Windows 10 Registry Cleaning

[jcraighj]

What's the community's assessment of CCleaner's Windows 10 registry cleaning? Is it necessary? Does it cause problems? The computer techies I've researched say that CCleaner is a great product, but recommend against its cleaning the registry. I would appreciate any information that any members of the community care to share.

[hazelnut]

I personally don't clean Win 10 registry as Win 10 is evolving so fast you have no idea what the cleaning might break.

[jcraighj]

That's what I thought. Thank you very much for your input.

[nukecad]

Microsoft themselves say not to use a registry cleaner, especially with Windows 10.

The highlights of Microsoft's policy state:

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  • Microsoft does not support the use of registry cleaners.
  • Microsoft is not responsible for issues caused by using a registry cleaning utility.
  • Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the use of a registry cleaning utility can be solved.
  • Before you modify the registry, make sure you back it up, create a restore point, and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs.

   

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

Refistry cleaners have a place as a specialist tool, but not for regular use.

 

[Nergal]

I've never run into registry problems.  I follow the steps laid out in my signature (rarely actually remove anything)