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Is it worth buying a registry cleaner? If so, what are top picked utilities and why?

February 20th, 2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

I’m running Windows 7 (64-bit).
I used CCleaner and I didn’t find it to solve most of my directory problems. When I was running a program called Registry Mechanic is found a lot of errors, most of which were errors caused from uninstalling. I have a external hard drive and back up my computer regularly.
So why it when I use third party applications that they seem to detect more problems in my registry?

There are actually many good free registry cleaners that work equally well. Here is a nice list of 5 best free registry cleaners:

http://www.ilovefreesoftware.com/07/featured/best-free-registry-cleaners.html

  1. Chris Chris
    February 21st, 2011 at 00:04 | #1

    No. Often they cause more harm than good.
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  2. J
    February 21st, 2011 at 00:23 | #2

    Chris Chris is correct.

    I would suggest doing a format-reload if you’re registry is messed up.
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  3. Geralt
    February 21st, 2011 at 00:57 | #3

    No. Get the free CCleaner from Piriform. It’s pretty good at deleting unneeded stuff on the drive as well.
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  4. daMOman100
    February 21st, 2011 at 01:44 | #4

    Tunep utilities is what I use and it works well and lag free so I reccomend that 🙂
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    Personal experience

  5. Tech Wiz
    February 21st, 2011 at 01:53 | #5

    it is definatly worth it and windows registry booster is pretty good
    i am not sure about any other program
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  6. Rhyled
    February 21st, 2011 at 02:33 | #6

    No, for 3 reasons:

    1) the various adds touting their registry cleaners have an annoying tendency to invent problems in their "diagnosis".

    2) Registry cleanup rarely speeds up much of anything. It might correct a specific problem, but it’s rarely the cause of your computer’s ills.

    3) There’s a very good, free registry cleanup tool at http://piriform.com/ccleaner
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  7. wimpy
    February 21st, 2011 at 03:09 | #7

    glary utilities is good ,also free.
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  8. gabbygary1
    February 21st, 2011 at 03:58 | #8

    So do I. It all depends on the quality of the registry cleaner. It is true that most of them do cause more harm than good. However, I’ve always had good luck with 1 click fix and my PC had always acted up before I started using it but for the last 6 months or so my PC has worked fine.
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    You can check out 1 click fix @ http://www.virallistgenerator.com/links/1633

  9. Rob
    February 21st, 2011 at 04:22 | #9

    You probably don’t need one. Win 7’s built in management/repair utilities are a lot better (and quicker) than previous Windows releases so it generally looks after itself pretty well.

    If you do still want one, Ccleaner is well regarded, fast & free (though if you like it, please Paypal some money to the developers). It also includes a very good disk cleaner, uninstaller & startup manager.
    References :
    Satisfied customer of http://www.piriform.com/

  10. SaveFewBucks.Blogspot.com
    February 21st, 2011 at 04:44 | #10

    There are actually many good free registry cleaners that work equally well. Here is a nice list of 5 best free registry cleaners:

    http://www.ilovefreesoftware.com/07/featured/best-free-registry-cleaners.html
    References :
    http://www.ilovefreesoftware.com/07/featured/best-free-registry-cleaners.html

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