Registry cleaner
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Thinking of using CCleaner on my Windows 10 PC Any known issues? Does it make a registry backup?
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I used CCleaner for many years and they recently have become very aggressive so I too am looking for another registry cleaner.
The less you need, the more you have. Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally. JaxCoder.com
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I used CCleaner for many years and they recently have become very aggressive so I too am looking for another registry cleaner.
The less you need, the more you have. Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally. JaxCoder.com
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Thanks for the info. I thought they were a bit annoying so I uninstalled it. Looking for another one now!
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I was using Auslogic but when I upgraded to Windows 11 I get an UAC error that won't allow me to run it. I've been trying to figure out how to get around it but haven't found anything yet. (It's a pretty good alternative though.
The less you need, the more you have. Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally. JaxCoder.com
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I was using Auslogic but when I upgraded to Windows 11 I get an UAC error that won't allow me to run it. I've been trying to figure out how to get around it but haven't found anything yet. (It's a pretty good alternative though.
The less you need, the more you have. Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally. JaxCoder.com
I've been using [Wise Registry Cleaner](https://www.wisecleaner.com/download.html) (try the portable edition first) and so far it's been decent. I'm not sure these programs are really needed, but I like to clean up when I've uninstalled a program.
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Thinking of using CCleaner on my Windows 10 PC Any known issues? Does it make a registry backup?
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I second Mike's post - CCleaner got to the point that you wonder why it does not self-delete itself as bloated software :-) UNfortunately found no replacement...
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Thinking of using CCleaner on my Windows 10 PC Any known issues? Does it make a registry backup?
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I've always believed register cleaners to be little more than snake oil. Even MS, decades ago, had its own registry cleaner, but it's long dead and buried. I have zero trust in these apps. If I, as a developer, have my app shovel a crap-ton of entries in the registry, how does a registry cleaner understand the intent behind the data, and how does it decide whether it should be kept or deleted? It has to boil down to so little data overall that can be safely removed that you'd be hard-pressed to measure any performance gain. And if that's the case, is it worth the risk?
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I've always believed register cleaners to be little more than snake oil. Even MS, decades ago, had its own registry cleaner, but it's long dead and buried. I have zero trust in these apps. If I, as a developer, have my app shovel a crap-ton of entries in the registry, how does a registry cleaner understand the intent behind the data, and how does it decide whether it should be kept or deleted? It has to boil down to so little data overall that can be safely removed that you'd be hard-pressed to measure any performance gain. And if that's the case, is it worth the risk?
Thanks for the info. I finally decided...I will not use any registry cleaner at all! The reason I considered one was because my two year old Win 10 SSD PC is noticeably slower now to boot up, even after cleaning up Startup apps and temporary files. But it performs well so I can live with that!
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Thanks for the info. I finally decided...I will not use any registry cleaner at all! The reason I considered one was because my two year old Win 10 SSD PC is noticeably slower now to boot up, even after cleaning up Startup apps and temporary files. But it performs well so I can live with that!
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Well, if the registry sets up some app to auto-start, that would have a definite impact, but what you need then is something that identifies things that auto-start, not a registry cleaner. The registry is just *one* location for setting up auto-running apps. SysInternals has [AutoRuns](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns), which is excellent for tracking these down. But, be careful about what you delete with it.
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Well, if the registry sets up some app to auto-start, that would have a definite impact, but what you need then is something that identifies things that auto-start, not a registry cleaner. The registry is just *one* location for setting up auto-running apps. SysInternals has [AutoRuns](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns), which is excellent for tracking these down. But, be careful about what you delete with it.
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Thanks for the info. Win 10 settings has a StartUp section which lists all auto start apps and their relative impact. I don't see anything there that may cause a slow boot. I am not really concerned about it, just curious.
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