registry cleaner

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I downloaded and ran the registry cleaner.

One feature identifies and enables me to delete a bunch of unused registry
entries. This part is well and good, and is worth the whole thing alone.

Another feature identifies groups of identical files for potential deletion.
I ran into a problem here. It seems that there is at least one file in each
group that is deemed "critical", or important, and the rest "non-critical"
or unimportant. The non-critical and unimportant ones are the candidates
for deletion. The big problem is that the program doesn't tell us which are
which, but leaves it up to us to decide/determine.

The problem here is that I don't how to tell which ones are "critical".
Because of this ambiguity, I hesitate to delete any. Have you heard of or
run across any good methodology for telling the important from the
unimportant duplicates????

It also does some neat things like finds and deletes unneccessary files,
cookies, temps, etc.

Mainly, I was just wondering how I can tell which duplicates it's safe to
delete.
 
RB said:
I downloaded and ran the registry cleaner.

Another feature identifies groups of identical files for potential
deletion. I ran into a problem here. It seems that there is at least
one file in each group that is deemed "critical", or important, and
the rest "non-critical" or unimportant. The non-critical and
unimportant ones are the candidates for deletion. The big problem is
that the program doesn't tell us which are which, but leaves it up to
us to decide/determine.

The problem here is that I don't how to tell which ones are
"critical". Because of this ambiguity, I hesitate to delete any.
Have you heard of or run across any good methodology for telling the
important from the unimportant duplicates????
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I'm not sure which registry cleaner you used but I don't even attempt to
delete duplicates because it's only brought me trouble in the past. Maybe
somebody has a foolproof method of picking the right file to delete but I
haven't heard of it. I just live with my duplicates and all is okay for me.
 
}}} I'm not sure which registry cleaner you used but I don't even attempt
to
delete duplicates because it's only brought me trouble in the past. Maybe
somebody has a foolproof method of picking the right file to delete but I
haven't heard of it. I just live with my duplicates and all is okay for me.
{{{

I got all excited and forgot to mention the one I'm using is Easy Cleaner.

What you said above is exactly the way I felt after seeing the formidable
group of stuff I'd have to wade through manually, even if I knew what i'm
doing (and I for sure don't). I got the heck out of the program thinking
"well, maybe I can live with those duplicates. Didn't even know I had 'em
to begin with, did I????

However, I do think the registry cleaner function is a good tool to have and
use.
 
I got all excited and forgot to mention the one I'm using is Easy
Cleaner.
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I think the best cleaner is Regseeker - found a lot more than others and
hasn't messed up my system.

About duplicates - when I tried what you are thinking about I got into a
terrible mess; took ages to get all progs funtioning ok.

mike r
 
Duplicates - learn to love them. Agree with previous posters their
management/deletion is more trouble than its worth. Found out the hard way!
 
I totally agree don't touch those things, there are probably no FAQ
about why these files are needed is beyond me. I try not to touch those
even with commericial programs, but the duplicate files that I create
like html and whatever gifs are not that important to delete I would assume.

There should be some insight on why deleting these files are that
dangerous eventhough they are not part of windows....

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Greetings...

I think the best cleaner is Regseeker - found a lot more than others and
hasn't messed up my system.
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Please post a URL !

About duplicates - when I tried what you are thinking about I got into a
terrible mess; took ages to get all progs funtioning ok.
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It's almost always a bad idea to delete duplicate .dll's These are usually generated
by the compiler of whatever language the programmer used to make the program and are
usually specific to the program. Programmers frequently use the same naming for .dll's
that do different things...

The key thing to remember here, is sizes, dates and versions. When you get a list of
duplicates, like .dll's you want to look at a couple of things -

Even if they have the same name if anything about them is different, file size, creation
date, version number, Don't play with them.

Sometimes, you can move a .dll into the system folder and then remove duplicates but yes,
you can run into many problems...

The most frequent problems happen because programmers will frequently strip functions
from their version of the .dll, that their program doesn't need to save memory. And if
another program tries to use it and can't find the required function, - CRASH

HD's are so big these days that the whole removing of duplicates thing is a NON-concern
anyway. You'll free more space by deleting a .mp3 you don't listen to than you will
getting rid of duplicates....

Heck - just purge your .log files and you'll probably free up 50 times more space...

ll
Kanda'

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kandaje<at>bresnan<dot>net

You figure it out...
 
Kanda' Jalen Eirsie said:
Greetings...



Please post a URL !
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This one is not something obscure. Google its name: Home page is first hit,
and Webattack is second hit. Or find it at Pricelessware.org, with other
most popular registry cleaners. On a program I think I'd be interested in,
I much prefer the contextual pages to read, over merely the first result
hit, the homepage URL.
 
Greetings...

I beg your pardon - I've plugged it so many times here
I was afraid someone might think I was on commission!
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hehehe.. But it's freeware! They could put you on 100% commission and you'd still
starve!
http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
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Thank you... I'll try it out once it's out of Beta... Sorry, but that Beta thingy, and
the "If your add/remove programs stops working..." thingy makes me a little leery...

The were a little sparse with the information - it is safe for win9x? Or is it WinXP
only?


ll
Kanda'

<>SPAM-KILLER<>- If you really want to contact me, then -
kandaje<at>bresnan<dot>net

You figure it out...
 
Kanda' Jalen Eirsie said:
Thank you... I'll try it out once it's out of Beta... Sorry, but
that Beta thingy, and the "If your add/remove programs stops
working..." thingy makes me a little leery...

The were a little sparse with the information - it is safe for
win9x? Or is it WinXP only?
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I've never seen it as anything but a beta release. That add/remove issue was
in one release, 1.05 RC3. And it is compatible with Windows 98/ME/2000/XP,
at least according to http://www.webattack.com/get/regseeker.shtml .

I know a good many people here really like it but when I tried it, it
appeared overaggressive. I use the somewhat more conservative jv16 Power
Tools at http://digidownload.libero.it/rareware/jv16pt_setup.zip .1.05RC3
 
Kanda' Jalen Eirsie said:
Thank you... I'll try it out once it's out of Beta... Sorry, but
that Beta thingy,
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That "beta" thingy seems to be like a Courts sale, I've got v1.30 and
thats beta
the "If your add/remove programs stops working..." thingy makes me a
little leery...
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They all say that.... or should, but none have given me trouble, only
cleaning up duplicate files did that!
The were a little sparse with the information - it is safe for
win9x? Or is it WinXP
only?
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That's interesting; I got it by recommendation, so must have been told
it's ok for W98. I've been using it a long time with no probs, and
compared it with a couple of others; but you're right, they are tight
with the info, can't help on other OS's, Im afraid

mike r
 
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