Regcure messed up my registry

after going through stupid internet information i was tempted to install a registry cleaning program called "RegCure" i am a regular user of ccleaner and it works excellent!! 2 thumbs up piriform.

after running the RegCure it found out errrors on the registry and then i chose to fix it.

i guess it went properly until i rebboted my laptop the next time. i own Dell Inspiron 1545 and you know all dell laptops come with a program called "Dell Dock" that appears at the top of the laptop screen.

after the registry cleaning run by RegCure and rebooting it no longer starts on its own at the startup (i checked Msconfig and in the startup dialog box it shows the Dell Dock option checked at the startup). i have to manually go to c drive and double click on the program only then does it run and appears on the screen.

anybody knows how to fix this problem.

System Restore perhaps??

Richard S.

CCleaner has an option to look at the programs that run at startup. You might try looking there first.

I second redhawk. A system restore would most likely bring back the registry and startup settings you're looking for. Also, I suggest uninstalling any and all traces of Regcure. In general, software like this usually comes laden with malware, and often causes more harm then good. You're really better off staying away from any products you aren't personally familiar with or, or whose reputation and quality you cannot verify independently.

I looked at the RegCure website, and it looks somewhat more legitimate than other 'registry cleaners'; most of these programs are an infection waiting to happen. But it looks less invasive and phony than other sites. From what I found on the site, it looks like there's an option to back up your system settings before running the program. Can you back up using these settings?

I looked at the RegCure website, and it looks somewhat more legitimate than other 'registry cleaners'

It is legit. The problem with so many registry cleaners is they shouldn't be trusted because they're far too aggressive and list too many valid entries thus destroying systems. Couple that with end-users not looking at everything they want to delete blindly trusting them.

Using a System Restore Point to restore the system registry is alright, however in some cases overly aggressive registry cleaners can make it impossible to start Windows.

Agreed, which is likely what happened in this thread.

Using a System Restore Point to restore the system registry is alright, however in some cases overly aggressive registry cleaners can make it impossible to start Windows.

if failed, restore with ERUNT if already installed in your machine ;)

if failed, restore with ERUNT if already installed in your machine ;)

ERUNT can only restore what it had (manually) backed up previously.

ERUNT can only restore what it had (manually) backed up previously.

check at http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/erunt.txt

ERUNT can have automatically backup registry on each startup ;)

Of course ERUNT can help, but only if it were installed and doing automatic backups.

Well maybe you can search the C: drive for this "Dell Dock" and maybe go to the Start Menu and look for the folder called Startup and add this "Dell Dock" there.

Its better if you had a backup of the registry but if that backup has been made manually, it will probably not restore all registry data but better if you try.

If that doesn't work and assuming that you have not made any registry backups, System Restore seems to be your hope.

Well maybe you can search the C: drive for this "Dell Dock" and maybe go to the Start Menu and look for the folder called Startup and add this "Dell Dock" there.

Dell always gives install CD's with a system, so it's re-installable for sure.

Dell always gives install CD's with a system, so it's re-installable for sure.

Really? i thought they tried to charge it as an extra?

(this is not a statement, i was just always under the impression

Really? i thought they tried to charge it as an extra?

(this is not a statement, i was just always under the impression

For their default software I've always gotten the install discs from them with the PC purchase. Of course it's been years since I've had a new PC so they very well could've changed things in that time.

No, Dell still gives a recover CD with their systems free of charge. Of course, if they don't just make one yourself with Windows Backup and Restore