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Since this is a place where people are concerned about topics related to the Windows Registry, I believe this is the right place to as this question. There are supposedly "empty" registry keys in the registry. The question is, are they really safe to fix??? Or should I leave them as they are anyway??? I always have a backup for the whole registry though.

Try viewing it again and again. If its still doesnt appear in the System Resore module of CCleaner, then this definitely is a bug.

I think they are deleted. Make sure you do a backup of the entire registry before you do any fixing.

I have used Wise Registry Cleaner too. So far, I appreciate that it detects a lot. It detected around 30+ issues that CCleaner can't detect which I all fixed but when I check the checkbox for "empty registry keys" on Wise Registry Cleaner, there were more issues, but I decided not to fix them even though WRS would suggest they are all safe to fix. If it is listed there, it doesn't necessarily mean that they should be removed or altered. You can see a hint on the status bar of Wise Registry Cleaner that says something like "10 number of issues can be fixed, 0 can be deleted, but this is not Recommended." CCleaner is not the best registry cleaner out there. The registry cleaner tool is not CCleaner's main function as the moderators here have to say. Its primary purpose is to clean junk files. But I do agree that CCleaner should have just a little better detection of registry problems than it is now. However, other registry cleaners seem to burrow too deep into the cleaning process and they seem very risky in making something go bad and not work. CCleaner, although is not the most effective, its actually safer cause it has less risk of deleting something that is still important in the registry. However, you should always make a backup of your registry in case something goes bad.

Well CCleaner can't clean your USB. Usually the computer doesn't automatically put junk files in your USB unless it was you who put some crappy files in it in the first place. But it is possible to install CCleaner Portable on a USB flash drive that you can then carry and use in different computers without having to install CCleaner in the hard disks of those computers. CCleaner Portable along with other CCleaner builds can be downloaded for free in this link. http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/builds

Well has anybody professional around here seen its premium version (if any) do compared to other antivirus software??? I agree that end-users comments are not reliable but it gives you an idea on what to expect from it if you combine a few testimonies to your expertise, you can make a small (but still unreliable) hypothesis of the program. I personally like it better than Avira. Even the premium version of Avira doesn't suit my expectations well.

LOL. Nice one. What's the big deal with this iPad anyway??? Why the hell is it so anticipated??? Does it really suck???

I have seen how Panda Cloud Antivirus worked. When I was in a computer shop, just maybe a couple of weeks ago, I used it to scan my USB and it did find some infections. It would "neutralize" them. At some point, there was one infection that it would detect every time I scan and it would just neutralize the threat rather than get rid of it permanently. The computer I used at that computer shop was of course connected to a network and after every few minutes, it would show info near the sidetray that it has neutralized some infections. I thought that it was neutralizing far too many infections but there was only about 6 or 7 computers in that network. I don't know much about that really. But, it was to a sense better than Avira for instance that fails to detect a number of infections. The computers there looked old but were in relatively good working conditions in spite of everyday usage. I think, Panda Cloud Antivirus has a good contribution to it. Panda Cloud Antivirus doesnt seem to have a very fancy user interface either.

I think they should make a better context menu of the detected files and registry problems. If I am not wrong, this hasnt yet been implemented. The only option you see on the context menu is View Detailed Results, Sort by and Save to text file... I mean, they should innovate a way you can right click on a detected file or registry problem, and from there you will have options like Unmark, Select for Fixing, and Add to Ignore Lists. It feels kinda hard manually adding registry keys on the Exclude category. You still have to go to Options>Exclude and press Add Folder, Add Files, Add Registry.

I am no expert but I think its fair to say that the registry is one of the least innovated and redesigned elements of the Windows OSs. The registry of Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 are almost similar, although Windows 7 probably has a smaller registry since when I made a backup, it has a much smaller file size than the backups I made on Vista's registry. The only reason I got about this was that Windows 7 has fewer preinstalled programs than Vista. But they didnt even make an MMC snap in to access the registry. The registry editor is not that good enough. I got a screenshot of the help topic in Windows 7 about registry cleaners. It says that the registry is self sufficient which I do not firmly believe. I have seen PCs that are relatively slow. Their parts seem OK and even if I had tried all the tweaking tips that Microsoft suggest, its still doesn't have that new PC feel so I turn my attention to the registry. Whenever I search for Microsoft's own tips of speeding up the PC, they got tips for disk cleanup, defrag, disabling visual effects, startup programs and that sort of stuff but they NEVER say directly,"clean up the registry for invalid entries that are slowing the system". Only third party sites, companies and individuals such as ourselves acknowledge that it is necessary on a number of occasions. I think they should innovate a solution where most if not all invalid entries are eliminated. Reactions for this one please. Sorry I posted another one of this on another thread.

Yeah, show a screenshot of your situation there and show it so we can see it and tell you what you can do.

The point is here, CCleaner does not remove all invalid entries in the registry. Its not its main function but I do agree that it should be a bit better. Maybe 30 better in detecting and fixing issues. A few issues may not have significant results of slowing down your PC. I personally use 3 registry cleaners just to make a deeper clean.

