Are Registry Cleaners Still Needed on Windows 10?

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  1. Posts : 7,606
    Windows 10 Home 20H2
       #230

    fdegrove said:
    A regcleaner does not "fix" problems but might prevent them from happening.
    Prevention is better than cure, as the saying goes.
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  2. Posts : 26,445
    Windows 11 Pro 22631.3447
       #231

    You people that want to use reg cleaners after all of the advice given to not use them go right ahead it is your machine, you want to take the chance of ruining it go right ahead but remember this:

    The Best Drive Cleaners and Registry Cleaners - MajorGeeks

    Answer:

    There are none. Pause here, please, and remember that. There are many safe, conservative registry cleaners but if you don't know what you're doing, they can be more trouble than they are worth. People are often given the advice to download a registry cleaner by a well-meaning friend, for example. Fixing registry errors have been used for many years as a sales tactic for some applications. It's an easy way to show your computer has "thousands" of problems, when in fact, there are none. Registry cleaners just remove old traces from your registry. These are often left behind from programs that you uninstalled or updated. Your computer will not run any faster by removing old registry entries. The bottom line here? You won’t fix anything, but you might break something.

    Clean away.....
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  3. Posts : 2,832
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #232

    Hi,

    Clean away.....
    Will do.

    Cheers,
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  4. Posts : 19,518
    W11+W11 Developer Insider + Linux
       #233

    Someone has a fitting quote as a sig: "If it ain't broke fix it until it is".
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  5. Posts : 1,481
    W10 22H2 19045.3031
       #234

    Josey Wales said:
    You people that want to use reg cleaners after all of the advice given to not use them go right ahead it is your machine, you want to take the chance of ruining it go right ahead



    Answer:

    Registry cleaners just remove old traces from your registry. These are often left behind from programs that you uninstalled or updated.
    Clean away.....
    Thanks for giving the "folks" permission to use their computer. Ruining it???
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  6. Posts : 155
    Windows 10, Debian Devel, FreeNAS, Zentynal
       #235

    Linux. What's a registry?

    Heh

    Timmy
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  7. Posts : 7,606
    Windows 10 Home 20H2
       #236

    Josey Wales said:
    Clean away.....
    I just did it with CCleaner a minute ago.

    meebers said:
    Thanks for giving the "folks" permission to use their computer. Ruining it
    I will post back if my computer is ruined.
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  8. Posts : 155
    Windows 10, Debian Devel, FreeNAS, Zentynal
       #237

    I never in my use with Windows have ever had an issue with removing something that should have remained with respect to CCleaner and Tracks Eraser Pro 9.x


    Tim
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  9. Posts : 26,445
    Windows 11 Pro 22631.3447
       #238

    CountMike said:
    Someone has a fitting quote as a sig: "If it ain't broke fix it until it is".
    Amen!
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  10. Posts : 7,606
    Windows 10 Home 20H2
       #239

    Have the computers of those opposing it ever been harmed by it?
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