Re: Delete registry using ccleaner?

BobN wrote:

On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 09:44:09 -0700, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

l wrote:

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.


Such specific uses are of course much safer, and for someone who
knows what he's doing, I don't object to it.

But almost everyone who asks in the newsgroups what registry cleaner
to use is someone who has "heard" somewhere that it's a good idea to
now and then clean the registry of everything unneeded as a
prophylactic measure. That's exactly the kind of thing that can get
you into trouble, and that's why I always recommend against them.

Not cleaning the registry of uninstalled programs that leave registry
entries will get you in more trouble.


Not at all true. Unneeded entries just sit there unused and do nothing to
hurt you.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup


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