CCleaner is by far the best free utility software I know. I have its portable build installed on my USB. My friend has it on a USB too. Its pretty useful if you want to speed up the computer from a net cafe outside.

Yeah but how about my suggestion for the removable media reference??

Sorry I should have posted on the CCleaner suggestions category.

Would it be nice when you can schedule the cleaning operation of CCleaner??? I guess this is one important feature missing in CCleaner that are widely available in other software of this category. You can then choose an option what type of cleaning you want or if you want to clean the registry as well, then if you want a prompt to show in case you want to backup the registry keys. I also notice that CCleaner has to clean the area of the registry where useless reference to removable disk drives and CD's are kept. Would be a nice feature too.

Hi, I was wondering of a few things here. How to install CCleaner to a thumbdrive and how what does the Wipe Free space option do anyway??? Thanks!!!

Maybe you have so many options that are checked and maybe you have not done any cleaning for some time so there will be a lot to clean there too. Its possible that you have an application installed that is delaying the cleaning process as CCleaner may have trouble dealing with. In my own experience, having the "Autocomplete Form History" checked on the Internet Explorer option does make the cleaning seemingly longer for CCleaner. Better have that Autocomplete Form History UNCHECKED.

No. I didn't encounter that problem. I had Windows 7 Ultimate and it would launch and run CCleaner faster than Vista or XP. What edition of CCleaner are you using???? and maybe you have checked so many in the categories to clean. What I experienced was the wipe free space option does make it a lot longer to complete and in the Internet Explorer cleaning options, having the autocomplete form history checked does make the cleaning process longer to complete. Make sure you are using the latest version of CCleaner and that you don't have any other memory-consuming program that is opened or working at the same time you are doing a scan with CCleaner especially a virus scan.

OK, I have Windows Vista Home Premium 32 Bit on dual core Intel Processors and 1 GB RAM but now my computer won't start!!! It would start, I can see the green loading bar but when it comes to the part where I have to log in, I can't see the log on screen. I can see the white cursor but around it was pure black screen This is how the problem might have started: I saw the close button on some of the dialog boxes won't work so I restored a backup of one particular registry key. I restored a backup of the whole HKey-CLASSES- ROOT-CLSID key to be exact.I had to restart the computer for the changes to take effect but I forgot to close MS Office Groove so I had to close that before shutting down, but during the shutdown process, I can't see the blue-green log off screen, it was pure black, I can only see the cursor so I did a manual restart anyway. When I rebooted the computer, it won't even open. I can still get to the point where I see the green loading bar. But It won't display the log on screen for me to log in. I can only see the cursor but it was around a pure black screen. Since I couldn't even open it, System Restore is not an option. When I rebooted it again, I can't see the Last Known Good Configuration option anyway. Same thing would happen even if I start in safe mode. Can't tell if it was a physical damage on my computer or if it was a virus but it only happened after I restored a backup of one registry key that was potentially the cause. Perhaps it was a virus or perhaps it could have been my mistake to restore that backup. Opinions and help on this one please???

Well there is also this Advanced System Care 3 that I use. Its says that my PC will gain 140% reliability, 200% more speed and the Internet speed will be 2 or 3 times faster if I get the premium features of their utilities and clean the 350+ errors and 100+ unoptimized settings that were detected after I had already run CCleaner. How the hell is that even suppose to happen???

Thank you!!!

CCleaner is one of the best freewares I have ever used and yes, all the registry cleaning it has done has given me no problems. It helped improve my computer's performance, but I cannot say that CCleaner is the best of the best and safest of the safest utility software out there for free. I have read about one guy complaining here in the forums about CCleaner corrupting his Windows Media Player's ability to rip CDs but besides that, I haven't seen other complaints. What it has is its simplicity to use and much less danger in using that many other utility software has failed to achieve that's why I would consider CCleaner as the most popular utility software out there today that comes to free to download and use. If you are looking for other ways that the computer's performance can be made better, I still had so much to tell you and that will be too much time.

Yeah, I strongly agree with this one. I was actually planning to post about the same issue. I am also using AVG 9.0 and I really want the next version of CCleaner to support cleaning its log lists. AVG 9 has only been there for some time so plenty of time to do adjustments to support that as well.

Just to correct your earlier sentiment there, Windows Media Center CAN rip CDs, but to do that you need to play the audio CD via Windows Media Center in the autoplay that appears when you insert the CD. Then choose the Copy CD option that should be in the Windows Media Center screen. But so far I have not found any way that you can individually choose which of the tracks you want to copy. It just rips all of them. They will be saved in the format and bit rate option that corresponds to your Windows Media Player ripping settings. I just don't know for sure if Windows 7 has a more advanced version of Windows Media Center. I have a screenshot to prove it. Itunes for me has an easier user interface, especially for listening to online radio and watching podcasts. It also gives that Macintosh feel to your desktop.