Windows 9x and NTx Registry Defragmenter / Compactor

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Hi there.

I've been googling about for a free program (or programs) that
defragment / compact the registry for both Windows 9x and Windows
NT/2K/XP. I found WinASO RegDefrag (at www.winaso.com) which looks
promising, but I'm feeling unsure. I read that some registry
defragmenters don't "physically" defragment the registry, but others do,
and suffice it to say I'm a little confused.

Does anyone out there have any recommendations?

Thanks very much in advance.
 
Sol said:
I've been googling about for a free program (or programs) that
defragment / compact the registry for both Windows 9x and Windows
NT/2K/XP. I found WinASO RegDefrag (at www.winaso.com) which looks
promising, but I'm feeling unsure. I read that some registry
defragmenters don't "physically" defragment the registry, but others do,
and suffice it to say I'm a little confused.

Does anyone out there have any recommendations?
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Can't answer your question. Interesting find though. Don't know other
freeware which does this, except RegCompact, which is now called
RegCompact.NET, and that name says it all.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=465
Version 1.0, which I use, is not .NETware. It is discontinued
shareware which can be found here:
http://www.wintotal.de/yad/index.php?rb=30&id=873
It's successor, the .NET one, is freeware. Not sure if discontinued
shareware with a freeware successor qualifies as freeware though.
Bring on the ethics squad.

See also http://erpman1.tripod.com/current/regsmall.htm

S.O. Meone
 
Sol said:
I've been googling about for a free program (or programs) that
defragment / compact the registry for both Windows 9x and Windows
NT/2K/XP.
Click to expand...

NT Registry Optimizer
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/
Registry Optimization for Windows NT/2000/XP
Similar to Windows 9x/Me, the registry files in an NT-based system can
become fragmented over time, occupying more space on your hard disk
than necessary and decreasing overall performance. You should
use the NTREGOPT utility regularly, but especially after installing or
uninstalling a program, to minimize the size of the registry files and
optimize registry access.

The program works by recreating each registry hive "from scratch", thus
removing any slack space that may be left from previously modified or
deleted keys.

Note that the program does NOT change the contents of the registry in
any way, nor does it defrag the registry files "on-disk" (as the
PageDefrag program from SysInternals does). The optimization done by
NTREGOPT is simply compacting the registry hives to the minimum size
possible.

http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-02-03.htm
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pagedefrag.shtml
Sysinternals' free PageDefrag > Win2K/XP
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/contig.shtml
 
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