Registery Cleaners.

[Jack]

Hi, I need some advice on registry cleaners. I installed one, but, it was a
bit too aggressive, and caused a lot of problems. I need something that
will remove only that which should be removed. TIA Jack

 

[The Unknown P]

I use JV16 Power Tools. Keep smiling.

 

[Mark]

I use the "Win Doctor" portion of Norton Utilities. You may custom install
this exclusively and avoid the other bs in the program. It works very well!

 

[Jack]

Thanks, I use to run JV16 also, when it was freeware. Now I have no means
of paying for it as I don't have a credit card which they accept. Jack

 

[Joe727]

RegClean v4.1a from Microsoft works fine. Install it on your desktop.

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,4666,00.asp

Joe

 

[mrtee]

It still works, didn't you keep a copy of jv16 version 1.3?

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Just my 2¢ worth
Jeff
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| Thanks, I use to run JV16 also, when it was freeware. Now I have no means
| of paying for it as I don't have a credit card which they accept. Jack
| | > I use JV16 Power Tools. Keep smiling.
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[Fred]

Have a look at http://lists.gpick.com/

There is a "chapter" regcleaners. Have fun, Fred

 

[Jack]

Hi Fred. Thanks for the info. Found exactly what I wanted, downloaded
installed etc. and it works perfectly.
Thanks again for the tip. Jack

 

[Joe727]

I've been using it on my XP Pro boxes since I installed XP Pro 9 months ago.
No problems at all.

Joe

 

[Alex Nichol]

Hi, I need some advice on registry cleaners. I installed one, but, it was a
bit too aggressive, and caused a lot of problems. I need something that
will remove only that which should be removed.

I am basically against any frequent registry cleaning, but there is a
new one out (formally in beta still but it appears quite reliable) -
Regseeker at
http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm, and currently free.for personal
use

I would use only the regcleaner item, and once it has scanned you need
to do a select all (and review that it is not offering to delete things
you know you want), then hit the Delete key. But I tried it on a
registry that had not been cleaned, and it removed some 3000 items
(after running through 4 times) and no apparent ill effects. It makes a
backup for restoration, but make sure with *any* cleaner that you have a
restore point you could use