Re: Delete registry using ccleaner?

I agree, however, I have used it to look for specific entries, when for
example, I'm having trouble with a program and although I seem to have
deleted all the right things, I cannot reinstall because there are just
enough left over entries roaming around the computer. I can use a registry
cleaning tool to look for the reaming items, using the specific name, like
Ahead, or Nero and delete them.
But, as an all around cleaner, naw. In fact, even though you make a backup,
the backup can contain hundreds of things that have been deleted, and it may
be only 2 of those hundreds that need to be reinserted into the registry,
but in order to do that you have to restore the entire backup file.

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:e11gE4JjGHA.4056@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
David Harrison wrote:

I have never had any problems using ccleaner. There is an option that
pops up to allow a backup of any changes you make.



Assuming that it's safe to use because you never had a problem with it is
like assuming that it's safe to drive a car without a seatbelt because you
never got hurt doing so.

Although most of the time you get away with it, using a registry cleaner
*is* dangerous. My advice is not to use a registry cleaner. The registry
doesn't need to be cleaned. Extra registry entries don't hurt you. The
risk of a registry cleaner hurting you (deleting an entry you need) isn't
necessarily enormous, but it's much greater than any potential benefit it
may have.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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