Glary Utilities or Crap Cleaner -- which registry cleaner is saferfor Windows 7 x64?

Does anyone have an opinion about which registry cleaner is safer
on 64-bit Windows 7, Glary Utilities or Crap Cleaner? I've got
both installed, but I'm a little reluctant to run the registry
cleaner part of either program without some confidence that they
won't do damage.

-Al-

I wouldn't trust *ANY* registry cleaner on my PC, but that's my personal
preference. Though what I do to keep the registry cleared of removed
programs is to use Revo Uninstaller to uninstall software. This program
will run the uninstall program for the software you want to remove, then
performs a scan for any leftover remnants. Once the scan is complete you
are then shown the results where you can determine what is safe to remove.


"Al Smith" <> wrote in message
news:Vf6en.65931$PH1.9435@edtnps82...
> Does anyone have an opinion about which registry cleaner is safer on
> 64-bit Windows 7, Glary Utilities or Crap Cleaner? I've got both
> installed, but I'm a little reluctant to run the registry cleaner part of
> either program without some confidence that they won't do damage.
>
> -Al-

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Windows 7 Home Premium

"Roy Smith" <> wrote in message
news:uDben.316527$...
> I wouldn't trust *ANY* registry cleaner on my PC, but that's my personal
> preference. Though what I do to keep the registry cleared of removed
> programs is to use Revo Uninstaller to uninstall software. This program
> will run the uninstall program for the software you want to remove, then
> performs a scan for any leftover remnants. Once the scan is complete you
> are then shown the results where you can determine what is safe to remove.

All the time I had XP I used CC and the registry cleaner too. I have been
scared off by reading here, and don't feel sure enough to be able to choose.
I guess my registry will stay 'mucky' now
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"Al Smith" <> wrote in message news:Vf6en.65931$PH1.9435@edtnps82...
> Does anyone have an opinion about which registry cleaner is safer
> on 64-bit Windows 7, Glary Utilities or Crap Cleaner? I've got
> both installed, but I'm a little reluctant to run the registry
> cleaner part of either program without some confidence that they
> won't do damage.
>
> -Al-

I use CrapCleaner on Win7 x64 and run the registry cleaner
once in a while. I've never had any problems with it.
The default setting for the registry cleaner in CrapCleaner
is to offer to backup any registry changes.
If yours does not do this then go to:
Options > Advanced and tick the box 'Show prompt to backup registry issues'.

"Dave-UK" <> wrote in message
news...
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> "Al Smith" <> wrote in message
> news:Vf6en.65931$PH1.9435@edtnps82...
>> Does anyone have an opinion about which registry cleaner is safer on
>> 64-bit Windows 7, Glary Utilities or Crap Cleaner? I've got both
>> installed, but I'm a little reluctant to run the registry cleaner part of
>> either program without some confidence that they won't do damage.
>>
>> -Al-
>
> I use CrapCleaner on Win7 x64 and run the registry cleaner
> once in a while. I've never had any problems with it.
> The default setting for the registry cleaner in CrapCleaner
> is to offer to backup any registry changes.
> If yours does not do this then go to:
> Options > Advanced and tick the box 'Show prompt to backup registry
> issues'.

Ooops back on then? ))


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On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:57:57 GMT, Al Smith <>
wrote:

>Does anyone have an opinion about which registry cleaner is safer
>on 64-bit Windows 7, Glary Utilities or Crap Cleaner? I've got
>both installed, but I'm a little reluctant to run the registry
>cleaner part of either program without some confidence that they
>won't do damage.

I've never been convinced there's any reason to run a 'registry
cleaner'.

Ophelia wrote:
>
> "Roy Smith" <> wrote in message
> news:uDben.316527$...
>> I wouldn't trust *ANY* registry cleaner on my PC, but that's my
>> personal preference. Though what I do to keep the registry cleared of
>> removed programs is to use Revo Uninstaller to uninstall software.
>> This program will run the uninstall program for the software you want
>> to remove, then performs a scan for any leftover remnants. Once the
>> scan is complete you are then shown the results where you can
>> determine what is safe to remove.
>
> All the time I had XP I used CC and the registry cleaner too. I have
> been scared off by reading here, and don't feel sure enough to be able
> to choose. I guess my registry will stay 'mucky' now





I used to use a registry cleaner regularly on XP and never had a
problem. But the one I used to use doesn't work on Windows 7 x64,
or at least, I wouldn't trust trying it. CrapCleaner and Glary
Utilities seem to have been updated for x64 systems. I like
keeping my registry free of junk, as part of my general policy to
get rid of as many unnecessary files as possible. The first time I
clean a registry there is always a huge amount of junk that comes
out. But like you, I'm a bit nervous about cleaning the registry
for the first time in Windows 7.

