CCleaner Registry Remover

[Pedro Pinto]

Hello everyone,

 

I have used your software and in the section that's mentioned on the topic title, I've selected all the issues and then I've chosen: Fix all issues!

 

In order to be safe, I've made a registry backup but I would like to know if there was any problem on removing those files.

 

What if I restore the backup registry and then take a printscreen in order to let you know what files I'm talking about?

 

Sincerely,

 

Pedro

[eL_PuSHeR]

CCleaner registry cleaning is usually quite safe = not too aggressive.

[Nergal]

CCleaner registry cleaning is usually quite safe = not too aggressive.

 

However it is ALWAYS a good idea to follow the advice in my signature (this post below the horizontal line)

[Pedro Pinto]

However it is ALWAYS a good idea to follow the advice in my signature (this post below the horizontal line)

 

Nergal, may I double click on my .reg back up in order to printcreen it for you?

[Andavari]

If you doubleclick the .reg file it will only ask to merge it back into the Windows Registry. You can open .reg files in a text viewer/editor such as Notepad or Wordpad and then save to a normal .txt format for posting on the forums.

[DennisD]

Hi Pedro, and welcome to the forum.

 

If you double click the .reg entry all you will do is restore it to the registry. If you want to get a copy of it's contents, right click it and select "Edit", which will open up the contents as a text file. Just save the text file with any name you choose.

 

With regards to getting advice on what to delete, that isn't really possible to do with any sort of accuracy because all our computers are different and you may, for example, have reg entries listed for removal which will refer to programs you've uninstalled from your computer, or other things unique to your computer.

 

The registry can link and tie together a lot of stuff such as common files shared by different programs.

 

As I say above, we couldn't tell you what to remove and what not to remove with any degree of accuracy.

 

If you are particularly worried about it, you don't have to use the registry section of CCleaner at all, a lot of people don't, but if you have to, CCleaner is considered a "safe" registry cleaner but always remember to make the backups.

 

My personal experience is that I've used the reg cleaner since 2006, and I've never been aware of an issue caused by doing so, but like a lot of the other guys on here, I make a backup of my entire registry every day at first boot with "ERUNTgui".

 

http://www.softpedia.../ERUNTgui.shtml

 

This keeps a rolling copy of the last 3 days backups, but you can choose how many days to keep in the settings.

 

Hope that helps.

 

 

EDIT: Ninja'd me Andavari.

Edited September 13, 2013 by DennisD
: Link changed.

[Pedro Pinto]

Thank you for the precious information guys.

 

In fact, I would like to copy paste it, at least to let you guys give a look on it. However, if you think it's not needed at all because you can't say what's to remove or not, just tell me and I won't do it =)

 

Thanks in advance =)

[DennisD]

If it will make you feel better Pedro and maybe give you some peace of mind, by all means post it here, and if someone can advise I'm sure they will.

 

All you need do is attach the text file to your post using the "attach files" buttons. If you can't do that, copy and paste.

 

However, this isn't something we would like to set a precedent for as we'll end up with a lot of posted reg entries from a lot of people asking us to check them over, which isn't going to happen for anyone out there thinking of doing the same.

[Pedro Pinto]

If it will make you feel better Pedro and maybe give you some peace of mind, by all means post it here, and if someone can advise I'm sure they will.

 

All you need do is attach the text file to your post using the "attach files" buttons. If you can't do that, copy and paste.

 

However, this isn't something we would like to set a precedent for as we'll end up with a lot of posted reg entries from a lot of people asking us to check them over, which isn't going to happen for anyone out there thinking of doing the same.

DennisD, with all the respect I won't attach the file since I understand your position!

 

I have to thank you, one more time, for the attention you've had.

 

Thank you all, and I'm sorry for bothering you some way =)

[DennisD]

You're welcome Pedro, and you haven't bothered anyone.

 

We're here to help as best we can with any kind of query, so please feel free to call back any time if you have any other problems, including registry ones.

[Pedro Pinto]

Thank you DannisD (and everyone else).

 

Actually, if I keep removing and saving the backups, as soon as I get some weird behaviour I should double click on .reg file (in order to replace all the last deleted registry files) and then see if problem persists, am I thinking right?

 

Pedro

[DennisD]

You've got it Pedro.

 

And in the unlikely event that a problem persists, you know where to come for help.