RegSeeker too aggressiv?

[Guenter Poelz]

On my system (Win98SE, MSOffice97,...) Regseeker 1.30ß found much more
invalid entries in the registry then jv16. When I removed the green
entries, MSAccess complainted about not existing macros. May be other
programs are also affected. The application of jv16 had never ill
effects.
Could you recommend entries in the exlusion list "exclude.ini" to
avoid these problems with RegSeeker?
Many thanks for your help,
Guenter

 

[Jordan]

On my system (Win98SE, MSOffice97,...) Regseeker 1.30ß found much more
invalid entries in the registry then jv16. When I removed the green
entries, MSAccess complainted about not existing macros. May be other
programs are also affected. The application of jv16 had never ill
effects.
Could you recommend entries in the exlusion list "exclude.ini" to
avoid these problems with RegSeeker?
Many thanks for your help,

Why not just stick with jv16 Powertools (latest freeware version 1.3.0.96)?
http://www.absey-vine.co.uk/software/jv16pt_setup.zip

 

[Mick]

Hello Jordan,
You wrote on Wed, 03 Sep 2003 13:12:19 GMT:

Why not just stick with jv16 Powertools (latest freeware version 1.3.0.96)?
http://www.absey-vine.co.uk/software/jv16pt_setup.zip

Probably because that's like saying why not stick with MS-DOS 5. Sure it
works, but it will never be improved or updated.

 

[Jordan]

Mick wrote:
Probably because that's like saying why not stick with MS-DOS 5.
Sure it works, but it will never be improved or updated.

As freeware users, most of us are well aware that the current version of
any program we use may be the last freeware version (or the last version,
period). Should we stop using Xnews or Irfanview or Mozilla, etc. if each
becomes payware? Should we stop using Proxomitron because it has been
discontinued? To both questions, I think not.

 

[Maureen Goldman]

On my system (Win98SE, MSOffice97,...) Regseeker 1.30ß found much more
invalid entries in the registry then jv16. When I removed the green
entries, MSAccess complainted about not existing macros. May be other
programs are also affected. The application of jv16 had never ill
effects.
Could you recommend entries in the exlusion list "exclude.ini" to
avoid these problems with RegSeeker?

Regseeker has an option to back up deleted items, so perhaps you can
put everything back as it was. Or you could restart in DOS and use
scanreg /restore to get back an earlier copy of your registry.

When I first started using RS, I knew it would remove entries from my
Winkey program (windows key shortcuts), so I put those two keys in as
excludes. Also, given its aggressive nature, initially I had it check
one area at a time in case things needed to be returned. I haven't yet
seen it be wrong, but there are some keys I've added to the
exclude.ini because they come back automatically.

Since I don't use MSAccess, I can't advise you on that specific
program. With Winkey, it was a matter of going into the registry,
searching for Winkey, then highlighting the Shortcut folder and using
the edit menu to copy the key name. I then pasted the name in
excludes.ini, making the necessary changes to fit its format.
(Actually, there are two separate keys, one in HKCU and the other
HKU.)

 

[bassbag]

On my system (Win98SE, MSOffice97,...) Regseeker 1.30ß found much more
invalid entries in the registry then jv16. When I removed the green
entries, MSAccess complainted about not existing macros. May be other
programs are also affected. The application of jv16 had never ill
effects.
Could you recommend entries in the exlusion list "exclude.ini" to
avoid these problems with RegSeeker?
Many thanks for your help,
Guenter

Never found any probs with regseeker (and it does have a backup)..in fact
...cough ..splutter..i think its better and more stable than jv16.
me

 

[Allen_L]

Never found any probs with regseeker (and it does have a backup)..in
fact ..cough ..splutter..i think its better and more stable than jv16.
me

Have to agree that RegSeeker is 'better' than the oldest and latest freeware
jv16. I've 'used' the 'paid version of jv16 and it has gotten more
"aggressive", if that is the right term. Either of these are still much
milder than several of the commercial cleaners such as RegVac or Registry
First Aid which will really delete some valid entries if really 'turned'
loose. Most all of the invalids in RegSeeker are ok to delete (with the auto
backup of course), but if your running scared, don't delete the red items. I
always just let it do it's thing and haven't had a problem, but like some
other user said also, I also don't us MSAccess. Of course *any* M.S. product
will crash at will with little if any provocation.

....Allen

 

[Mick]

Hello Jordan,
You wrote on Wed, 03 Sep 2003 14:48:35 GMT:

??>> Mick wrote:
??>> Probably because that's like saying why not stick with MS-DOS 5.
??>> Sure it works, but it will never be improved or updated.

As freeware users, most of us are well aware that the current version of
any program we use may be the last freeware version (or the last version,
period). Should we stop using Xnews or Irfanview or Mozilla, etc. if each
becomes payware? Should we stop using Proxomitron because it has been
discontinued? To both questions, I think not.

I guess if it currently works for you, keep using it, however, me
personally, I drop them because dead programs don't last and will eventually
become problematic as you update other stuff. I used to use JV16 and Proxo
but have moved on to other programs now they are dead. I would have done
the same thing for my beloved OE if Microsoft had decided to drop it.

 

[Jordan]

I guess if it currently works for you, keep using it, however, me
personally, I drop them because dead programs don't last and will
eventually become problematic as you update other stuff. I used to
use JV16 and Proxo but have moved on to other programs now they are
dead. I would have done the same thing for my beloved OE if
Microsoft had decided to drop it.

I guess you better find a new email client then because Microsoft is no
longer developing Outlook Express and has no plans to update the program in
the future.

http://asia.cnet.com/newstech/applications/0,39001094,39145881,00.htm

 

[Mick]

Hello Jordan,
You wrote on Thu, 04 Sep 2003 00:24:05 GMT:

Mick wrote:

??>> I guess if it currently works for you, keep using it, however, me
??>> personally, I drop them because dead programs don't last and will
??>> eventually become problematic as you update other stuff. I used to
??>> use JV16 and Proxo but have moved on to other programs now they are
??>> dead. I would have done the same thing for my beloved OE if
??>> Microsoft had decided to drop it.

I guess you better find a new email client then because Microsoft is no
longer developing Outlook Express and has no plans to update the program in
the future.

http://asia.cnet.com/newstech/applications/0,39001094,39145881,00.htm

No, Dan made a mistake (he hadn't talked to the dev team). He later
retracted the statement. MS has no plans to kill off OE (yet).

 

[Jordan]

No, Dan made a mistake (he hadn't talked to the dev team). He later

retracted the statement. MS has no plans to kill off OE (yet).

Thanks for the info. OE is my email client of choice.

 

[Mick]

Hello Jordan,
You wrote on Thu, 04 Sep 2003 00:47:31 GMT:

??>> No, Dan made a mistake (he hadn't talked to the dev team). He later
??>> retracted the statement. MS has no plans to kill off OE (yet).

Thanks for the info. OE is my email client of choice.

No probs. You are right though, if they had killed it off I would've been
looking for another client. That would've sucked because I've only recently
(last year or so) found FidoLookSL. It supercharges OE into one of the best
email/newsreaders I have ever tried (and like most here, I've pretty much
tried them all). ;-)