Registry Cleaner Needs to be Run Multiple Times

[QuiescentWonder]

I read the pinned topic but I don't believe it's the problem I'm having. If it is, perhaps a more detailed explanation in that topic is necessary.

 

Every machine that I've installed CCleaner on has this problem, regardless of which hardware/OS is on the machines. When I run the registry scanner, then clean out everything it finds, I can run the scanner again immediately (5-10 seconds) after it says it's finished fixing all the problems, it finds about half of them again. I run the cleaner over and over and eventually it removes every entry.

 

This has been an issue with CCleaner since I started using it (~8 months ago) and continues to be a problem in even the newest version. I hope that this problem can be fixed soon, I use this great software ALL the time!

 

Thanks for the great software!

[Andavari]

It's a problem/feature with many registry cleaning programs. You remove something, then run the scan again and there will be more references. It's not necessarily a bug in my views, but more of an issue of removing a registry entry then finding other things that originally pointed to it, take for example CLSID entries.

[dmonds]

I have this as well.

So is this working as intended?

If so, then perhaps you could add to your documentation that running the Reg cleaner multiple times until you get a clean slate is the way to go.

dmonds

[mta]

this is a 9 year old thread.....

times have changed, running a reg cleaner is next to useless.
no performance or space will be gained.

official MS line here; https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2563254/microsoft-support-policy-for-the-use-of-registry-cleaning-utilities

[ident]

Just wanted to add a link to MTA's post https://miekiemoes.blogspot.co.uk/2008/02/registry-cleaners-and-system-tweaking_13.html

I am an aware 9-year-old thread but in case of future searches while it is at the top of the page.