\Program Files\EasyCleaner

EasyCleaner 2.05 ... 11 Total;
3 under Startup Programs Group
3 under D:\Program files\EasyCleaner
4 under C:\Program Files\Common
Files\Installshield\Professional
1 under D:\Program Files\Installshield
Installation Information\


FILES ADDED:

EasyCleaner 1.7 ... 52 Total;
3 under Startup Programs (Shortcuts)
49 under D:\Program Files\EasyCleaner (44 Related to Language)**

EasyCleaner 2.05 ... 35 Total;
6 under Startup Programs (Shortcuts & Toni Arts URLs)
9 under D:\Program Files\EasyCleaner (6 Related to Language)**
10 under C:\Program Files\Common
Files\Installshield\Professional
10 under D:\Program Files\Installshield
Installation Information\

** Even though the number of files added by version 2.05 is less
than the number added by version 1.7, a look at the details
reveals that this is accomplished by leaving out support for all
languages except English and Finnish in version 2.05. The majority
of the files installed under 2.05 get installed in directories not
directly related to functionality of EasyCleaner (i.e Installshield
junk).

I have removed all of this and will not be using it again. Others may have
less aversion to trash on their computers, but I have a high aversion when
the program that installs the junk is: a) not very good in and itself and /
or b) better alternatives exist. If EasyCleaner was just an executable with
a few registry entries, it might be worth keeping.

 

[Chakolate]

Ouch. That's at least 10% too much registry cleaning for me.

That's just what I was thinking.

Chakolate

 

[Chakolate]

I have removed all of this and will not be using it again. Others may
have less aversion to trash on their computers, but I have a high
aversion when the program that installs the junk is: a) not very good
in and itself and / or b) better alternatives exist. If EasyCleaner
was just an executable with a few registry entries, it might be worth
keeping.

So can you recommend a better one? (Not a snotty question, a real one.)

Chakolate

 

[dszady]

Trying to get a word in edge-wise "Joan" wrote in

Do you know what 'scanreg /fix' does?
Have you visited the author's website to read up on that?
Too lazy, pal?

Version 2.0.5: The sixth public release!

Features:

Registry cleaner now 110% accurate
New utility, add/remove cleaner
New utility, startup cleaner
New utility, undo-tool
Ability to clear IE temporary files, history and cookies
Ability to clear the most recently used list
Lots of more options in unnecessary file finder (IE cookies, history
and temp files, temp dirs, MS Office recent, custom dirs)
Duplicate file finder re-writen, unbelievable speed!
Start-menu cleaner --> Shortcut cleaner, more efficient + ability to
search the desktop
Auto-update
Blacklist, like the virus-definition file in anti-virus software. Fast
fix to new found problems

BTW, it adds 66 registry entries, quite a lot for such a utility.

Just curious.
So, are you for it or against it?

 

[*** **]

On 23 Nov 2003 20:52:50 GMT, Chakolate wrote:

So can you recommend a better one? (Not a snotty question, a real one.)

<snip>

I use a variety of methods and software to keep my registry clean, but to
answer the question about a straight alternative to EasyCleaner, I'm with
Mike Ring who likes RegSeeker:

RegSeeker website : http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm

RegSeeker seems more polished than EasyCleaner and definitely has it beat
as far as the amount of stuff it adds to your computer (or more
appropriately, doesn't add to your computer). RegSeeker currently installs
by simply unzipping a ~308kb archive into the folder of your choice.

All reg cleaners require some caution and knowledge when using, and I never
take all items suggested for removal at face value. These programs,
however, do give you a reasonable starting point from which to make
decisions.

 

[John Fitzsimons]

On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 17:41:17 +0100, Joan

Duplicate file finder re-writen, unbelievable speed!

< snip >

That is certainly true of past versions. The speed was so pathetic it
amazes me that anyone would have the nerve to release such an
inferior product. IMO anyone recommending this program almost
certainly hasn't used it. Or, if they have, haven't tried all the
functions.

Regards, John.

 

[Chakolate]

On 23 Nov 2003 20:52:50 GMT, Chakolate wrote:


<snip>

I use a variety of methods and software to keep my registry clean, but
to answer the question about a straight alternative to EasyCleaner,
I'm with Mike Ring who likes RegSeeker:

RegSeeker website : http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm

RegSeeker seems more polished than EasyCleaner and definitely has it
beat as far as the amount of stuff it adds to your computer (or more
appropriately, doesn't add to your computer). RegSeeker currently
installs by simply unzipping a ~308kb archive into the folder of your
choice.

All reg cleaners require some caution and knowledge when using, and I
never take all items suggested for removal at face value. These
programs, however, do give you a reasonable starting point from which
to make decisions.

Thanks. I just went to look at the screenshots, and I like the fact that
they give you the reason for listing the entry, as well as the entry
itself.

Chakolate

 

[Chakolate]

That is certainly true of past versions. The speed was so pathetic it
amazes me that anyone would have the nerve to release such an
inferior product. IMO anyone recommending this program almost
certainly hasn't used it. Or, if they have, haven't tried all the
functions.

Thank you for posting that. When the time remaining came up at over 200
hours, I thought there must be something wrong with my system.

Chakolate

 

[Randy Bard]

On 23 Nov 2003 20:52:50 GMT, Chakolate wrote:


<snip>

I use a variety of methods and software to keep my registry clean, but to
answer the question about a straight alternative to EasyCleaner, I'm with
Mike Ring who likes RegSeeker:

RegSeeker website : http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm

RegSeeker seems more polished than EasyCleaner and definitely has it beat
as far as the amount of stuff it adds to your computer (or more
appropriately, doesn't add to your computer). RegSeeker currently installs
by simply unzipping a ~308kb archive into the folder of your choice.

All reg cleaners require some caution and knowledge when using, and I never
take all items suggested for removal at face value. These programs,
however, do give you a reasonable starting point from which to make
decisions.

I had a disastrous experience with the previous version of
EasyCleaner. Based on advice in this forum, have been using RegSeeker
cautiously: First backing up the registry with ERUNT, then using
RegSeeker category by category, removing primarily registry entries
related to programs I no longer have installed.

Also: when uninstalling a program, using RegSeeker's "Find in
registry" function to make sure related registry entries are removed.

One question, though: I have noticed that RegSeeker lists some
entries in red and some in green. Does anyone know what this means?

 

[Seek]

Also: when uninstalling a program, using RegSeeker's "Find in
registry" function to make sure related registry entries are removed.

One question, though: I have noticed that RegSeeker lists some
entries in red and some in green. Does anyone know what this means?

Green means "Should be safe to remove"

Red means "may not be safe to remove - make sure you know what you are
doing before you approve removal"

I've never had any problem in removing all green entries without
checking the content and have removed several red entries after
ensuring that I knew what was being removed - but like they say - be
careful.

 

[omega]

That is certainly true of past versions. The speed was so pathetic it
amazes me that anyone would have the nerve to release such an
inferior product.

[...]

I haven't tested the latest, but sure agree about its dupes finder speed
being unbelievabe for v1.7. If one were to have ever committed to waiting
for the full process to finally complete, it would've made a good subject
for a school paper..."What my computer did on its summer vacation."

 

[Mike McCoy]

I use a variety of methods and software to keep my registry clean, but to
answer the question about a straight alternative to EasyCleaner, I'm with
Mike Ring who likes RegSeeker:

Yep, me too.

Mike