Re: RegSeeker any good?

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From: CS (nomail_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/16/04 

Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 17:51:54 -0600

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:22:48 +1100, Peter Wilkins
<wilkinsp_nospam@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

>On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 01:20:03 GMT, "slushfund"
><kissmyassallyouspammers@go.shityourself.com> wrote :
>
>>I've d'loaded RegSeeker and upon running the registry cleaner portion it
>>finds 905 possible deletions. A lot of "extension not used" under HKEY
>>Classes Root ; "unused open with entries" various "file or path does not
>>exist" and a few "obsolete entry".
>> Also finds a lot of "Invalid ActiveX/Com Entry (CLSID).
>> Some of the 905 listed are in Red and some are listed in Green.
>>Green OK to delete and Red, proceed with caution?
>> A fair amount of "Obsolete Start Menu Items" also.
>> Do I believe RegSeeker and delete all these items or proceed with
>>caution?
>>
>Don't run any registry cleaner unless you have a good system backup
>AND have set the registry cleaner to also take a backup of the items
>deleted.
>
>I don't particularly like RegSeeker because it just deletes the items
>you select. There are a number of other registry cleaners available
>that will search your HDD for every selected entry and then offer up a
>correction if one is found, or a list if more than one possible option
>is found, and will only recommend deletion if no correction to the
>entry can be found. Registry Healer is one of those, and I have used
>it without any problems, and Spybot Search and Destroy has a similar
>but more limited function also, but I wouldn't make any specific
>recommendations as there are too many other regcleaner programs out
>there.
>
>Regseeker will delete entries which were correct but made incorrect
>because a file was moved or relocated - it won't find the new location
>and make the correction for you. That is a real disadvantage.

The version of Regseeker that I have has an option to make a backup of
all the entries it deletes. (ver 1.35) Also, I have used Regseeker
on a number of occasions to delete multiple items in the registry of
software that had been removed. It has never caused a problem, and
for that matter neither has any other registry cleaner program that
I've used.

The key here is to "know what you're doing" when you use a registry
cleaner and ALWAYS make a backup prior to using it. Novices and new
users should probably not use a registry cleaner.

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