Ran Ccleaner - now need advice

Conor_3

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Ive never used ccleaner on ANY computer, whereby it made a mess by deleting the issues

I have. It breaks Microplanet Gravity news reader big time.

basmic

I do like CCleaner's registry cleaner. I've never encountered any problems when using it.

I do use another program, called Regseeker, from time to time. It does a very thorough scan of the registry, and cleans what most other registry cleaners won't clean. Having used it myself this week, on this very machine I am working on - I can honestly say I've not noticed any problems since then.

As per what common sense dictates, always save a backup when the program asks you. It's usually when you think "oh I never any problems, so I'll skip the backup", you get loads of problems. :D

spud17

All those years ago (about 3 ) when I started messing with computers, I used the CC registry cleaner and ended up with 3 different programs opening every time I tried to use a certain HSE CD-ROM.

However I did get hold of an outdated version of Registry Mechanic for free via this site.
I've used that to clean up various PC's with no problems.

rmg1

Just run Regseeker and it's found over 1800 entries it says I don't need. I've selected the backup option and I can identify most of the programs as stuff I've got rid of in the past.
Can I safely(!) allow Regseeker to cleanup all entries or should I unselect the entries I can't account for?

Just a quick addition, the entries either show "Obsolete entry", "Invalid ActiveX/COM entry (CLSID)", "File or path does not exist", "Extension not used", "Open with entry unused" or "Invalid service". I think that covers all of them.

aliEnRIK

rmg1 wrote: »

Just run Regseeker and it's found over 1800 entries it says I don't need. I've selected the backup option and I can identify most of the programs as stuff I've got rid of in the past.
Can I safely(!) allow Regseeker to cleanup all entries or should I unselect the entries I can't account for?

Just a quick addition, the entries either show "Obsolete entry", "Invalid ActiveX/COM entry (CLSID)", "File or path does not exist", "Extension not used", "Open with entry unused" or "Invalid service". I think that covers all of them.

Ccleaner is the ONLY registry cleaner I would ever advise using. Ive had problems with every other one ive used (And ive tried quite a few out)
One even managed to destroy internet explorer! So my advice is to leave it be