Registry Cleaner for XP

F

Frank Bohan

I've been using RegSeeker for years, but I've had problems with it the last
two months. What is considered the best registry cleaner to use for XP?

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Frank Bohan
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E

El Gee

Could try RegScrubXP?

http://www.lexundesigns.com/LexunFreeware/
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I had this installed...for 2 days. I cannot remember why, but it did
nothing fantastic. The interface was interesting, but that was about
it.

"Cleaning" the registry:

Easy Cleaner
Reg Seeker
Crap Cleaner
Spybot
Adaware
NT Reg Opt / Erunt

You usually need more than one tool to do the job. No single tool does
it all.

Each of the above has its strengths. Crap Cleaner, while not a Reg
Cleaner, gets rid of temp files and their entrys into the registry, very
safely.

Adaware and SPybot do the same, only for spy and malware.
NT Reg Opt compresses the registry after you have cleaned it (so it will
load faster) and ERUNT will back it up in case of FUBAR's.

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Tritoneur

El said:
I had this installed...for 2 days. I cannot remember why, but it did
nothing fantastic. The interface was interesting, but that was about
it.

"Cleaning" the registry:

Easy Cleaner
Reg Seeker
Crap Cleaner
Spybot
Adaware
NT Reg Opt / Erunt

You usually need more than one tool to do the job. No single tool
does it all.

Each of the above has its strengths. Crap Cleaner, while not a Reg
Cleaner, gets rid of temp files and their entrys into the registry,
very safely.

Adaware and SPybot do the same, only for spy and malware.
NT Reg Opt compresses the registry after you have cleaned it (so it
will load faster) and ERUNT will back it up in case of FUBAR's.
Click to expand...

Thanks. I think CCleaner (as it is now!) is great. Also use Spybot and
Adaware. I used to use EasyCleaner when I was running ME, but it's
incisiveness made me nervous when it deleted some registry entries from the
OS which led to some errors (a bug which has now been fixed). I shall look
at the others.
 
F

Frank Bohan

Lius said:
what are the problems?
try scanning your system using anti spyware in safe mode
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Thanks for all replies. When last used, RegSeeker messed up a whole string
of programs by removing some eleven megabytes from my registry (normally
about 75MB reduced to 64MB) which AFAICS were mainly unlisted items. A
similar, but smaller, amount were deleted on the previous use.

The problem was traced to RegSeeker by restoring the registry with Erunt (an
excellent program but not a cleaner).

I have Easy Cleaner (never seems to find much). RegScrubXP (works in the
background), Crap Cleaner, Spybot, Ad-aware, and NTRegOpt (good programs but
not registry cleaners).

In general I find the number of entries to delete is not large and the file
size reduction is negligible. I am beginning to wonder whether it is worth
running cleaners, except RegScrubXP, which runs automatically.

I'll try your suggestion of running anti spyware (did you mean MS
Antispyware?) in safe mode.

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Frank Bohan
¶ Joggers of the world unite - you have nothing to lose but you sprains.
 
B

Bunge

Frank said:
Thanks for all replies. When last used, RegSeeker messed up a whole
string of programs by removing some eleven megabytes from my registry
(normally about 75MB reduced to 64MB) which AFAICS were mainly
unlisted items. A similar, but smaller, amount were deleted on the
previous use.

The problem was traced to RegSeeker by restoring the registry with
Erunt (an excellent program but not a cleaner).

I have Easy Cleaner (never seems to find much). RegScrubXP (works in
the background), Crap Cleaner, Spybot, Ad-aware, and NTRegOpt (good
programs but not registry cleaners).

In general I find the number of entries to delete is not large and
the file size reduction is negligible. I am beginning to wonder
whether it is worth running cleaners, except RegScrubXP, which runs
automatically.

I'll try your suggestion of running anti spyware (did you mean MS
Antispyware?) in safe mode.
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You appear so well clued up, can I add you to my HELP folder?
 
B

Bunge

El said:
I had this installed...for 2 days. I cannot remember why, but it did
nothing fantastic. The interface was interesting, but that was about
it.

