Registry Cleaner

Any recommendations for a good, easy to use and free registry cleaner ? Thanks in advance.

http://www.ccleaner.com/

Yup...I agree.

CCleaner is the best choice to clear your
registry.
There are also many other programs out there
but you need to be carefull about what you
delete in your registry. If you don't have
that huge knowledge, ccleaner is the best
option to clean it and make your system
a little bit faster.
CCleaner also gives you an option to
make a backup of your registry. If you
do something wrong or delete wrong
entries, you always have a way to 'undo'
your steps in there.

I'm using ccleaner since one year and
never had a problem wit that.

Rayden

Do you have to disable your anti-virus to use CCleaner? I had a full version of Registry Mechanic, but I couldn't use it cause it wanted me to uninstall my anti-virus.

I agree !!

ccleaner...very easy to use and its a freeware !! (Includes the Updates)

D77

bigpaulie426 wrote:
I don't know which anti-vir program you're using but I doubt
there will be any problems with ccleaner.

Just give it a try. It's free.

You can always uninstall it if you don't like it or
if it will bring you trouble regarding the anti-vir.

I never had any issues with it.

Here are a couple more free reg tools...

..::RegMon::..

Regmon is a Registry monitoring utility that will show you which applications are accessing your Registry, which keys they are accessing, and the Registry data that they are reading and writing - all in real-time. This advanced utility takes you one step beyond what static Registry tools can do, to let you see and understand exactly how programs use the Registry. With static tools you might be able to see what Registry values and keys changed. With Regmon you ll see how the values and keys changed.

DOWNLOAD

..:: ERUNT::..

ERUNT (Emergency Recovery Utility NT) allows you to keep a complete backup of your registry and restore it when needed. The standard registry backup options that come with Windows back up most of the registry but not all of it. ERUNT however creates a complete backup set, including the Security hive and user related sections. ERUNT is easy to use and since it creates a full backup, there are no options or choices other than to select the location of the backup files. The backup set includes a small executable that will launch the registry restore if needed.

DOWNLOAD

I used RegCure. Not freeware, but only cost $20 for a year subscription. Worked well.

I'll also vouch for the Cleaner as mentioned above-although it definitely will not do all that a paid for program will do.

I use CCleaner also but I think it wipes out passwords and some saved information, doesn't it? Maybe there are some settings that I can change that I have not looked at as of yet, it just seems to me after I run it, I have to reinput my Rapidshare info, other passwords, etc. Not that this is a major issue, it is just that I use varied passwords and I forget which one is which.
Hornsready

EasyCleaner
From ToniArts Software
http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm
Apparently is the victim of cyber squatting > http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts
Also available from this distributor here > http://majorgeeks.com/download414.html
This is safe and benign - don't remove duplicate files unless you know how to back up

Crap Cleaner ( Already mentioned )
http://www.ccleaner.com

Tweaknow Registry Cleaner Standard
http://www.tweaknow.com/RegCleaner.html
Use this after the ones above

Comodo Registry Cleaner
http://registry-cleaner.comodo.com/index.html
Use this after the ones above

Eusing Free Registry Cleaner
http://www.eusing.com/free_registry_cleaner/registry_cleaner.htm
Use this after the ones above

RegCleaner
From Macecraft Software
http://www.macecraft.com
original site now just a re-direct > http://www.jv16.org
An older edition is free, available from this distributor here > http://majorgeeks.com/RegCleaner_d460.html
Use this after the ones above, click tools at the top

RegSeeker
http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
Use this after the ones above
I have found this to be the most aggresive. Thus you should run
cleaners in an order where each in turn produces fewer entries
for removal.


Mystery Behind Windows Registry - A Guide
If you wondered what is in there.
http://www.systweak.com/TechGuides.asp
Download the pdf, its smaller and has a search option


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jv16 Power Tools
Also from Macecraft Software
http://www.macecraft.com
This tool suite can wreak havoc if you don't know what you're doing
Older edition of jv16 Power Tools 1.3.0.195 is free from > http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=jv16

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I use two of them, ccleaner and registry mechanic.

Tune Up utilities 2009 - google it with "rapidshare" in quotes, watch out there's a German version and an English version.

Best one out there, not only does registry it does enhancement, it does speedup, defrag, changes to operating style and lots more.

11 months running Vista 32 on one beast and Vista 64 on another - NO CRASHES. really.

tfh wrote:

Wow thanks for the suggestion