Shanyogi_360 wrote:
Are there any good registry cleaners that won't destry the computer?
What I'm trying to say is that it depends on the knowledgeabilty of the user, just like a surgeon with a scalpel .....
The Windows Registry is so complex -- I'm not even sure Microsoft knows what's in there and why! -- that there's no way a few entries that relate to an application that is no longer on your machine can have any effect (typical of what a cleaner will remove) can have any material effect because if the application is no longer there the entries won't be used and we are talking about a few lines out of millions!
If one has reason to believe that your registry has been damaged by a crash or malware then the solution is to investigate the cause, remedy the cause and then if all's well there's no reason to look further. If all is not well then one has to have the knowledge and experience to look in a labyrinth to find the proverbial needle ... if you don't mind a mixed metaphor!
Often the easy way to deal with something like that is to restore a good backup (you do make a full backup don't you?!) or reinstall Windows .... or go to a third party with the knowledge to fix it.
If you have a problem say with sluggishness or something like that then tell us about it and we can see if there's something we can do to pinpoint the cause before trying to fix it .....
But reverting to your actual question -- I do use CCleaner, as others here clearly do, and it meets my needs of telling what it's analysis shows, allowing me to change the listing and in the case of the Registry tool it offers to make a backup of the Registry before it makes the change.
By all means try it; it is free and if you run the Registry Tool look at the result of the analysis and ask yourself --
-- if I'm trying to solve a por
-- do I know what each of those entries would do if it is needed and so whether it is safe to delete it.
If you don't know, remember that Cricket umpires are taught a mantra that applies here too: "When in Doubt, Say Not Out"
CCleaner also includes other tools which I do find useful -- the general cleaner is a convenient way of getting rid of temp files and other stuff that is no longer in use, although WIndows has a function Disk Clean on the Properties TAB when you look a disk in Windows Explorer and the Startup tool is convenient since if you do have no longer needed entries you can delete them as well as disable them which is an additional function to what is built into Windows.
I'll try again to post this but my ISP is having line problems -- probably water -- and I've tried 3 times but I've learned to save the text to a Notepad file and not just relay on the Autosave ....
Now, what was your problem .... ? <s>
Hugh