-Al-

Dave-UK wrote:
>
> "Al Smith" <> wrote in message
> news:Vf6en.65931$PH1.9435@edtnps82...
>> Does anyone have an opinion about which registry cleaner is safer on
>> 64-bit Windows 7, Glary Utilities or Crap Cleaner? I've got both
>> installed, but I'm a little reluctant to run the registry cleaner part
>> of either program without some confidence that they won't do damage.
>>
>> -Al-
>
> I use CrapCleaner on Win7 x64 and run the registry cleaner
> once in a while. I've never had any problems with it.
> The default setting for the registry cleaner in CrapCleaner
> is to offer to backup any registry changes.
> If yours does not do this then go to:
> Options > Advanced and tick the box 'Show prompt to backup registry
> issues'.
>
>

A vote for CrapCleaner, then. This is the first time I've tried
Glary Utilities. It seems like a polished program, but I wanted
some feedback before tying it on something so critical. I will
probably go with CrapCleaner, which I've used before, and will of
course back up the registry. The only trouble with that is, if
your registry is really hosed, will Windows even run to restore
the back up?

-Al-

"Al Smith" <> wrote in message
news:Vf6en.65931$PH1.9435@edtnps82...
> Does anyone have an opinion about which registry cleaner is safer on
> 64-bit Windows 7, Glary Utilities or Crap Cleaner? I've got both
> installed, but I'm a little reluctant to run the registry cleaner part of
> either program without some confidence that they won't do damage.
>
> -Al-

I have never been unable to boot after using CCleaner (as has been intimated
by some), but I have had problems with networked programs when I used it a
couple of times on my work computer. There were a couple that had to be
reinstalled locally in order to work again.
I have only had one problem at home with it, and that was on my Win7
notebook. It "broke" my installation of Logitech SetPoint for my Bluetooth
mouse. Keep in mind that I didn't go through each key to see what was being
removed, so I can't blame the program as much as blaming myself. All I had
to do to fix it was restore the keys from the backup that CC creates. Didn't
even need to reboot.
Even though I've never had an unbootable machine, I can honestly say that
I've never seen any verifiable speed or reliability performance either.
Do they do any good? Not that I can see.
Do they do any harm? Yes, in certain instances, and could probably do more
if the user doesn't know or pay attention to what he's doing.
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SC Tom

"Al Smith" <> wrote in message news:Baeen.65996$PH1.42736@edtnps82...
> Dave-UK wrote:
>>
>> "Al Smith" <> wrote in message
>> news:Vf6en.65931$PH1.9435@edtnps82...
>>> Does anyone have an opinion about which registry cleaner is safer on
>>> 64-bit Windows 7, Glary Utilities or Crap Cleaner? I've got both
>>> installed, but I'm a little reluctant to run the registry cleaner part
>>> of either program without some confidence that they won't do damage.
>>>
>>> -Al-
>>
>> I use CrapCleaner on Win7 x64 and run the registry cleaner
>> once in a while. I've never had any problems with it.
>> The default setting for the registry cleaner in CrapCleaner
>> is to offer to backup any registry changes.
>> If yours does not do this then go to:
>> Options > Advanced and tick the box 'Show prompt to backup registry
>> issues'.
>>
>>
>
> A vote for CrapCleaner, then. This is the first time I've tried
> Glary Utilities. It seems like a polished program, but I wanted
> some feedback before tying it on something so critical. I will
> probably go with CrapCleaner, which I've used before, and will of
> course back up the registry. The only trouble with that is, if
> your registry is really hosed, will Windows even run to restore
> the back up?
>
> -Al-

I only use a registry cleaner because I like messing about
in the registry and often do searches within the registry.
So I've convinced myself that the searches would run faster
if there were less junk in there.
I don't think Win7 would allow CrapCleaner to delete any keys
that would completely hose the system.
I don't bother using the backup facility of CrapCleaner because
I use Erunt to do a daily registry backup.
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/
If you read the FAQ it states that it only runs properly with
UAC disabled, but I've found it will run OK with UAC enabled and
run as a task with the correct privileges.
I'll post details if you want to try Erunt.