Comments on: CCleaner Power User Tips

By: Best reg cleaner

Best reg cleaner — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:25:20 +0000

I choose it because it's free, simply, and yes, good.

By: Etalmar

Etalmar — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:19:07 +0000

I love CCleaner and use it daily, but with my new Win7 64-bit OS, I do not use its registry cleaning feature. I used to use RegSeeker on my old Win98SE desktop, but I tried it once on my Win7 desktop and it found far too many registry items that in my opinion should not be deleted. With these new 64-bit systems, one must exercise great caution in trusting old 32-bit apps to properly detect and clean registry items.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:26:28 +0000

Another thing that can be done to clean more crap is go to options, then advanced, and un-check “only delete files in windows temp folders older than 48 hours”.

By: Rich Menga

Rich Menga — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:57:35 +0000

If you were smarter, you’d realize Sandboxie is junk. And there is no v-machine app available (not even VMWare Fusion on a Mac Pro) that can test high-powered apps like video editing software effectively. You have to do it native and there’s no other way to do it right.

And if you’re going to state there are “far more thorough and safe” methods, try citing example methods next time. You didn’t even name one.

By: Synapse Syndrome

Synapse Syndrome — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:56:16 +0000

If you were smarter, you’d use Sandboxie or a virtual machine to test out all that shareware, instead of introducing all that shrapnel into your working OS installations.

In any case, there are far more thorough and safe to use registry cleaners than CCleaner. I am not one of those who think that registry cleaners are bad.

By: Drew

Drew — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:00:24 +0000

Who’s Rick??

By: doe

doe — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:05:14 +0000

Rick, also check out REGSEEKER (fileforum.com) for another “tool” in your arsenal…

By: Chalupa

Chalupa — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:19:29 +0000

Does Windows not have a registry cleaner built in?

By: Drew

Drew — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:01:50 +0000

I’ve got CCleaner, Tune Up 2008, Wopti Utilities and an in-built registry cleaner in BitDefender (which I really don’t use) and I have to agree that CCleaner, is without a doubt, the best around.
Tune Up and Wopti are both really good programs still, IMO, and have certain points or value to make one better over the other. At least between the 3 I’m guaranteed to get rid of all trace elements of any programs that have been uninstalled.

By: Rich Menga

Rich Menga — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:14:50 +0000

Hence the reason I still perform manual registry edits. There isn’t any reg cleaner I’ve ever used that cleans everything 100%. However, CCleaner gets the most garbage out in my experience.