CCleaner??

Ok, so in exploring the possible use of CCleaner I ran across several
sites that suggest since not all utilities of this nature are equal, try
testing to see if the product you want to use is really x64 workable.

Since Ccleaner seems to be a program of choice by a lots of folks that
use utilities of this nature I wonder if anyone knows if it is really
x64 workable.

the Ccleaner sites says this: CCleaner is fully tested and compatible
with all the latest Windows OS's.

a Competitor (of course) suggests a brief test of the validity of the
x64 claims by setting a test trap for any program and seeing if that
works or not.

http://www.registry-cleaner.net/x64-...ry-cleaner.htm

Any experience with this conundrum?

My possible application, home built PC with Xp X64.
We are trying CCleaner on a XP 32bit machine to see if its claims to aid
functionality once it started to really drag in its operation.
(AV and pest scans all came up clean)

Thanks!

I know of no compelling or even cogent reason for using ANY such product. If
the registry needs cleaning (something I don't frankly agree with), it will
be done by hand, by me. No way to I allow any automated process to muck
around in there. And frankly, I've seen actual improvement in operation
worthy of the substantial risk.

--
Charlie.
http://blogs.msmvps.com/russel


"Hp" <> wrote in message news:j142id$2c1$...
> Ok, so in exploring the possible use of CCleaner I ran across several
> sites that suggest since not all utilities of this nature are equal, try
> testing to see if the product you want to use is really x64 workable.
>
> Since Ccleaner seems to be a program of choice by a lots of folks that use
> utilities of this nature I wonder if anyone knows if it is really x64
> workable.
>
> the Ccleaner sites says this: CCleaner is fully tested and compatible with
> all the latest Windows OS's.
>
> a Competitor (of course) suggests a brief test of the validity of the x64
> claims by setting a test trap for any program and seeing if that works or
> not.
>
> http://www.registry-cleaner.net/x64-...ry-cleaner.htm
>
> Any experience with this conundrum?
>
> My possible application, home built PC with Xp X64.
> We are trying CCleaner on a XP 32bit machine to see if its claims to aid
> functionality once it started to really drag in its operation.
> (AV and pest scans all came up clean)
>
> Thanks!

CCleaner on its default settings is a very effective remover of
temporary files and cookies. Much better than the Windows tools.

There are many more advanced options available, including registry
cleaning. Like Charlie, I recommend that you do not use them.

If you are installing CCleaner for your own use, it is a good product on
its default settings. For other users it would be dangerous: they might
experiment with the more advanced settings and damage their systems.


On 31/07/2011 18:14, Hp wrote:
> Ok, so in exploring the possible use of CCleaner I ran across several
> sites that suggest since not all utilities of this nature are equal, try
> testing to see if the product you want to use is really x64 workable.
>
> Since Ccleaner seems to be a program of choice by a lots of folks that
> use utilities of this nature I wonder if anyone knows if it is really
> x64 workable.
>
> the Ccleaner sites says this: CCleaner is fully tested and compatible
> with all the latest Windows OS's.
>
> a Competitor (of course) suggests a brief test of the validity of the
> x64 claims by setting a test trap for any program and seeing if that
> works or not.
>
> http://www.registry-cleaner.net/x64-...ry-cleaner.htm
>
> Any experience with this conundrum?
>
> My possible application, home built PC with Xp X64.
> We are trying CCleaner on a XP 32bit machine to see if its claims to aid
> functionality once it started to really drag in its operation.
> (AV and pest scans all came up clean)
>
> Thanks!

