Q
Quilljar
Is there a reliable free Windows 7 Registry cleaner?
B
Bob I
No.
S
Slap
I use CCleaner...Quilljar said:
http://www.ccleaner.com/
among other things it has a registry cleaner and is free, often updated.
The only thing is when installing it it has some options checked... installs
a desktop icon, stuff like that. I un-check them... ESPECIALLY the yahoo
tool bar thingy.
I use it almost every day, do the registry once in awhile.
S
Slap
Don't be silly Bob.Bob I said:
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K
Ken Blake, MVP
A common question here, and one that usually fosters all kinds of
disagreement.
My answer is no. Not only is there not a reliable free one, there is
not even a reliable paid-for one. Here's my standard message on the
subject:
Registry cleaning programs are *all* snake oil. Cleaning of the
registry isn't needed and is dangerous. Leave the registry alone and
don't use any registry cleaner. Despite what many people think, and
what vendors of registry cleaning software try to convince you of,
having unused registry entries doesn't really hurt you.
The risk of a serious problem caused by a registry cleaner erroneously
removing an entry you need is far greater than any potential benefit
it may have.
Read http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000643.html
A
Allen
Amen. Right now I am in the process of getting ready for a complete
install-from-scratch of W7 because I trusted a purchased register
cleaner despite misgivings. Why oh why does M$ recommend some of them?
Allen
S
Slap
Your destiny Allen. There is 400 million downloads of CCleaner. Might beAllen said:
the odd problem but I suspect Office has caused the odd problem too.
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T
Thip
Been there, done that. My sympathy!Allen said:
D
Dave-UK
Which registry cleaners does Microsoft recommend ?
K
Ken Blake, MVP
CCleaner *is* an excellent program. I personally use it and recommend
it to others.
However, I strongly recommend that you use its other functions, and
*not* its registry cleaning function.
R
ray
Another option, of course, is to switch to Linux and have done with the
fscking registry all together!
L
LSMFT
Yes, it's called reinstall Windows.Quilljar said:
L
LD55ZRA
Sure. If your interest is to have a safe tool that can prompt you before it
deletes anything then CCleaner wins my vote. Ken Blake, Microsoft Valuable
Pig (or MVP for short) has also recommended this tool on windows XP
newsgroup. The link to download is here:
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/download/94b25daeefc6f2935a3766c68325cb20/
hth
deletes anything then CCleaner wins my vote. Ken Blake, Microsoft Valuable
Pig (or MVP for short) has also recommended this tool on windows XP
newsgroup. The link to download is here:
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/download/94b25daeefc6f2935a3766c68325cb20/
hth
L
LD55ZRA
So do I.Slap said:
L
LD55ZRA
Microsoft simply doesn't like doing things simple. For example, everything
you do on your system, is somehow "registered" in registry one way or
another. If you want to use hotmail and Outlook or Windows Live, you need a
connector; If you want to use its forums via NNTP port 119, you need a NNTP
bridge
http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/content/content.aspx?ContentID=13820.
Its Internet Explorer never followed the Standards and so web designers
trying to create something that is standards compliant have to find work
arounds to ensure their web site is accessible by IE users. The list is
endless but I wonder for how long it can continue like this.
With M$, there is no simple way to use Standard procedures with almost
anything. Perhaps that is why it is so dominant and this is the main reason
why the M$ products are not compatible with computer security!
hth
G
Grenou
Me tooSlap said:
Grenou
A
Allen
Don't remember now. One of the times I was browsing one of their help
sites, it seemed like they recommended third-party software to solve
many different problems--rather than building in solutions.
Allen
D
Dave
I have to disagree with you on this due to experience with Vista. Fairly newKen Blake said:
HP desktop, started having problems, (definitely related to my screwing
around with software of all kinds) don't remember specifics but they were
serious enough I called HP tech support. All they could say was do a restore
of original software. Since I had a new laptop I decided to use it for major
use instead, eventually got into the same situation with it. Did a
destructive restore on the laptop, took several hours doing that and getting
dozens of updates. Now the desktop, I had Wise Registry Cleaner 4, so I
thought since I had to do a destructive reinstall I had nothing to lose, if
it screwed up the registry then so what. Ran it, 10 minutes later it was
done and system performed flawlessly.
I don't know if Wise is compatible with Win7, but since I have both machines
converted now, if or when I have a problem I will definitely be looking at
it.
Just my 2cents,
Dave
D
Dave
Course, then you get to deal with all the holier-than-thou dickheads who useray said:
it. Example, like the ones who post Trivoids junk in a Win 7 ng.
Dave
D
Dave-UK
So which registry cleaner trashed your machine ?Allen said:
Have you given details to the vendor ?
Have you asked for your money back ?
How do you know it was a registry cleaner that did it ?
Can't you use System restore to save re-installing Windows ?