Ah, the registry--can't live with it, can't delete it. There are ways, though, to slim it down, give it a little
polish, and give your system a little boost. Most of those ways are distressingly un-free, but Email Battles has a nice
post about a trio of
free tools that, in
concert, will get the job done. First you use
CCleaner to scrape out all the
accumulated cruft. Then you use
RegSeeker to nuke the really
hard-to-find junk. Finally, you use
RegDefrag
to physically defrag your registry to make it work faster. All three tools are free and together they'll make your
registry feel like new.
Tags: ccleaner, freeware, optimize, regdefrag, registry, regseeker, windows
Comments
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Subscribe to commentssubmachineJan 31st 2006 8:33PM
I've used EasyCleaner, great product
rasbillJan 31st 2006 8:53PM
thanks alot downloadsquad, for totally screwing up my windows regseeker totally screwed my pc up, windows installer wont work so i cant install anything now, great
AzazelloJan 31st 2006 9:10PM
Let's not forget two tools from Lars Hederer:
ERUNT: which does *true* Registry Backup and Restore for Windows NT/2000/2003/XP
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NTREGOPT which defrags the registry.
slappydafrogJan 31st 2006 9:58PM
to rasbill - from the regseeker website:
Note : If after a cleanup, your Add/Remove control panel doesn't work (release 1.05RC3), just download this reg file and merge it into your registry
Click here to download (FixAddRemove.reg)
Eagle117Feb 1st 2006 10:02AM
Bah I say to all of this type of software. If your computer is so screwed up that you need this kind of software to keep it running then you are in need of a reload anyway.
I keep my machine clean and have never needed anything like this.
AFDFeb 3rd 2006 10:55PM
Just ran all three apps, deleting anything and everything they found. No performance increase, but glad to know the uncessary junk is gone. Only problem was with certain file extensions getting really screwed up, and unable to keep their program associations. Eventually got the issue sorted out by hand.