Which registry cleaner is recommended

[Mike Blake]

I am interested in learning which registry cleaner is best at safely
removing old program entries and other unnecessary registry entries.

I currently use JV16 version 1.3 and it seems capable but has quite a few
options to wade through. Possibly something else would be better.

Mike

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

I use System Mechanic (www.iolo.com) and it works
great with Windows XP. You can try it out free for
thirty days.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| I am interested in learning which registry cleaner is best at safely
| removing old program entries and other unnecessary registry entries.
|
| I currently use JV16 version 1.3 and it seems capable but has quite a few
| options to wade through. Possibly something else would be better.
|
| Mike

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

There really isn't any compelling reason to use a Registry Cleaner in XP.

As to the best, none, and I mean none, are so safe that you shouldn't be
well backed up before using it. Any time you use a registry cleaner, be
prepared for the worst possibility; you might have to format and reinstall.

 

[S.Sengupta]

Hi!Mike!
JV power tool is the best one.I also use it.Just grab the latest version.
cheers!
ssg MS-MVP
pronetworks.org

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

I always use Regedit.exe. I trust my own experience and judgment
far more than I would any automated registry cleaner.

Bruce Chambers

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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH

 

[DILIP]

Hi
That's potentially dangerous advice to a person who can't figure out the
options in a registry *cleaner*.

 

[DILIP]

You really don't need one, per se, unless you're having problems. Regvac is
effective though, switch to novice mode first.

 

[Kenny]

The only one I trust in XP is the one which is part of Iolo's System
Mechanic.

 

[DILIP]

Ok. Everyone has their own personal views. I find System Mechanic
insufficient - It leaves behind quite a lot of trash - especially
uninstalled programs - even after cleaning.

 

[Michael B. Blake]

Thanks. I wondered about the necessity of cleaning the registry regularly.

Mike

 

[Michael B. Blake]

Dilip,

While I am not quite as ignorant as I may have appeared your response was,
in my opinion, exactly right!

I started in microcomputers with Apple II and have progressed through all of
the MS-DOS versions and all Windows versions starting with 1.0. I also have
experience in 6502, Z80 and 8080 assembler programming. Now the only point
in having presented all of this is to qualify that even for an experienced
old (60) microcomputer user WinXP is quite complex and can be screwed up
with just a small amount of effort

The question that I should have really asked was "What value does a registry
cleaner add and then which one is simple, safe yet effective for an old
timer to use".

Again, your response regarding regedit was absolutely correct! By the way,
I had a good friend that worked with me in the old Bell System named Dilip
Waggle. Any relation?

Thanks - Mike - K9JRI

 

[CZ]

I always use Regedit.exe. I trust my own experience and judgment
far more than I would any automated registry cleaner.

Bruce:

I agree.

 

[Mike]

Regclearner is nice and simple (does not show system
files) it is made by the same guy that made the jv16 tool
that you use

 

[Ron Martell]

I am interested in learning which registry cleaner is best at safely
removing old program entries and other unnecessary registry entries.

I currently use JV16 version 1.3 and it seems capable but has quite a few
options to wade through. Possibly something else would be better.

Mike

I have been using RegSeeker from http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
and it has worked well for me with no problems resulting from it.

I used it on my own system almost 2 weeks ago (Oct 7th) and that
registry was really cluttered. I had a second hard drive with a bunch
of installed apps on it and the drive died completely a few months
ago. The programs could no be uninstalled because of the missing
files etc.

The first time I ran RegSeeker it found 11,600 items in the registry
which I deleted (I had made a full image backup and also a System
Restore point just prior to doing this. A second pass found a further
1300 or so items which I also deleted, and so on until the fifth pass
found only a single item.

So far I have not had a single error or malfunction of any kind.
Performance, which was pretty good already, seems to have improved a
bit especially the startup but I have not run any benchmarks.




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."

 

[Larry(LJL269)]

I run jv16 every month and always get 250 entries that
r safe to delete cause their targets r missing. ~250 r
listed as being IGNORED under those default rules.I
manually select entries to REMOVE.They go to BU file
just in case.

So in yr I been using jv16, I removed 3000 entries with
NO problems. Dont know if that has significant impact
but once I computed that equates to 2% of Reg by
volume. but I feel better too

HTH - Larry

On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 19:49:10 -0500, "Mike Blake"

|I am interested in learning which registry cleaner is best at safely
|removing old program entries and other unnecessary registry entries.
|
|I currently use JV16 version 1.3 and it seems capable but has quite a few
|options to wade through. Possibly something else would be better.
|
|Mike
|


Any advice given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS. Personal attacks, nitpicking & criticism
of anything but content will NOT be responded to. Those
posters should spend their time taking the test @
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/ocdtrt1.htm

 

[DILIP]

Hi Mike,
No relation, but it's an interesting link. I haven't started working yet -
I'm 20 and doing my engineering. Assembly language is amazing; I agree. I
know 8085 microprocessor programming, Basic, Pascal, Logo, C, C++ (To a
lesser extent). Among OSes, Windows 95 through XPP (I skipped ME and 2K
though) and Mandrake Linux fairly well. I don't know scripting though (I'm
very interested in it..). I've learnt the OSes by myself and the my policy
has been - When in doubt - Go ahead and try it. That's how we learn best.
My first installation of XP was on a fat32 disk and purely experimental -
And it did get "screwed" up - That's
when I tried almost everything. But I still run without System Restore
though.