Are Registry Cleaners safe and effective?
December 9th, 2009 | by admin |Have you found registry cleaners to be safe, and are they effective in enhancing the performance of a computer? I ran a free scan from Regcure, and they supposedly found over 1,000 fixes. I’d like to speed up my computer, but am hesitant to use this, as I might delete something I shouldn’t. I guess my main question is whether they make a big difference to the computer, making the risk worth it. Thanks for any advice.
"CCleaner". Works great; often speeds up lagging PC’s.
Download, create a ‘Restore Point, & install, then:
On the main CC window, the ‘paintbrush’ tab is for the Windows elements that you can clean; tick the bottom right box (Run Cleaner) an it will delete (or overwrite option) those files.
Same for ‘applications’ tab.
Next, down from the’ paintbrush’ is the ‘Registry’ icon (like a Rubik’s Cube); first tick ‘Scan for issues’ button on the bottom; wait for the process to run.
it’ll show a long list of entries for the first couple of cleanings; (Back up your first couple of registry cleanings, and if your unit gets ungovernable, restore those files. I’ve never had to do it, so I can’t tell you how. After that the cleanings will be for empty folders or other junk so backup likely won’t be necessary) when ready, tick the ‘Fix Selected entries’ and CC will take care of those.
For your 1st few uses, have checked the ’show prompt to back up registry files’; open CC> Options> Advanced> check the ’show prompt…’ box; then tick the ‘yes’ or confirm to back up the registry. (It gets saved to the ‘c’ drive, as ‘ccxxxxxx’)
Back up your first couple of registry cleanings, and if your unit gets ungovernable, restore those files. (I’ve never had to do it, so I can’t tell you how). After that the cleanings will be for empty folders or other junk so backup likely won’t be necessary.
Also, it’s handy to put a shortcut to CC in your recycle bin folder so you don’t have to open the app. every time.
CC> Options> Settings> tick the ‘Add Run CC Option to Recycle bin’
Also, if you use your browsing history a lot, you may want to un-check that box on the ‘Cleaner> Internet Explorer’ > History box; (otherwise, it clears your history file).
Freeware.
Find ‘CCleaner’ here: http://www.ccleaner.com/
2 Responses to “Are Registry Cleaners safe and effective?”
By devan_dev1 on Dec 9, 2009 | Reply
well it all depends on what you have but they are effective
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By mac_fixit on Dec 9, 2009 | Reply
Yes and you would be after Ccleaner – its FREE.
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Lots of PC guys use it.