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Comment from Eddie Baart on 2011-11-29

2011-11-29T17:03:04Z

Ignore my recent question about registry cleaners. I have now found the information in your archive.
Thanks
Eddie

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Comment from john n. on 2009-08-19

2009-08-20T02:58:50Z

Most of the problems you describe with registry cleaners are due to lack of proper setup, or lack of knowledge.

There are things called Ignore Lists. Even if something you need gets deleted once, it need not again. Blindly doing anything is mindless.

Ccleaner shows every file/ registry entry found in a scan to review BEFORE you hit delete. Many are obvious. And with a good program, nothing is permanent unless it states so first. You can undo changes easily.

Just like a hammer, if you don't know how to use it you're going to cause yourself some pain. I understand the need to play down to the lowest common denominator. "Average User" doesn't necessarily mean we need to dismiss something out of hand because we're to dumb to learn...

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Comment from Charles Tilley on 2009-08-19

2009-08-19T16:17:06Z

Registry cleaners are nothing but junk.They promise to speed up your machine,but I don't notice a difference. I do use CCleaner,but only to securely delete temporary internet files. If you must use one,Windows Live Safety Scanner is a good option. Some of these other cleaners,memory optimisers,etc. aren't worth the page they are on. Some of them can even severely damage your machine.

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Comment from steven on 2009-08-18

2009-08-18T23:57:46Z

Now CCleaner keeps deleting my quick launch toolbar. After many years, I deleted it. I settled on Eusting registry cleaner. and removed all the other Free cleaners from my other test computer. Too late, I noticed none of my USB flash drives work anymore. They use to work with the Native USB drivers I had a month ago.

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Comment from Paultx on 2009-08-18

2009-08-18T18:01:23Z

One common argument registry-cleaning software creators (or advertisers) use to entice prospects is that registry leftovers, clutter and stuff will somewhow make systems at least slow at times, and prone to crash some day... Leo, what's your thought on that?

I disagree as to the severity and the frequency of that problem. Yes, it can happen, but it's not nearly as common or as severe as the manufacturer's make it out to be. The fact that there may be unused registry entries typically has only a miniscule impact on overall performance.

Yes, you'll always hear from someone who swears up and down that a registry cleaner magically fixed some problem or improved the speed of his computer by some amazing percentage. It's possible, and why I don't dismiss them completely - but I only recommend them as a last resort when trying to solve a problem.

In my opinion registry cleaners are too risky for the average user and if you're not actually experiencing a problem using a registry cleaner has little practical value.

19-Aug-2009

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Comment from David on 2009-08-18

2009-08-18T13:31:17Z

If you must use Windows, every IT guy I know uses and trusts CCleaner (used to be called Crap Cleaner) www.ccleaner.com

It is consistently the most thorough, error free clean up and registry fixer available (and it's free for personal use :))

Read the reviews and I'm sure you'll get the same enthusiastic responses

Or, use Linux.

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Comment from vincent on 2009-08-16

2009-08-16T09:42:24Z

"Now you exit Word, and later delete the file you edited. Word never had a chance to remove the file from the list - so it remains in the registry"

Sounds like the registry's just a datadump...
Why doesn't the OS manage this a little better?

Not sure what you would expect to be "better". There's no clear answer what the OS (or anyone) should do. The OS cannot assume that just because the file is gone the application doesn't still expect or need the registry entry.

16-Aug-2009

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Comment from Ken B on 2009-08-14

2009-08-14T15:31:34Z

Nice to know that Google's context-sensitive ads would place an ad for a registry cleaner in an article explaining why you don't recommend registry cleaners. :-)

Another problem with the way that the Windows registry has evolved is that even Microsoft keeps changing where system settings are stored from one version of Windows to the next.

Yeah, I kind of figured the Google ads would target that way.

14-Aug-2009

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