Registry cleaner

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Alec said:
Does it think that the following files are broken, or does it understand these
path and filename?

%systemroot%\Explorer.exe
"C:\Windows\Explorer.exe"
C:\Windows\System32\Shell32.dll,5
C:\Windows\System32\Shell32.dll,-123
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k cd c:\
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You sound like somebody who should NOT use a cleaner :)
 
Plato said:
I'm using/posting with a win98SE box. A registry cleaner is recommended
for win98SE, preferably, EasyCleaner.
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Nope. It is not "recommended" - for ANY operating system.
(That doesn't mean it can't ever be useful on some occasions for a specific
customization issue - IF one knows exactly what they are doing - meaning at
the level of being *comfortable* working in regedit - otherwise, NO).
 
Curt said:
Sorry to disagree with you db, but I've yet to see a post from someone
saying that a Registry cleaner solved *any* particular problem on a given
machine. They are pure "snake oil", but we are both entitled to our
respective opinions.
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registry cleaners are not for solving "problems". They are to help you,
assuming you know how to use them, to help you repair systems. They are
just a tool one may use to help.
 
registry cleaners are not for solving "problems". They are to help you,
assuming you know how to use them, to help you repair systems.
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Those two statements are mutually contradictory. If there are no
problems, then no repair is necessary. Hence, a registry cleaner would
not be necessary.

They are
just a tool one may use to help.
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Assuming there's a specific problem which they're designed to address,
yes. But without an existing problem, a registry cleaner, much like a
wrench without a loose nut in site, is completely useless. They serve
no preventative value; never have, never will.


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Bruce said:
Those two statements are mutually contradictory. If there are no
problems, then no repair is necessary. Hence, a registry cleaner would
not be necessary.




Assuming there's a specific problem which they're designed to
address, yes. But without an existing problem, a registry cleaner, much
like a wrench without a loose nut in site, is completely useless. They
serve no preventative value; never have, never will.
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Sort of like having a 36" left handed metric monkey wrench in the trunk
of your car!
 
Bob said:
Sort of like having a 36" left handed metric monkey wrench in the trunk
of your car!
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A trunk? Who has a trunk anymore, we americans drive gas guzzling SUVs
with no trunk. We support our govt. leaders in the oil business all the
way...
 
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