[fallencry01]

Is http://www.regcure.com/ really worth it or is there another program that is better?

[Elvandil]

Nothing. DON'T DO IT! We would end up seeing a lot of you, provided you could get online at all.

http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=643
http://forums.techguy.org/all-other-...gcure-any.html
http://forums.techguy.org/all-other-...y-cleaner.html
http://forums.techguy.org/all-other-...g-cleaner.html
http://forums.techguy.org/windows-vi...file-lost.html

[fallencry01]

thanks a lot

[Elvandil]

Those things don't really fix anything and there is always the danger they will remove something needed. The registry is pretty self-maintaining, so save yourself some heartache.

I am, however, a fan of registry compactors.

Free registry defragmenters (compressors):

NTREGOPT - http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/
RegCompact.NET - http://www.aplusfreeware.com/categor...egCompact.html
WinASO RegDefrag - http://www.winaso.com/

Other than those, I'd suggest not using any shotgun approaches to the registry.

[blues_harp28]

In addition to the above.
http://forums.techguy.org/all-other-...-computer.html

[Elvandil]

Originally Posted by blues_harp28

In addition to the above.
http://forums.techguy.org/all-other-...-computer.html

I'll add that one to the list, and this:

Even if registry cleaners actually worked and did what they are supposed to safely, what would be the net gain?

I have over 800,000 entries in my registry. So let's say 1 million as a good approximation. So if we also assume that the "speed" of the registry is an inverse relationship, in other words, if it were half as large, it would be twice as fast, how much would this cleaner actually speed things up?

If it found 5,000 "errors" (they aren't really errors, but let's assume they are since the cleaners do), then the increase in the speed of the registry would be 5000/1000000, or 0.005, or 1/2%. So in other words, by running a registry cleaner and remocving 5000 entries (which is more than most find) and risking serious damage to your installation and programs, you have succeeded in increasing the speed by 1/2 of 1% (if it were even true in the first place that registry access speed is dependent on size in this way, which it isn't).

Does that seem worth it to you?

[akaHothead]

Or would you like a several hundred $$$ doorstop?