Darth Lime Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 I've scanned my registry on my pc and theres a lot of errors that need to be resolved. Too bad "free" registry cleaners only clear out a small portion of the errors. Anyone know of a free registry cleaner that actually removes ALL of the errors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pezman Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 Tried CCleaner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phill Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 Define "errors". If you are talking about bad keys breaking programs or Windows, you are better off reinstalling. Setting keys to some assumed value can...and often does screw things up just as bad. There are exceptions to that, but I would not trust a third party app to fix it for me. Find the broken key, make an educated guess why it’s broken, and then fix it (using research). If it is garbage keys, left over’s from uninstalled program or that sort of thing, removing those is purely cosmetic...for the most part. Reducing the size of the registry will not speed it up; there is no searching involved, the program will know what is needed and where to find it. It is like going to your friends’ house, you know which house is his so you go directly to it, you do not knock on every door on the street till you find the house you want. In the event a program uninstalled poorly, leaving evidence in weird locations (right click menus, add/remove programs, etc) those you should deal with. If you are talking about “threats” then you should be looking for the program that uses the registry key and not the key itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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