Registry Cleaner that works well with Windows 7 Pro 64 bit OS

On Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:02:24 +0000, GriffonRC wrote:

I totally agree with you ! If I want to perform a registry cleanup, which Microsoft Administrator tool should I use (I am running Windows 7 Pro 64 bits on a Dell XPS 630i) ?

Do not try to clean the registry, whether with a Microsoft tool or
anyone else's.

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

and http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099

and also
http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2005/10/02/registry-junk-a-windows-fact-of-life.aspx

Let me point out that neither I nor anyone else who warns against the
use of registry cleaners has ever said that they always cause
problems. If they always caused problems, they would disappear from
the market almost immediately. Many people have used a registry
cleaner and never had a problem with it.

Rather, the problem with a registry cleaner is that it carries with it
the substantial risk of having a problem. And since there is no
benefit to using a registry cleaner, running that risk is a very bad
bargain.

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP

Personally I don't recommend a Registry Cleaner as they can honk things up more than they can help.  What are you needing to do, exactly?  You shouldn't be running a cleaner on your registry except for certain circumstances, like when having trouble installing a certain program and you have to remove all traces of it to start again.  RegClean is acceptble for that.  But other than that, if you are needing to clean the registry, your best bet is to reformat your drive and reinstall everything. 

PC Magazine (if I remember correctly) had some article back a while ago which detailed how most reg cleaners are just a waste of money and really something that users should not be messing with.

Bob Larson Access MVP

"DaveJB" wrote in message news:3cc582fe-e4e1-4896-a427-bd245c9b5786...

> Do you or can you recommend a Registry Cleaner that works well with

> Windows 7? In my searches I found RegAce to be the best recommend but on

> commencing to run the application Windows 7 gave a warning that it had not

> been tested on this OS.

I strongly recommend against *all* registry cleaners, with Windows 7 or any

other version of Windows.

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

--

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003

Ken Blake