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RegCleaner, CCleaner and Windows Washer. |
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Jul 12 2007, 01:52 AM
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New Member Group: New Member Posts: 7 Joined: 29-August 06 Member No.: 60,786 Operating System: Windows XP |
I once tried wuinstall, it trashed my PC, I do not trust registry cleaner
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Jul 14 2007, 09:35 PM
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Authentic Member Group: Authentic Member Posts: 43 Joined: 9-August 06 From: Tennessee Member No.: 59,799 Operating System: Vista Home Premium 64 bit |
Wow, wish I had paid attention to this post being 2 years old. Downloaded RegCleaner, the desktop icon did nothing. Decided to just uninstall, how nice, it is not showing up in add/remove programs and is not listed as a program in my Windows programs list. Anybody have any suggestions?
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Jul 27 2007, 11:00 PM
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Authentic Member Group: Authentic Member Posts: 60 Joined: 16-July 07 Member No.: 71,477 Operating System: XP |
OK so is it safe to use either one of these, or is registry cleaners a no no, Thank you.
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Jul 28 2007, 06:38 AM
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 Retired  Group: Malware Expert Posts: 2,477 Joined: 1-November 03 From: So. Plfd. NJ USA Member No.: 675 Operating System: Widows 98se, ME and XP home |
Havoc....
QUOTE Wow, wish I had paid attention to this post being 2 years old. Downloaded RegCleaner, the desktop icon did nothing. Decided to just uninstall, how nice, it is not showing up in add/remove programs and is not listed as a program in my Windows programs list. Anybody have any suggestions? It wasn't installed on your computer! If you didn't install it....you can't uninstall it. It's installed in your Programs Folder as RegCleaner, inside the folder is an uninstaller. Just delete the "regcleaner.exe" that was downloaded. MrC |
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Jul 28 2007, 06:41 AM
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Retired Group: Malware Expert Posts: 2,477 Joined: 1-November 03 From: So. Plfd. NJ USA Member No.: 675 Operating System: Widows 98se, ME and XP home |
QUOTE OK so is it safe to use either one of these, or is registry cleaners a no no, Thank you. Regcleaner is safe or I wouldn't have recommended it. I use it on all my machines 98 and XP. Follow the instructions in the post below: http://forums.tomcoyote.org/RegCleaner_t42...st&p=190094 MrC |
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Jul 29 2007, 08:35 AM
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 MalwareBytes Group: Visiting Staff Posts: 514 Joined: 22-March 05 From: Belgium Member No.: 28,344 Operating System: XP Home, XP Pro  |
A small note - Always be careful when using Registry Cleaners. I know Regcleaner is OK to use, but I also have seen it deleting the entire Uninstall key in the registry and other keys which were not supposed to be deleted.
So, only use registry cleaners if you have basic knowledge about the registry and know for sure if a certain key may get deleted or not. I have seen too many Registry Cleaners damaging a registry instead of fixing/Cleaning it. And, a corrupted registry is a corrupted Windows. Imho, Registry Cleaners are not really necessary either. Even a heavily fragmented registry won't change much in System speed. It will only affect it when you perform a registry search, which will take longer when a registry is heavily fragmented. As I've already said elsewhere - if Registry cleaners were really so necessary, why didn't Microsoft add a Registry Cleaning option by default? The same as MS did with the Cleanup Manager (cleanmgr). So, just don't fix when it ain't brroken 
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Jul 29 2007, 01:13 PM
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 Forum Dog Group: Malware Expert Posts: 8,647 Joined: 14-December 04 From: Ontario, Canada Member No.: 20,259 Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit |
To add to what miekiemoes has just stated, if there is really anything that could help remedy the slow degradation of a system to a heavily fragmented pagefile and registry I would go for what is now, I guess, a Microsost product called PageDefrag. Details on what it does and where to download the utility can be found here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysintern...PageDefrag.mspx This tool is by Mark Russinovich (Of SysInternals fame). It is light weight, fast and even, in my opinion, Trevuren proof, which means that even I can use it safely. Go have a read. |
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Jul 29 2007, 07:02 PM
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Authentic Member Group: Authentic Member Posts: 43 Joined: 9-August 06 From: Tennessee Member No.: 59,799 Operating System: Vista Home Premium 64 bit |
Thanks MrC, found it just fine. Always nice to learn something new
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Jul 30 2007, 08:16 PM
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Retired Group: Malware Expert Posts: 2,477 Joined: 1-November 03 From: So. Plfd. NJ USA Member No.: 675 Operating System: Widows 98se, ME and XP home |
QUOTE As I've already said elsewhere - if Registry cleaners were really so necessary, why didn't Microsoft add a Registry Cleaning option by default? The same as MS did with the Cleanup Manager (cleanmgr). Microsoft did offer one a while back: RegClean http://www.createwindow.com/wininfo/regclean.htm http://www.majorgeeks.com/download458.html Microsoft Office XP and Microsoft Office 2000 users should read this before using: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;299958 MrC |
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Aug 4 2007, 05:39 AM
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 New Member Group: New Member Posts: 2 Joined: 28-July 07 Member No.: 71,716 Operating System: Windowx XP |
many experts don't suggest tools like Regcleaner unless you have good knowledge about using these tools.
MrCharlie! thanks for explainations |
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Aug 27 2007, 01:12 AM
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Authentic Member Group: Authentic Member Posts: 25 Joined: 22-January 07 From: Philippines Member No.: 66,708 Operating System: Windows XP |
I use to cleaup my registry using Registry Fix before then now I am using registry mechanic... are these two safe?
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Nov 13 2007, 07:36 AM
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old bump, are the reg cleaners really that bad MrC ?
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Nov 13 2007, 08:18 PM
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 Authentic Member  Group: MRU Teachers Posts: 134 Joined: 11-November 06 From: UK Member No.: 64,100 Operating System: Windows 2000 pro, XP home |
Most reg cleaners aren't "bad" as such, but they aren't perfect and even the best have been known to cause problems.
The point we are trying to make is that the risk of using one far outweighs any benefit. If it does work perfectly you will not see any difference If it doesn't work properly you may end up with an expensive doorstop. |
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Nov 20 2007, 12:07 AM
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I use Wise Registry Cleaner.
It tells you what is safe to fix and what is not. This post has been edited by Blue Sky: Nov 20 2007, 12:15 AM |
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