New program wanted

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Glenn

If this isn't written than it is a challenge to all programmers.

In windows xp, I have seen well over 100 references to a single program in
the regs and scattered all through the regs.

I want a program that will find every reference and put them side by side so
they can be deleted with one stroke of the delete button. (I am mean!)
Further more, delete every one that is identical to the other or in other
words, 95% of them.

Win98 has them bunched (somewhat), so can xp.

Glenn
 
Glenn said:
If this isn't written than it is a challenge to all programmers.

In windows xp, I have seen well over 100 references to a single program in
the regs and scattered all through the regs.

I want a program that will find every reference and put them side by side so
they can be deleted with one stroke of the delete button. (I am mean!)
Further more, delete every one that is identical to the other or in other
words, 95% of them.

Win98 has them bunched (somewhat), so can xp.

Glenn
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RegCleaner (LFW)
www.it-mate.co.uk/main_content/pcmaintanence.asp#regcleaner

There's also one called RegSeeker. Don't have a URL for it though (perhaps
someone else may have)

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Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!

Disclaimer:
I know I'm probably wrong, I just like taking part ;o)
 
Steven Burn said:
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RegCleaner (LFW)
www.it-mate.co.uk/main_content/pcmaintanence.asp#regcleaner

There's also one called RegSeeker. Don't have a URL for it though (perhaps
someone else may have)
Click to expand...

Thanks but that doesn't address the part, "Further more, delete every one
that is identical to the other or in other words, 95% of them."

My objective is to reduce the regs by some 95% and still have them to work
with the programs, not eliminate them all together. And have them bunched
alphabetically by program ie: all programs starting with an 'a' then 'b'
etc. There is no darned reason a person shouldn't be able to go into the
regs and zip down to the program you want and see everything there in that
one spot.

Glenn
 
Glenn said:
Thanks but that doesn't address the part, "Further more, delete every one
that is identical to the other or in other words, 95% of them."

My objective is to reduce the regs by some 95% and still have them to work
with the programs, not eliminate them all together. And have them bunched
alphabetically by program ie: all programs starting with an 'a' then 'b'
etc. There is no darned reason a person shouldn't be able to go into the
regs and zip down to the program you want and see everything there in that
one spot.

Glenn
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Oh right....hehe, my mistake.

I'm not sure about anyone else but, I'm not aware of anything capable of
that (without screwing the registry/making Windows scream even louder than
it already does)

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Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!

Disclaimer:
I know I'm probably wrong, I just like taking part ;o)
 
Thanks but that doesn't address the part, "Further more, delete every one
that is identical to the other or in other words, 95% of them."
Click to expand...

Try: Uninstall W98 ... and get rid of all that crap :-)
almost 100% ..
C.
 
Glenn said:
If this isn't written than it is a challenge to all programmers.

In windows xp, I have seen well over 100 references to a single program in
the regs and scattered all through the regs.

I want a program that will find every reference and put them side by side so
they can be deleted with one stroke of the delete button. (I am mean!)
Further more, delete every one that is identical to the other or in other
words, 95% of them.

Win98 has them bunched (somewhat), so can xp.

Glenn
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It does not quite meet your requirements, as it does not perform any
deletes, but you might have a look at RegSrch, a tiny program (only 4KB --
actually a vbs script) which will find any instances of a given string and
produce a Wordpad file of the results, which can be saved as a .reg and used
to reinstate the entries if you delete them in error. I find it invaluable
as a search tool instead of the gastropodal Find function in the Windows
registry.
http://www.billsway.com/vbspage/

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Frank Bohan
¶ Computers rule 01001111 01001011
 
Frank Bohan said:
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It does not quite meet your requirements, as it does not perform any
deletes, but you might have a look at RegSrch, a tiny program (only 4KB --
actually a vbs script) which will find any instances of a given string and
produce a Wordpad file of the results, which can be saved as a .reg and used
to reinstate the entries if you delete them in error. I find it invaluable
as a search tool instead of the gastropodal Find function in the Windows
registry.
http://www.billsway.com/vbspage/
Click to expand...

I used RegCleaner this afternoon and it listed 88 hkey (88 keys? Sounds like
a piano.) entries it said were obsolete and should be safe to remove so I
thought, what the hell, I'll try it.

On reboot, almost nothing worked. Reinstate is easy with XP, I'll give them
that. I just used the restore feature and backed it up to the previous
check point which just happened to be this morning.

This has always been my experience with reg cleaners. I don't think they
like me.

Glenn
 
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It does not quite meet your requirements, as it does not perform any
deletes, but you might have a look at RegSrch, a tiny program (only 4KB --
actually a vbs script) which will find any instances of a given string and
produce a Wordpad file of the results, which can be saved as a .reg and used
to reinstate the entries if you delete them in error.
Click to expand...

Then it is a simple matter to delete those entries. Put a minus sign
in front of every HK , you can do it using the find and replace
function in a text editor, then merge.

Though this may be the answer to the question of deleting entries
indiscriminate use may end in catastrophic results. Be warned!

HTH
 
Ardent said:
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Then it is a simple matter to delete those entries. Put a minus sign
in front of every HK , you can do it using the find and replace
function in a text editor, then merge.

Though this may be the answer to the question of deleting entries
indiscriminate use may end in catastrophic results. Be warned!

HTH
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Thanks for the tip about using minus signs to delete entries. I would
recommend backing up the registry file before making any deletions. I
normally use the Regedit > Export method, but if you want a program to do
this I can recommend Erunt at
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt

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Frank Bohan
¶ An unanswered question is better than an unquestioned answer.
 
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