Cleaning up the registry may still have merit for our users on Windows 7 and below.
The use case for the registry cleaner on Windows 10 is if:
- You have a specific problem that you are trying to resolve; or
- You are trying to locate and/or shred leftover registry entries from a specific piece of software that you have uninstalled from your computer
When we next have a major UI refresh, the registry cleaner will likely be moving under the Tools menu to reflect that:
- Registry cleaning is a specific tool for a specific purpose - and not something for the regular day-to-day to-do list for most users; and
- It will hopefully stop people classifying CCleaner as a registry cleaner (since it has been several years since that has been anything other than an ancillary function)