RegSeeker any good?

[slushfund]

I've d'loaded RegSeeker and upon running the registry cleaner portion it
finds 905 possible deletions. A lot of "extension not used" under HKEY
Classes Root ; "unused open with entries" various "file or path does not
exist" and a few "obsolete entry".
Also finds a lot of "Invalid ActiveX/Com Entry (CLSID).
Some of the 905 listed are in Red and some are listed in Green.
Green OK to delete and Red, proceed with caution?
A fair amount of "Obsolete Start Menu Items" also.
Do I believe RegSeeker and delete all these items or proceed with
caution?

 

[Road Runner]

Hey there....

I doubt it if someone will tell you to go ahead and do it ... Any Reg
cleaner can cause more harm then good ... If you are unsure how to use this
program ?? Then I bet most will tell you not to use any Reg cleaner ....

 

[Dave Patrick]

Cleaners usually do more harm than good. Unless you have some compelling
reason to do so it's best to leave the registry intact.

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| I've d'loaded RegSeeker and upon running the registry cleaner portion it
| finds 905 possible deletions. A lot of "extension not used" under HKEY
| Classes Root ; "unused open with entries" various "file or path does not
| exist" and a few "obsolete entry".
| Also finds a lot of "Invalid ActiveX/Com Entry (CLSID).
| Some of the 905 listed are in Red and some are listed in Green.
| Green OK to delete and Red, proceed with caution?
| A fair amount of "Obsolete Start Menu Items" also.
| Do I believe RegSeeker and delete all these items or proceed with
| caution?
|
|

 

[JAX]

DIDDO, JAX

Hey there....

I doubt it if someone will tell you to go ahead and do it ... Any Reg
cleaner can cause more harm then good ... If you are unsure how to use
this program ?? Then I bet most will tell you not to use any Reg cleaner
....

 

[JAX]

Meant "Ditto". JAX

DIDDO, JAX

 

[Ron Martell]

I've d'loaded RegSeeker and upon running the registry cleaner portion it
finds 905 possible deletions. A lot of "extension not used" under HKEY
Classes Root ; "unused open with entries" various "file or path does not
exist" and a few "obsolete entry".
Also finds a lot of "Invalid ActiveX/Com Entry (CLSID).
Some of the 905 listed are in Red and some are listed in Green.
Green OK to delete and Red, proceed with caution?
A fair amount of "Obsolete Start Menu Items" also.
Do I believe RegSeeker and delete all these items or proceed with
caution?

I have used RegSeeker many times and it has never caused a problem for
me. It is especially useful for cleaning up after uinstalling
shoddily programmed pieces of junk such as Norton products which leave
a vast number of regsitry entries behind.

Make sure that the backup option is selected in RegSeeker. It is on by
default. That way you can restore the deleted entries in the unlikely
event that a problem does arise.

And if RegSeeker finds more than 20 or so items to be removed from the
registry then you want to run it again as it will undoubtedly find
further items to be removed.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

 

[slushfund]

Thanks for the answer. I realize working in the Reg can cause irrepairable
damage and the need to tread lightly cannot be over emphasized enough.
Basically I was just looking for opinions, not anyone's permission to work
on MY computer. If I screw up my box, I'VE screwed it up not anyone
giving advice on these NG's with the requisite disclaimer of no liability.
It seemed as though close to a thousand possible unnecessary entries
might be unwanted at some point. This amount will only grow. Even with
today's HD sizes and speed it's got to have some effect.

 

[Ron Martell]

Thanks for the answer. I realize working in the Reg can cause irrepairable
damage and the need to tread lightly cannot be over emphasized enough.
Basically I was just looking for opinions, not anyone's permission to work
on MY computer. If I screw up my box, I'VE screwed it up not anyone
giving advice on these NG's with the requisite disclaimer of no liability.
It seemed as though close to a thousand possible unnecessary entries
might be unwanted at some point. This amount will only grow. Even with
today's HD sizes and speed it's got to have some effect.

I cleaned 15,000 or so entries from my registry about 2 years ago,
after a slave hard drive with installed apps on it died. I think it
took 5 passes with RegSeeker before it finished the cleanup. No
subsequent problems.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

 

[Peter Wilkins]

I've d'loaded RegSeeker and upon running the registry cleaner portion it
finds 905 possible deletions. A lot of "extension not used" under HKEY
Classes Root ; "unused open with entries" various "file or path does not
exist" and a few "obsolete entry".
Also finds a lot of "Invalid ActiveX/Com Entry (CLSID).
Some of the 905 listed are in Red and some are listed in Green.
Green OK to delete and Red, proceed with caution?
A fair amount of "Obsolete Start Menu Items" also.
Do I believe RegSeeker and delete all these items or proceed with
caution?

Don't run any registry cleaner unless you have a good system backup
AND have set the registry cleaner to also take a backup of the items
deleted.

I don't particularly like RegSeeker because it just deletes the items
you select. There are a number of other registry cleaners available
that will search your HDD for every selected entry and then offer up a
correction if one is found, or a list if more than one possible option
is found, and will only recommend deletion if no correction to the
entry can be found. Registry Healer is one of those, and I have used
it without any problems, and Spybot Search and Destroy has a similar
but more limited function also, but I wouldn't make any specific
recommendations as there are too many other regcleaner programs out
there.

Regseeker will delete entries which were correct but made incorrect
because a file was moved or relocated - it won't find the new location
and make the correction for you. That is a real disadvantage.

 

[CS]

Don't run any registry cleaner unless you have a good system backup
AND have set the registry cleaner to also take a backup of the items
deleted.

I don't particularly like RegSeeker because it just deletes the items
you select. There are a number of other registry cleaners available
that will search your HDD for every selected entry and then offer up a
correction if one is found, or a list if more than one possible option
is found, and will only recommend deletion if no correction to the
entry can be found. Registry Healer is one of those, and I have used
it without any problems, and Spybot Search and Destroy has a similar
but more limited function also, but I wouldn't make any specific
recommendations as there are too many other regcleaner programs out
there.

Regseeker will delete entries which were correct but made incorrect
because a file was moved or relocated - it won't find the new location
and make the correction for you. That is a real disadvantage.

The version of Regseeker that I have has an option to make a backup of
all the entries it deletes. (ver 1.35) Also, I have used Regseeker
on a number of occasions to delete multiple items in the registry of
software that had been removed. It has never caused a problem, and
for that matter neither has any other registry cleaner program that
I've used.

The key here is to "know what you're doing" when you use a registry
cleaner and ALWAYS make a backup prior to using it. Novices and new
users should probably not use a registry cleaner.