![]() ![]() If you can show proof positive 100% that some value in the Registry is actually causing an issue then change or remove THAT entry. ![]() So how is removing a dozen or a few dozen going to really help speed up my computer? Reading all the keys for my HKCU hive took 249 ms with a total of 21047 keys. It makes a specific call to a location where it expects its configuration to be or where it needs to possibly interface with other COM objects to complete an operation and can typically make that read in milliseconds. The bottom line is WHY are you cleaning the Registry? The system can typically read through the entire Registry in under a minute, but that is not how software reads, writes to the Registry. In some cases on a computer with detailed auditing enabled it can show errors that were not there prior to the cleaning, but again these are typically things that would be nearly impossible to know after the fact what caused it. How it can sometimes manifest itself is with an application simply not behaving as it used to, a program feature that no longer launches. Normally the damage done is rarely seen or even attributed to the cleaning. In most cases regardless of which Registry Cleaning tool you use it's not going to outright break Windows from booting or running. Miekiemoes' Blog Registry Cleaners and System Tweaking Tools Microsoft support policy for the use of registry cleaning utilitiesĪn often posted and quoted article (Ed no longer hosts the site but did mention again on Twitter), Ed Bott's Why I don't use registry cleaners.Issues caused by these utilities may not be repairable and lost data may not be recoverable" "Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the use of a registry cleaning utility can be solved. Registry cleaners are not supported by Microsoft Spending time and money worrying about it is bothering your wallet and causing you needless stress.Ī few recommended articles to read on registry cleaners: Having leftover elements in the registry is not hurting the performance or operation of your computer. The only potential reason to use it would be if there was some program that simply would not uninstall itself at all, and was causing some type of issue. There really is no reason for Revo Uninstaller Pro either. Though for balance we do see some users praising it as well - personally I won't be taking the risk. The 'new' Driver Updater in CCleaner is another matter entirely, who knows what they were thinking when they included that?ĭon't use it, don't touch it with a bargepole, on the CCleaner forum we are regulary seeing complaints from users who have 'broken' their machines using it. Here is CCleaners official advice on it's registry cleaners use, you'll note the promise to move it into the advanced tools section where non-advance users as less likely to play with it: ![]() The Registry Cleaner in CCleaner has been problematic for a while, it's intended for advanced use but because the button is prominient non-advanced users tend to use it daily/weekly and some do end up messing their registry, especially with Windows 10.Īs said Registry Cleaners do have a use, but that use is not regular daily/weekly cleaning. The other Piriform Products such as Speccy, Defraggler, and Recuva no longer offer bundled software at all. To start with the 'other software' offers made during a standard install of CCleaner now have very large 'Accept' and 'Decline' buttons, no one can say they are sneaking up on you anymore or claim that they 'missed' seeing the offers. Many of the articles you read online were written some time ago and CCleaner has changed. Endpoint Detection & Response for Servers ![]()
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