"Cleaning" the registry:

Easy Cleaner
Reg Seeker
Crap Cleaner
Spybot
Adaware
NT Reg Opt / Erunt

You usually need more than one tool to do the job. No single tool
does it all.

Each of the above has its strengths. Crap Cleaner, while not a Reg
Cleaner, gets rid of temp files and their entrys into the registry,
very safely.

Adaware and SPybot do the same, only for spy and malware.
NT Reg Opt compresses the registry after you have cleaned it (so it
will load faster) and ERUNT will back it up in case of FUBAR's.
Click to expand...

Cor, you don't half know some stuff unall, I've put you in my HELP folder
too, blush LF. (H)
 
P

Paul B.

Frank said:
I have Easy Cleaner (never seems to find much). RegScrubXP (works in the
background), Crap Cleaner, Spybot, Ad-aware, and NTRegOpt (good programs but
not registry cleaners).
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CCleaner does do registry. It found quite a few things here that
several others missed.

p.
 
T

Tritoneur

NT Reg Opt compresses the registry after you have cleaned it (so it
Ran NT RegOpt and then errors occured in opening a couple of progs for no
discernable advantage on my system. Will not try it again. YMMV of course.
 
J

jmatt

You will need to print this .

I use all these cleaners for XP , each one specialises in a different
area .

Do not be supprised if hundreds of files are found .

Files are either removed to the programs backup or the Recycle Bin (
make sure the Recycle Bin is empty , before using the cleaners ,
that way you know the files you have removed )

All ( except DustBuster ), allow you to restore them back into the
system , either by right clicking on the reg file in the programs
folder ( example Regclean & OleClean > Windows Explorer >
Unzipped , click on either RegClean or OleClean ) & clicking on
Merge .

jv16 PowerTools & RegSeeker both store in Backup on their main
page .
Opening Backup allows you to either Restore or Delete .

EasyCleaner removes to the Recycle Bin & by opening the Recycle
Bin , right clicking on the files & clicking Restore .

CCleaner , the advantage of this cleaner is , when Issues is clicked
& the boxes ticked , it will tell you before you fix ( doing one
file at a time ) why the file is there .
Configure the Windows , Applications & Issues panels to suit .

RegScrub
Click on Restore , click the backup to be restored , click on Restore
Selected backups .

DustBuster
Very quick , if you want to know what it cleaned , takes about 1 min
to clean ( depends on the speed of your comp ) you have about 4
seconds to read the message displayed , when it is finished .

Find Junk Files
I use mainly for > Find Dead Links .

Backups
Once you are sure they are not needed again ( about one week ) they
can be deleted .

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jv16 PowerTools 1.3.0.195 , which doesn't expire , is available here:
http://spazioinwind.libero.it/puntocr/dwl/jv16pt_setup.exe
http://down.hengshui.com/download.asp?downid=1&id=726
http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/page7.html
http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/index.html#jv16
http://www.pricelessware.org/thelist/sys.htm
Click on Registry tool > Tools > Registry Cleaner > Continue
Start .
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When finished , Click on Select > Special select > Items that
should be safe to remove > Remove.

Or , the renamed later version ( dos'nt hurt to use both )
RegCleaner
http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/
http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/dload/RegCleaner.zip
RegCleaner 4.3.0.780 ( last freeware version ) OS: Win9x/NT/ME/2000/XP

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RegClean
http://vbnet.mvps.org/index.html?http://vbnet.mvps.org/dev/updates/tools.htm
Microsoft's RegClean ( freeware ) very conservative .
By default it puts the 3 files into Windows Temp .
I prefer them in Unzipped .
Right click in an empty space in Unzipped , select Folder & name
it RegClean .
Now when you click unzip ( during install ) select the new folder .
To use , you can either open up the folder & doubleclick on
RegClean or right click & make a shortcut to your desktop &
then put it anywhere you like .

