Since CCleaner doesn't compact the registry, I decided to try the trial version (4.57) of Registry Clean Expert. I had read some good reports on it on this forum.
In Expert, when I start the registry scan, sometimes an error window pops up and the program terminates before I can read the error. Sometimes the scan begins with the error still displayed with mostly cryptic text. The items scanned and problems found remained at 0. Problems found remaining at zero sounded great but it seemed to me the items scanned should have been incrementing. Because of the error, I wasn't sure Expert was doing what it was supposed to do, so after letting it run a bit, I stopped the scan.
Their suport group was no help-- they advised to uninstall, reboot and install again. I did this and got the same results when I ran the program.
I have Windows Home XP SP2 with all updates. The text of the error is given below. Except for the first four lines it seems to be all gibberish (at least to me). The error message gives some info on my system which is correct except it indicates my processor speed is 0MHz. Now that would be a really slooooooooooooooooow processor. Its actually a 3.06 GHz.
Expert would be a very useful progam if i could use it. Anyone have any ideas on the problem?
Here is the error:OS: Windows XP Home Edition, SP2
CPU: GenuineIntel, Intel Pentium 4, MMX @ 0 MHz
Module name: C:\Program Files\Registry Clean Expert\RCleaner.exe
Application data:
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