registry cleaners

[phillsm]

Is it a good idea to use registry cleaners to clear out obsolete entries or is it too risky? Which do you recommend for Win XP?

[Briab Guy]

unfortunetly, I am locked out of my xp admin account. Or I would send you the reg cleaner I use. M/S has one. I will try to post back to you soon. I am very careful as you point to the risk.
But I know what games etc... I have uninstalled and feel comfortable enough to dispose of some of those keys.
Ashampoo:
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,8087,00.asp
Has a pretty good App for removing files. I believe it is as safe as you want it to be.

[Force Flow]

I believe RegClean would work. ;)

Just make sure you know what have still on your system so you don't accidentally delete something you actually need.

[lil Jimmie]

EasyCleaner (http://www.toniarts.com/ecleane.htm)

RegCleaner (http://www.vtoy.fi/jv16/shtml/regcleaner.shtml)

[reboot]

EasyCleaner is the easiest. Run it, select all, delete.
It's a nobrainer.

[Familyman]

I just ran EasyCleaner. It found 162 invalid registry entries!!!

Thanks guys. :)

[reboot]

I also really like RegScrubXP from http://www.lexunfreeware.com/.
It has never given me any trouble, and has a nice little tweak section that's also a nobrainer.

[pam123]

I use regcleaner and it's given me no trouble.
Just don't go crazy. You're cleaning the files left after you've removed a specific program so make sure everything matches up before you click remove.

[reboot]

Heh, who reads that stuff. To most, it won't make any sense anyhow, just select all, and hit the delete button. In 5 years, I've never had a problem with EasyCleaner, on win95, 98, 98SE, and XP.

[pam123]

Hi Jim,
I always knew I was weird. I read it.
It's taken me awhile but I've even begun to make sense out of it.
There may come a time when I can run a casual eye down the files listed and then hit "remove all" with confidence but I'm not quite there yet.

[not important]

I've used RegCleaner for several years with no problems.
Regseeker is another good one.
www.hoverdesk.net/freeware

[raftero]

i'm like reboot,i use regcleaner,if anything shows up select all and delete.no problems yet.