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OleClean ( Freeware . I tick all the boxes in Options ) from ,
http://www.majorgeeks.com/showfiles.php?cat=15
http://www.geocities.com/maurizioferreira/oleclean.html
http://www.webgrid.co.uk/system_13.html
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=oleclean

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CCleaner
http://www.ccleaner.com/
CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimisation tool. That
removes unused and temporary files from your system - allowing it to
run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space. The
best part is that it's fast! (normally taking less that a second to
run) and Free. :)

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RegSeeker
http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
RegSeeker is a perfect companion for your Windows regsitry !
RegSeeker includes a powerful registry cleaner and can display
various informations like your
startup entries, several histories (even index.dat files), installed
applications and much
more ! With RegSeeker you can search for any item inside your
registry, export/delete the
results, open them in the registry. RegSeeker also includes a tweaks
panel to optimize your
OS !

RegSeeker is FREE for personal use only !

Click on Clean the Registry & tick > Scan Drives for old exe
entries in the registry . Click OK .
My personal use , is to , delete only the Green entries .
Left click the 1st green entry to highlight , hold the Shift key down
& move down the list to the last green entry & click ( no red
inbetween ) to highlght bulk Green entries .
Right click to delete .

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EasyCleaner
http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/
http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm
Click on Unnecessary .
I tick > Normal types , Extra types & Temp directories .
Don't use Duplicate files unless you really know what your doing .
If you try & remove a file that is being used , it will after
about a 15 second delay , inform you so & will not delete .

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RegScrubXP
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2048
http://www.sofotex.com/RegScrubXP-download_L7528.html
Registry Cleaner for Windows XP/2000 Systems (under development is a
version that will run in
Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP)
I have made it very easy for you to backup the registry prior to
using RegScrubXP. This backup process uses Microsoft's reg.exe
program. Follow these directions:
Go into the folder where RegScrubXP was installed.
Double-click on these two programs: HKLM.cmd and HKCU.cmd
You should see two files created: HKLM.reg and HKCU.reg
Copy these two files to a safe place.
If you ever need to fully restore your registry back to normal,
double-click on HKLM.reg and HKCU.reg to fully restore your registry
as it was before you used RegScrubXP.

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DustBuster
http://www.casperize.com/dustbuster/dust_en.htm
DustBuster is a garbage file removing utility for Microsoft Windows
operating systems. It searches for junk files and temp files that
are of no use and are just taking space on your hard drive. Based on
a "common sense" scanning technology, DustBuster now cleans over 1500
different types of useless temp files and directories in a single
click, detecting and deleting all these unneeded files
automatically. This will increase hard disk space on Windows
98/ME/2000/XP/2003.

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Find Junk Files
http://www.iclaxton.com/findjunkfiles.html
Find Junk Files is a user-friendly utility designed to free up disk
space by deleting useless junk files.
Each time you use your PC, unwanted files are created that
increasingly use more space on
your hard drive.
Find Junk Files can find more than 165 types of junk files with ease.
Unlike many other programs Find Junk Files will let you choose which
drive or drives to clean, which file types to search for, and what
folders to include or exclude.

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Binman
http://anothermirror.tripod.com/free.htm
http://www.webgrid.co.uk/system_7.html
http://freewarearena.org/PHPNuke/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=23
Seeks out the rubbish left behind by other programs. Use regularly it
will save space. It can auto run at times set by you.

Or , ( dos'nt hurt to use both )

XP
Auto Delete Temporary Folder
http://www.tweakxp.com/display.aspx?id=2021

First go into gpedit.msc
Start > Run , type in > gpedit.msc & press Enter .

Next select -> Computer Configuration/Administrative
Templates/Windows Components/Terminal Services/Temporary Folder

Then right click "Do Not Delete Temp Folder Upon Exit"

Go to properties and hit disable.

Now next time Windows puts a temp file in that folder it will
automatically delete it when its done!

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El Gee

Bunge said:
Cor, you don't half know some stuff unall, I've put you in my HELP
folder too, blush LF. (H)
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I am sorry, I do not understand exactly what you mean. If you are
telling me that I am not much help, please igonore my posts. :)


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Thane

I am sorry, I do not understand exactly what you mean. If you are
telling me that I am not much help, please igonore my posts. :)
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"Dn't half know" is a British phrase, and it's a compliment :)
 
E

El Gee

Bunge said:
Cor, you don't half know some stuff unall, I've put you in my HELP
folder too, blush LF. (H)
Click to expand...

Thanx...I think :)

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