The best registry clearner is none.  From Microsoft's knowledge base article 299958 "The RegClean utility is no longer supported and has been removed from all Microsoft download sites"  Also search the different Dell forms for answers to this questions it has been raised many times.

Message Edited by msgale on 05-23-2005 11:01 PM

Aloha Robin- it's been a while!

I agree with msgale. I once used regclean, and tried a host of others, but was never convinced that they
provided any value. Too much downside for no proven benefit.

Best regards

 

Alrighty then!

I learned so much here for the year or so after buying my first computer that I just knew this would be the place to get a thoughtful and easy to trust response!

Joe53!  Is there still a "scratch pad" here?....I had a blast "playing" in there.

mahalo for the advice.

-Robin

Robin~

Yes, there is still a 'scratch pad', of sorts: http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board?board.id=other_sp

They banned a lot of the content we used to post (applets, java, scripts, sound-files) but a lot of the old crew
still check in from time to time. Do drop by and say 'hi'.

 

Hi Robin Kristy,

Not sure the best registry cleaning tools are but here is a list below that I have so far. Some are free/paid and or shareware to try out then paid. You might try some of these out and see.

Beclean at http://boozet.xepher.net/beclean/

CCleaner at http://www.ccleaner.com/ It is free and the one I use.

CleanCache at http://www.buttuglysoftware.com/

DriverCleaner at http://www.drivercleaner.net/

jv16 PowerTools at http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=jv16 - OldVersion.com

MyUninstaller at http://members.lycos.co.uk/nirsoft1/

RegCleaner http://www.worldstart.com/weekly-download/archives/reg-cleaner4.3.htm

RegCool at http://home.tiscali.de/zdata/regcool_e.htm

RegscrubXP at http://www.freewaresoft.net/down/details.php?file=112

RegSeeker at http://www.snapfiles.com/get/regseeker.html It is free and the one I use It will delete old files and delete old registry .

RegSupreme at http://www.macecraft.com/downloads/

Registry Cleaner and Disk Cleaner Utilities at http://www.acelogix.com/

Starter at http://www.webattack.com/get/starter.html

Startups at http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm

Sysinternals Freeware - Utilities for Windows NT and Windows 2000 at http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/utilities.shtml

I too do not recommend registry cleaners or programs that "automatically fix" PC's.  They have a track record of many times "breaking" more than they "fix".

Thanx for the responses and the advice!

I believe that I have determined that my computer will be better off without a registry cleaner.

I love Dell Community Forum!  (I guess it's not called "DellTalk" anymore...and, the interface is so much slicker than it used to be several years ago!)

 

aloha-Robin