good ~free~ registry cleaner?

:FI:Falcon · Post by **:FI:Falcon** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 1:59 am

I just found out I had 700+ 'errors' in my registry.

any good free cleaners around?

thx

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:FI:Sneaky_Russian · Post by **:FI:Sneaky_Russian** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 6:24 am

http://majorgeeks.com/downloads15.html

http://majorgeeks.com/Eusing_Free_Regis ... d5827.html

Reg utilities also included with:-

http://www.iobit.com/advancedwindowscareper.html

http://www.ccleaner.com/update/

All of these have a registry backup function.

Setting a Windows restore point would be a good move too , before tinkering .;
(AWC can set one for you)

Beware of things like "WinFixer" , and cleaners that run off with the family silver ,(they probably have another name name now) and will give alarming popups telling you of 7000000001 registry errors until you buy their program- just removing their cookies is a black art!!!

On that note most registry "errors" are redundant url's , but some (most?) software will just rely on these for a marketing ploy.

get this for in-depth info on registry http://majorgeeks.com/Windows_Registry_Guide_d539.html

Post by **:FI:Moe** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 4:01 pm

CCleaner is my weapon of choice in the fight against bloat.

:FI:Sacktime · Post by **:FI:Sacktime** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:52 pm

Geez I should run my CCleaner, haven't done that in awhile!

:FI:Heloego · Post by **:FI:Heloego** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 7:33 am

CCleaner once a week.

Great prog!

:FI:Falcon · Post by **:FI:Falcon** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:35 pm

thanks guys,

this stuff helps

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