How do I clean my Vista registry?

coolestjar · **Posted:** Thu Jun 11, 2009 5:19 pm

I am looking for registry cleaner for my windows vista. My Laptop was working good until now, I uploaded many applications and uninstalled it, one of my friends told me there are registry cleaner, but I am stuck after seeing the list on google, can you guys please help me out, I want the good registry cleaner which should be free from any bugs?

randomchaos · **Posted:** Thu Jun 11, 2009 5:29 pm

coolestjar - I use CCleaner all the time and on occasions I use Wise Registry Cleaner too. Both are safe to use and I've never had problems with either. http://www.ccleaner.com/ and http://www.wisecleaner.com/ .... I use two because one finds stuff the other doesn't always find!

iggysoni · **Joined:** Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:55 am **Posts:** 5

CCleaner ftw.

rsvr85 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:28 pm

Definitely CCleaner. TuneUp Utilities 2009 is also worth a mention

jpbrogan · **Joined:** Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:02 pm **Posts:** 110

Here's an interesting take on 'Registry Cleaning' (and other tid-bits) I found over at Lifehacker (see the forth item in the article).

http://lifehacker.com/5033518/debunking ... king-myths

Food for thought !

randomchaos · **Posted:** Sat Jun 13, 2009 4:51 am

jpbrogan - I just read that lifehacker article and it mentions the word "gimmicks" to sell registry cleaners...... but if a person uses reputable free cleaners then "gimmicks" doesn't apply, as they are not trying to "sell" us anything. There are quite a few free good ones that are safe to use and "do the job", such as CCleaner [from Piriform], nCleaner [from NKProds], Glary Utilities, Wise Cleaner, Advanced SystemCare [from Iobit]. These free ones are well established and probably do a better job than some of the paid ones out there!

jcterry · **Joined:** Sat Jan 24, 2009 10:35 pm **Posts:** 76

rsvr85 & randomchaos,

Do either of you have any recommendations as to what should be cleaned (what should be checked on the list)? Also, should I be inspecting what CCleaner is repairing or cleaning or just assume what it does is okay?

randomchaos · **Posted:** Sat Jun 13, 2009 6:01 pm

jcterry - I personally, just use the default settings in CCleaner, I have used CCleaner every day for the past 3 years and I've not had any problem whatsoever.

rsvr85 · **Posted:** Sat Jun 13, 2009 6:11 pm

I second randomchaos' opinion. However, i did have an issue with it;
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=873

I became a bit blasé with it, and when i did, BOOM, it screwed me!!
Overtime, you'll become familiar with it's results and a very brief check will tell you if what it's doing is OK or not.
Always check what's it going to remove and always backup the registry when prompted to.

jpbrogan · **Joined:** Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:02 pm **Posts:** 110

randomchaos .. I think you missed the point of the article. The author actually recommends, in the second paragraph, the careful use (see rsvr85's post above) of CCleaner as a troubleshooting tool. The 'gimmicks' referred to are the marketing hype of commercial cleaners touted as performance tools. IMHO, defragging the registry will give you a bigger performance 'bang for the buck' than a cleaning. As stated in the article, cleaning out a few hundred entries out of thousands is not going to help performance but may help with troubleshooting a problem, which is the point the author was making, not saying all cleaners are 'gimmicks'.

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