Does any body know of a good registry cleaner.

I use all these cleaners . Files are either removed to the programs backup or the Recycle Bin . Once you are sure they are not needed again ( about one week ) they can be deleted . EasyCleaner http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm Click on Unnecessary . I tick Normal types & Temp directories . Don't use Duplicate files unless you really know what your doing . If you try & remove a file that is being used , it will after about a 15 second delay , inform you so & will not delete . ================================== RegSeeker http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm RegSeeker is a perfect companion for your Windows regsitry ! RegSeeker includes a powerful registry cleaner and can display various informations like your startup entries, several histories (even index.dat files), installed applications and much more ! With RegSeeker you can search for any item inside your registry, export/delete the results, open them in the registry. RegSeeker also includes a tweaks panel to optimize your OS ! RegSeeker is FREE for personal use only ! Click on Clean the Registry & tick > Scan Drives for old exe entries in the registry. Click OK. My personal use , is to delete only the Green entries . Left click the 1st green entry to highlight , hold the Shift key down & move down the list to the last green entry & click ( no red inbetween ) to highlght bulk Green entries . Right click to delete . ========================================= jv16 PowerTools 1.3.0.195 which doesn't expire , is available here: http://spazioinwind.libero.it/puntocr/dwl/jv16pt_setup.exe http://down.hengshui.com/download.asp?downid=1&id=726 Click on Registry Tool > Tools > Registry Cleaner > Continue > Start . When finished , Click on Select > Special select > Items that should be safe to remove > Remove. ================================== OleClean ( Freeware . I tick all the boxes in Options ) from , http://www.majorgeeks.com/showfiles.php?cat=15 http://www.geocities.com/maurizioferreira/oleclean.html http://www.webgrid.co.uk/system_13.html http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=oleclean =============================== Binman http://anothermirror.tripod.com/free.htm http://www.webgrid.co.uk/system_7.html http://freewarearena.org/PHPNuke/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=23 Seeks out the rubbish left behind by other programs. Use regularly it will save space. It can auto run at times set by you.

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Navigator1 , I have rewritten some of my info , hope it helps . I use all these cleaners for XP , each one specialises in a different area . Files are either removed to the programs backup or the Recycle Bin ( make sure the Recycle Bin is empty , before using the cleaners , that way you know the files you have removed ) All allow you to restore them back into the system , either by right clicking on the reg file in the programs folder ( example Regclean & OleClean > Windows Explorer > Unzipped , click on either RegClean or OleClean ) & clicking on Merge . EasyCleaner removes to the Recycle Bin & by opening the Recycle Bin , right clicking on the files & clicking Restore . jv16 PowerTools & RegSeeker both store in Backup on their main page . Opening Backup allows you to either Restore or Delete . Once you are sure they are not needed again ( about one week ) they can be deleted . ============================= RegClean http://vbnet.mvps.org/index.html?http://vbnet.mvps.org/dev/updates/tools.htm Microsoft's RegClean ( freeware ) , very conservative . By default it puts the 3 files into Windows Temp . I prefer them in Unzipped . Right click in an empty space in Unzipped , select Folder & name it RegClean . Now when you click unzip ( during install ) select the new folder . To use , you can either open up the folder & doubleclick on RegClean or right click & make a shortcut to your desktop & then put it anywhere you like .

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