Re: Removing a link (Vista 32 bit)

Run http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner and do a registry cleanup
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"species8350" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Sometime ago I installed a file conversion programme on my pc.
>
> Later, I removed this programme.
>
> If I right click on a video, I see an entry which relates to this
> removed programme.
>
> How can I remove this entry?
>
> Thanks
>
> A

On 02 Oct 2010, "housetrained" <> wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general:

> Run http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner and do a registry cleanup

You should be more specific. Most of the registry cleaning operations
that CCleaner will offer to perform have nothing at all to do with the
problem, and some can be harmful to their system.

This is poor advice.

On 10/2/2010 10:35 AM, Nil wrote:
> On 02 Oct 2010, "housetrained"<> wrote in
> microsoft.public.windows.vista.general:
>
>> Run http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner and do a registry cleanup
>
> You should be more specific. Most of the registry cleaning operations
> that CCleaner will offer to perform have nothing at all to do with the
> problem, and some can be harmful to their system.
>
> This is poor advice.

No kidding, running ccleaner is the last thing anyone should ever do on
their computer. I would only suggest it if the computer is so screwed up
you are going to have to reformat and reinstall anyways and you can't
possibly hurt anything by trying it.

However, on a well-functioning system, a registry "cleaner" is bound to
do more harm than good and might end up leading you to a reinstall!

On Sat, 02 Oct 2010 13:26:39 -0500, milt
<> wrote:

> On 10/2/2010 10:35 AM, Nil wrote:
> > On 02 Oct 2010, "housetrained"<> wrote in
> > microsoft.public.windows.vista.general:
> >
> >> Run http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner and do a registry cleanup
> >
> > You should be more specific. Most of the registry cleaning operations
> > that CCleaner will offer to perform have nothing at all to do with the
> > problem, and some can be harmful to their system.
> >
> > This is poor advice.
>
> No kidding, running ccleaner is the last thing anyone should ever do on
> their computer. I would only suggest it if the computer is so screwed up
> you are going to have to reformat and reinstall anyways and you can't
> possibly hurt anything by trying it.



I don't agree at all. CCleaner is an excellent program, and I
recommend using it for everything it does *except* for its registry
cleaning function.


> However, on a well-functioning system, a registry "cleaner" is bound to
> do more harm than good and might end up leading you to a reinstall!


I completely agree with that, even on a system that is *not*
well-functioning. Registry cleaners are all snake oil.


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On Sat, 2 Oct 2010 18:19:33 -0700 (PDT), species8350
<> wrote:

> On Oct 2, 10:48*pm, "Ken Blake, MVP" <kbl...@kb.invalid> wrote:
> > On Sat, 02 Oct 2010 13:26:39 -0500, milt
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > <theatre_nospam_...@miltsweb.com> wrote:
> > > On 10/2/2010 10:35 AM, Nil wrote:
> > > > On 02 Oct 2010, "housetrained"<housetrai...@hotmail.com> *wrote in
> > > > microsoft.public.windows.vista.general:
> >
> > > >> Runhttp://www.piriform.com/ccleanerand do a registry cleanup
> >
> > > > You should be more specific. Most of the registry cleaning operations
> > > > that CCleaner will offer to perform have nothing at all to do with the
> > > > problem, and some can be harmful to their system.
> >
> > > > This is poor advice.
> >
> > > No kidding, running ccleaner is the last thing anyone should ever do on
> > > their computer. I would only suggest it if the computer is so screwed up
> > > you are going to have to reformat and reinstall anyways and you can't
> > > possibly hurt anything by trying it.
> >
> > I don't agree at all. CCleaner is an excellent program, and I
> > recommend using it for everything it does *except* for its registry
> > cleaning function.
> >
> > > However, on a well-functioning system, a registry "cleaner" is bound to
> > > do more harm than good and might end up leading you to a reinstall!
> >
> > I completely agree with that, even on a system that is *not*
> > well-functioning. Registry cleaners are all snake oil.
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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> Is it possible to remove this dead link manually?


Read Dave-UK's earlier reply. He told you how to do it.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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On 10/2/2010 2:28 PM, Dave-UK wrote:
>
> I regularly run CrapCleaner on Vista and Win7 and I don't get any problems.
> What happened to your Vista installation when you ran it ?
> Provide details, if you have any.
>
>
>

I don't feel my registry needs to be "cleaned" therefore, I have no use
for it. Its other stuff, I do manually. If you run the registry cleaner
function, eventually, it will mess up your system, its only a matter of
time.

On 10/3/2010 10:47 AM, Dave-UK wrote:
> From your first post:
> "No kidding, running ccleaner is the last thing anyone should ever do on
> their computer."
> So you've never run CrapCleaner and yet you come on here telling us
> that it will hose your system. You are full of ****.
>
>

Nope, not full of ****, just because I haven't done something, doesn't
mean I don't know its bad to do. I've never dropped a match into a can
of gasoline. However, I know it will blow up, because of other
experiences that tell me its a bad thing. Just do a web search on
"registry cleaners" and see how many you find that screw up systems to
the point a reinstall is the only thing that will fix it.