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How to remove many registry entries

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Name: jimnewman
Date: March 28, 2005 at 21:52:47 Pacific
Subject: How to remove many registry entries
OS: WXP Pro
CPU/Ram: 1.4ghz/256meg
Comment:

I was doing a regedit today and noticed hundreds of registry entries for what looks like every web page I've ever visited (and some I don't remember visiting). I can delete them 1 by 1 but it would take forever. Is there a faster way of getting rid of them?


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Response Number 1
Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: March 28, 2005 at 22:13:19 Pacific
Reply:

Are they all in the same key? If so, just hold down your shift key to select them and then delete.

Personally, I wouldn't worry about it..I'd just leave them there.


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Response Number 2
Name: travisncoldplay
Date: March 28, 2005 at 22:38:03 Pacific
Reply:

do a google on crap cleaner (totally serious) it'll get rid of
the entries you don't need, as well as many temp files
most users don't even pay attention to.....

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Response Number 3
Name: lurkswithin
Date: March 28, 2005 at 23:56:05 Pacific
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use regscrubxp and it will find and fix the old entries. Don't be surprised as to find hundreds of them. It is safe to use and I have never had to replace any removed entries that the program fixed.

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Response Number 4
Name: mga
Date: March 29, 2005 at 08:31:09 Pacific
Reply:

Another good one Easy cleaner


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