best reg cleaner?

January 15th, 2003

what's the best registry cleaner? my reg is really messt and i need advice on which reg cleaner to use

**yoyo** · January 15th, 2003

No regcleaner will repair a 'messed registry'. All they do is removing unneeded entries, or to be true, in many cases entries they believe are no longer needed.

**perris** · January 15th, 2003

good point yoyo

for instance, the best registry cleaner I know of, jv16 will actually remove incredimail registry entries.

so even with the good reg cleaners, you have to be careful what you delete.

their usually safe, as the backup files simply re-enters the registry entries

funny...this is the only valid entry that I have ever heard jv16 deleting

the coincidence is that incredimail is adware of the worst kind...very invasine...I don't recommend using incredimail

just some additional information, that's all

**NetRyder** · January 15th, 2003

Agreed ... the jv16 RegCleaner is the best one around IMO.

Cheers!
NetRyder

January 15th, 2003

k, thnx for the advice

**NetRyder** · January 16th, 2003

You're welcome

Cheers!
NetRyder

**Hipster Doofus** · January 16th, 2003

I use four.

1/ jv reg cleaner
2/ easy cleaner (set with 'help' in the skip box)
3/ cleanreg3
4/ regscrubXP
Then I use erunt to back it up.
What one misses the other gets. (I hope) :confused:

**NetRyder** · January 16th, 2003

I've heard of RegscrubXP too ... might give that a shot.

Cheers!
NetRyder

January 16th, 2003

TweakXP is a great proggy for cleaning registry and doing a lot of other things. It says it will also "repair" bad registry entries, but I don't know about that. They offer a demo version that will let you run 30 tasks, including cleaning registry.

**perris** · April 28th, 2003

I will go with yoyo on this guys

for most users, the registry cleaners do more harm then good.

for instance, suppoe for arguments sake, the cleaner finds 400 bad entries.

well, you have to go through these, and decide which are actually bad, and which you don't want to take a chance with.

too many people wind up with problems in the future, that they don't attribue to registry cleaning, because they don't come up for months on end.

for instance, one famouse cleaner deletes your windows help file.

now

I haven't used the help file for over a year, but the other day, I used it to pull up an ms white paper to make a point.

so, if my help file had been removed by a reg cleaner, I could not have possibly atributed the problem to a reg clean that I did over a year ago, could I?

be very discriminating when using these

**Mubbers** · April 28th, 2003

Where does one get jv16 from?

Mubbers

**NetRyder** · April 28th, 2003

www.jv16.org

**Mubbers** · April 29th, 2003

cheers!

Mubbers

**Friend of Bill** · April 29th, 2003

SpyBot Search & Destroy has a registry cleaner and it's free. Uhmmm mmmm...

January 15th, 2003	Top \| #1
Rexy Unregistered Posts: n/a	best reg cleaner? what's the best registry cleaner? my reg is really messt and i need advice on which reg cleaner to use

January 15th, 2003	Top \| #3
perris OSNN Godlike Veteran Joined: January 2002 Location: new york Posts: 12,231 Reputation: 4333 Power: 288	good point yoyo for instance, the best registry cleaner I know of, jv16 will actually remove incredimail registry entries. so even with the good reg cleaners, you have to be careful what you delete. their usually safe, as the backup files simply re-enters the registry entries funny...this is the only valid entry that I have ever heard jv16 deleting the coincidence is that incredimail is adware of the worst kind...very invasine...I don't recommend using incredimail just some additional information, that's all IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'VE DONE IT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO

January 15th, 2003	Top \| #4
NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,256 Reputation: 4260 Power: 294	Agreed ... the jv16 RegCleaner is the best one around IMO. Cheers! NetRyder http://kunal.kundaje.net

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NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,256 Reputation: 4260 Power: 294	You're welcome Cheers! NetRyder http://kunal.kundaje.net

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Hipster Doofus Good grief Charlie Brown Joined: May 2002 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 5,920 Reputation: 560 Power: 183	I use four. 1/ jv reg cleaner 2/ easy cleaner (set with 'help' in the skip box) 3/ cleanreg3 4/ regscrubXP Then I use erunt to back it up. What one misses the other gets. (I hope) :confused: Pentium 4 2.6ghz 400mhz @ 3.07ghz 472mhz / Gigabyte GA-8IHXP v2.1 / RAMBUS PC 800 768mb / Sapphire Radeon 9600XT 256mb / 2 x Maxtor 80gb ATA133 DiamondMax, RAID0 :: 1 x Western Digital 7200 40gb / Liteon DVD-RW Dual Layer SOHW-1633S @ 1653S / Liteon 52x24x52 CD-RW LTR-52246S / Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu Fan / Antec TruePower 480w / RD3XP Gladiator Rounded Cables

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January 15th, 2003	Top \| #2
yoyo _________________ Joined: July 2002 Posts: 1,557 Reputation: 160 Power: 133	No regcleaner will repair a 'messed registry'. All they do is removing unneeded entries, or to be true, in many cases entries they believe are no longer needed.

January 15th, 2003	Top \| #5
Rexy Unregistered Posts: n/a	k, thnx for the advice

January 16th, 2003	Top \| #8
NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,256 Reputation: 4260 Power: 294	I've heard of RegscrubXP too ... might give that a shot. Cheers! NetRyder http://kunal.kundaje.net

January 16th, 2003	Top \| #9
method Unregistered Posts: n/a	TweakXP is a great proggy for cleaning registry and doing a lot of other things. It says it will also "repair" bad registry entries, but I don't know about that. They offer a demo version that will let you run 30 tasks, including cleaning registry.

April 28th, 2003	Top \| #10
perris OSNN Godlike Veteran Joined: January 2002 Location: new york Posts: 12,231 Reputation: 4333 Power: 288	I will go with yoyo on this guys for most users, the registry cleaners do more harm then good. for instance, suppoe for arguments sake, the cleaner finds 400 bad entries. well, you have to go through these, and decide which are actually bad, and which you don't want to take a chance with. too many people wind up with problems in the future, that they don't attribue to registry cleaning, because they don't come up for months on end. for instance, one famouse cleaner deletes your windows help file. now I haven't used the help file for over a year, but the other day, I used it to pull up an ms white paper to make a point. so, if my help file had been removed by a reg cleaner, I could not have possibly atributed the problem to a reg clean that I did over a year ago, could I? be very discriminating when using these IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'VE DONE IT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO

April 28th, 2003	Top \| #11
Mubbers Shoot! Joined: December 2001 Posts: 1,081 Reputation: 60 Power: 134	Where does one get jv16 from? Mubbers

April 28th, 2003	Top \| #12
NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,256 Reputation: 4260 Power: 294	www.jv16.org http://kunal.kundaje.net

April 29th, 2003	Top \| #13
Mubbers Shoot! Joined: December 2001 Posts: 1,081 Reputation: 60 Power: 134	cheers! Mubbers

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Friend of Bill What, me worry? Joined: April 2002 Posts: 1,572 Reputation: 20 Power: 136	SpyBot Search & Destroy has a registry cleaner and it's free. Uhmmm mmmm...

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