Re: Registry question
From: Kelly (kelly_at_mvps.org)
Date: 05/26/04
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Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 23:09:37 -0500
>I know kelly argues that its better to delete it manually, BOTOH when
>deleting stuff manually, you will eventually make a mistake, whereas a
>program should (*should*) make less mistakes especially if it tells you
>what it is proposing to remove before it does so.
Yes, but I am comfortable in the registry and understand it. For others,
who know the exact path but are a little worried before carrying out an
edit, export it first. Reg Cleaners, no, I will never trust them. Programs
and utilities written by Doug, Bill, David or myself, any day! :o)
-- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Tumbleweed" <tumbleweednews@mysockshotmail.com> wrote in message news:40b3be93$0$2287$afc38c87@news.easynet.co.uk... >I agree and in Win 98 there are several good tools that do this job. There > is a utility that is supposedly good at this called regcleaner (IIRC) from > someone with the initials 'JV' (again IIRC) that comes highly rated from > places like ZDNet, but it woudnt run on my XP system even though its sold > as > running on XP. > I know kelly argues that its better to delete it manually, BOTOH when > deleting stuff manually, you will eventually make a mistake, whereas a > program should (*should*) make less mistakes especially if it tells you > what it is proposing to remove before it does so. > > However, it does appear to be the case that in WiInXP if a programs > uninstaller doesn't do a good job, you'll be left with a bunch of crap in > there as there is no Microsoft originated app that fixes it. > > -- > Tumbleweed > > Remove my socks for email address > "Newtechie" <newtechie@nospam.com> wrote in message > news:eMlvzvpQEHA.644@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... >> Well I didn't mean to create such a big debate or long thread over a > simple >> question. If it was a dumb idea to clean the registry, then they >> wouldn't >> make programs that did such tasks. When you uninstall some programs, it >> doesn't necessarily delete everything including some keys, strings, >> values >> or whatever else in the registry. For example, I recently uninstalled > Roxio >> EZ Cd Creator and when I went to look in the registry for leftover > entries, >> there were a few of them. There are no other Roxio programs or other > shared >> products on the computer so why is that entry still in the registry??? I >> was looking for a program that would delete those obsolete entries as > well. >> >> Anyway, thanks for your reply. >> >> Newtechie >> >> "David Candy" <david@mvps.org> wrote in message >> news:OiLXruhQEHA.4020@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... >> What a dumb idea. The presence of a key may be a setting in itself. >> >> -- >> ---------------------------------------------------------- >> And the band played .... >> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/14/1084289883713.html >> "Newtechie" <n/a> wrote in message >> news:OspOVrhQEHA.4020@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... >> > Hi - >> > >> > I'm trying to find a program that will remove empty folders in the >> registry >> > after the program has been uninstalled successfully. I currently use a >> > program called RegSeeker to remove invalid and/or bad entries. >> > >> > Does anyone know of a program that will remove the empty folders? > Thanks >> in >> > advance. >> > >> > Newtechie >> > >> > >> >> > >
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