Charlie,
I could not agree more, as we have always done on this subject.
Neither registry cleaners, or even registry "defraggers", do any good.
They are what they are meant to be: dangerous "placebos".
I also prefer manually editing the registry when I do know what I am
doing.
As for temporary files I usually run %TEMP% and do the cleanup myself.
That's all that there is.
Carlos

On 31 jul, 15:02, "Charlie Russel-MVP"
<char...@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote:
> I know of no compelling or even cogent reason for using ANY such product. If
> the registry needs cleaning (something I don't frankly agree with), it will
> be done by hand, by me. No way to I allow any automated process to muck
> around in there. And frankly, I've seen actual improvement in operation
> worthy of the substantial risk.
>
> --
> Charlie.http://blogs.msmvps.com/russel
>
>
>
> "Hp" <F...@fred.net> wrote in messagenews:j142id$2c1$...
> > Ok, so in exploring the possible use of CCleaner I ran across several
> > sites that suggest since not all utilities of this nature are equal, try
> > testing to see if the product you want to use is really x64 workable.
>
> > Since Ccleaner seems to be a program of choice by a lots of folks that use
> > utilities of this nature I wonder if anyone knows if it is really x64
> > workable.
>
> > the Ccleaner sites says this: CCleaner is fully tested and compatible with
> > all the latest Windows OS's.
>
> > a Competitor (of course) suggests a brief test of the validity of the x64
> > claims by setting a test trap for any program and seeing if that works or
> > not.
>
> >http://www.registry-cleaner.net/x64-...ry-cleaner.htm
>
> > Any experience with this conundrum?
>
> > My possible application, home built PC with Xp X64.
> > We are trying CCleaner on a XP 32bit machine to see if its claims to aid
> > functionality once it started to really drag in its operation.
> > (AV and pest scans all came up clean)
>
> > Thanks!- Ocultar texto de la cita -
>
> - Mostrar texto de la cita -

Ah,there you are, Carlos.

Yes, these are useless at best, and dangerous in all cases. (And beyond
%temp%, I like to also hunt up log files and truncate those. Windows 7
search is really useful for things like this. (I can't belive I'm preferring
a gui process!)

--
Charlie.
http://blogs.msmvps.com/russel


"Carlos" <> wrote in message
news:c433159c-2837-4403-a9f1-...
> Charlie,
> I could not agree more, as we have always done on this subject.
> Neither registry cleaners, or even registry "defraggers", do any good.
> They are what they are meant to be: dangerous "placebos".
> I also prefer manually editing the registry when I do know what I am
> doing.
> As for temporary files I usually run %TEMP% and do the cleanup myself.
> That's all that there is.
> Carlos
>
> On 31 jul, 15:02, "Charlie Russel-MVP"
> <char...@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote:
>> I know of no compelling or even cogent reason for using ANY such product.
>> If
>> the registry needs cleaning (something I don't frankly agree with), it
>> will
>> be done by hand, by me. No way to I allow any automated process to muck
>> around in there. And frankly, I've seen actual improvement in operation
>> worthy of the substantial risk.
>>
>> --
>> Charlie.http://blogs.msmvps.com/russel
>>
>>
>>
>> "Hp" <F...@fred.net> wrote in
>> messagenews:j142id$2c1$...
>> > Ok, so in exploring the possible use of CCleaner I ran across several
>> > sites that suggest since not all utilities of this nature are equal,
>> > try
>> > testing to see if the product you want to use is really x64 workable.
>>
>> > Since Ccleaner seems to be a program of choice by a lots of folks that
>> > use
>> > utilities of this nature I wonder if anyone knows if it is really x64
>> > workable.
>>
>> > the Ccleaner sites says this: CCleaner is fully tested and compatible
>> > with
>> > all the latest Windows OS's.
>>
>> > a Competitor (of course) suggests a brief test of the validity of the
>> > x64
>> > claims by setting a test trap for any program and seeing if that works
>> > or
>> > not.
>>
>> >http://www.registry-cleaner.net/x64-...ry-cleaner.htm
>>
>> > Any experience with this conundrum?
>>
>> > My possible application, home built PC with Xp X64.
>> > We are trying CCleaner on a XP 32bit machine to see if its claims to
>> > aid
>> > functionality once it started to really drag in its operation.
>> > (AV and pest scans all came up clean)
>>
>> > Thanks!- Ocultar texto de la cita -
>>
>> - Mostrar texto de la cita -
>