Re: RegClean

Thanks to all who responded - much as I suspected.
I guess the time has come for me to learn to understand the windows
registry. Any freebie resources on the net that will tell me about this? Or
failing that, a recommendation of what I might have to shell out for?

Windows registry is a black art for me. I remember the good ol' days of
Windows 3.1, when I could understand the Autoexec.Bat file and the
Config.sys file, and the high point was installing Quem386 and the 4DOS
command interpreter to substitute for MSdos. Then came Windows 95 and the
only improvement that I *noticed* (as an end user) was the recycle bin. No
doubt it made it easier for the programmers, but for me it was a major
headache, because I was used to PKZipping up all my programmes to free up
disk space and only unzipping them as required (of course that was in the
days when disk space was a rare resource). Trouble with that was that this
nasty old windows registry could no longer find the programs that I zipped
up, so keeping tabs on that (and in those days the registry went wild like a
horseraddish root) was a nightmare because I had to remember not to do
anything with registry entries that referred to zipped programmes (I had a
phobia about doublespacing the hard drive). Back then I could remove a
program by deleting it. Now I have to run an uninstal program and still
remain unsure whether everything has gone.

I find it strange that I should have to go to the effort of learning about
the guts of the windows registry. When my car goes wrong I get the garage
to fix it. When my shower goes wrong I get the plumber in. I don't go to
the trouble of learning motor mechanics, nor plumbing (although that seems
to be where the big money is, maybe I should). I choose to spend my time in
other pursuits that interest me. Sure I PAY for the motor mechanic and
plumber, and perhaps therein lies the rub. Perhaps I should find a local
computer whiz and pay him a retainer. But somehow it does not seem quite the
same, and not sure why not. Letting them at your puter seems a bit
personal, perhaps, and the irritation that there should be a need for it
still grates.


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