RegCleaner (jv16) Equivalent

I'm looking for the equivalent to RegCleaner, which was part of the old JV16
Power Tools. I'm just interested in the RegCleaner program. I have the
last free version of JV16, as well as the stand alone of RegCleaner, and I
can't get RegCleaner to work on Vista. If anyone knows of an equivalent
program, which is as manual as RegCleaner, any suggestions would be most
appreciated.

I've been searching the newsgroups, but I can't find an answer to the many
questions requesting information on registry cleaners. I have, however seen
many replies offering the poster's personal opinion, but no answers, which
is really what prompts these multiple posts asking the same questions. To
each their own of course. I'm just hoping to find an equivalent program. I
don't want on of those automatic cleaners, that removes everything it deems
unnecessary. I just need something as simple and manual as RegCleaner.
Again, any help is appreciated. Thanks.

"UnderDog" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I'm looking for the equivalent to RegCleaner, which was part of the old
> JV16
> Power Tools. I'm just interested in the RegCleaner program. I have the
> last free version of JV16, as well as the stand alone of RegCleaner, and I
> can't get RegCleaner to work on Vista. If anyone knows of an equivalent
> program, which is as manual as RegCleaner, any suggestions would be most
> appreciated.
>
> I've been searching the newsgroups, but I can't find an answer to the many
> questions requesting information on registry cleaners. I have, however
> seen
> many replies offering the poster's personal opinion, but no answers, which
> is really what prompts these multiple posts asking the same questions. To
> each their own of course. I'm just hoping to find an equivalent program.
> I
> don't want on of those automatic cleaners, that removes everything it
> deems
> unnecessary. I just need something as simple and manual as RegCleaner.
> Again, any help is appreciated. Thanks.
>

Why do you think/believe you need a registry cleaner on your PC at all ?
--
Mike Brannigan

UnderDog <> wrote:
>
> I'm looking for the equivalent to RegCleaner, which was part of the old
> JV16 Power Tools. I'm just interested in the RegCleaner program. I
> have the last free version of JV16, as well as the stand alone of
> RegCleaner, and I can't get RegCleaner to work on Vista. If anyone
> knows of an equivalent program, which is as manual as RegCleaner, any
> suggestions would be most appreciated.
>
> I've been searching the newsgroups, but I can't find an answer to the
> many questions requesting information on registry cleaners. I have,
> however seen many replies offering the poster's personal opinion, but
> no answers, which is really what prompts these multiple posts asking
> the same questions. To each their own of course. I'm just hoping to
> find an equivalent program. I don't want on of those automatic
> cleaners, that removes everything it deems unnecessary. I just need
> something as simple and manual as RegCleaner. Again, any help is
> appreciated. Thanks.
>

It woudl not have been a good idea to ue RegCleaner on Vista anyway, as it
is an old program, and Vista has different registry locations to previous
versions.

ss.

Seeing as how you are determined to delve into the Registry, have a look at
CCleaner.
It apparently looks for leftovers!

http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/CCleaner/ccleaner.html
--
Mad Mike


"UnderDog" wrote:

> I'm looking for the equivalent to RegCleaner, which was part of the old JV16
> Power Tools. I'm just interested in the RegCleaner program. I have the
> last free version of JV16, as well as the stand alone of RegCleaner, and I
> can't get RegCleaner to work on Vista. If anyone knows of an equivalent
> program, which is as manual as RegCleaner, any suggestions would be most
> appreciated.
>
> I've been searching the newsgroups, but I can't find an answer to the many
> questions requesting information on registry cleaners. I have, however seen
> many replies offering the poster's personal opinion, but no answers, which
> is really what prompts these multiple posts asking the same questions. To
> each their own of course. I'm just hoping to find an equivalent program. I
> don't want on of those automatic cleaners, that removes everything it deems
> unnecessary. I just need something as simple and manual as RegCleaner.
> Again, any help is appreciated. Thanks.
>
>

"Mick Murphy" <> wrote in message
news:06C910C0-13DA-47FB-84AD-...
Seeing as how you are determined to delve into the Registry, have a look at
CCleaner.
It apparently looks for leftovers!

http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/CCleaner/ccleaner.html
--
Mad Mike


"UnderDog" wrote:

> I'm looking for the equivalent to RegCleaner, which was part of the old
> JV16
> Power Tools. I'm just interested in the RegCleaner program. I have the
> last free version of JV16, as well as the stand alone of RegCleaner, and I
> can't get RegCleaner to work on Vista. If anyone knows of an equivalent
> program, which is as manual as RegCleaner, any suggestions would be most
> appreciated.
>
> I've been searching the newsgroups, but I can't find an answer to the many
> questions requesting information on registry cleaners. I have, however
> seen
> many replies offering the poster's personal opinion, but no answers, which
> is really what prompts these multiple posts asking the same questions. To
> each their own of course. I'm just hoping to find an equivalent program.
> I
> don't want on of those automatic cleaners, that removes everything it
> deems
> unnecessary. I just need something as simple and manual as RegCleaner.
> Again, any help is appreciated. Thanks.
>
>

Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm not a fan of that option in CCleaner. I
do use CCleaner for it's main use, but the "Registry Cleaner" doesn't
function how I'd like. Also, the "issues" it finds, and suggests you
remove, such as issues with help files, shared DLL's, unsued file
extensions, etc, are not what I'm looking for. I'm more interested in the
junk programs leave behind when you uninstall them. Most of the time, none
of the program "leftovers" cause issues, and can be left alone. I simply
want to know what's being left, and would like an easy method of removal, if
I should so choose. RegCleaner was perfect for this, since it mainly
provided registry entries for your installed programs. It was simple,
manual, and stand alone. I just can't seem to find it's equivalent for
Vista.

"Mike Brannigan" <Mike.Brannigan@localhost> wrote in message
news:AD6D08AF-5793-
>
> Why do you think/believe you need a registry cleaner on your PC at all ?
>

MS will explain...
http://onecare.live.com/site/en-Us/a...leaner_why.htm

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"UnderDog" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I'm looking for the equivalent to RegCleaner, which was part of the old
> JV16
> Power Tools. I'm just interested in the RegCleaner program. I have the
> last free version of JV16, as well as the stand alone of RegCleaner, and I
> can't get RegCleaner to work on Vista. If anyone knows of an equivalent
> program, which is as manual as RegCleaner, any suggestions would be most
> appreciated.
>
> I've been searching the newsgroups, but I can't find an answer to the many
> questions requesting information on registry cleaners. I have, however
> seen
> many replies offering the poster's personal opinion, but no answers, which
> is really what prompts these multiple posts asking the same questions. To
> each their own of course. I'm just hoping to find an equivalent program.
> I
> don't want on of those automatic cleaners, that removes everything it
> deems
> unnecessary. I just need something as simple and manual as RegCleaner.
> Again, any help is appreciated. Thanks.
>


Regcleaner 4.3.2 does run in Vista and does not appear to be harmful if used
with default settings..


--
Mike Hall - MVP

Mike's Window - My Blog..
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx

Mike Brannigan wrote:
> "UnderDog" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> I'm looking for the equivalent to RegCleaner, which was part of the
>> old JV16
>> Power Tools. I'm just interested in the RegCleaner program. I have the
>> last free version of JV16, as well as the stand alone of RegCleaner,
>> and I
>> can't get RegCleaner to work on Vista. If anyone knows of an equivalent
>> program, which is as manual as RegCleaner, any suggestions would be most
>> appreciated.
>>
>> I've been searching the newsgroups, but I can't find an answer to the
>> many
>> questions requesting information on registry cleaners. I have,
>> however seen
>> many replies offering the poster's personal opinion, but no answers,
>> which
>> is really what prompts these multiple posts asking the same
>> questions. To
>> each their own of course. I'm just hoping to find an equivalent
>> program. I
>> don't want on of those automatic cleaners, that removes everything it
>> deems
>> unnecessary. I just need something as simple and manual as RegCleaner.
>> Again, any help is appreciated. Thanks.
>>
>
> Why do you think/believe you need a registry cleaner on your PC at all ?

Bit rot!

What a dumb question, Mike. That's like asking why do you ever need to
run chkdsk on your HDD? Because orphan entries and such cruft
inevitably gets left behind and should be cleaned up every now and
again. It's called maintenance.

--
"Software is like sex, it's better when it's free."
- Linus Torvalds

DRM and unintended consequences:
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/se...35&tag=nl.e101

The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
<> wrote:
>>
>> Why do you think/believe you need a registry cleaner on your PC at all ?
>
> Bit rot!
>
> What a dumb question, Mike. That's like asking why do you ever need to
> run chkdsk on your HDD? Because orphan entries and such cruft inevitably
> gets left behind and should be cleaned up every now and again. It's
> called maintenance.


I suppose these people that always go on about no need for registry cleaners
do not use much software, or reinstall the OS every few weeks anyway. ;-)

ss.

"The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'"
<> wrote in message news:gld03m$5s7$...
> What a dumb question, Mike. That's like asking why do you ever need to
> run chkdsk on your HDD? Because orphan entries and such cruft inevitably
> gets left behind and should be cleaned up every now and again. It's
> called maintenance.

Brevity snips........


After uninstalling Norton Anti-Virus software I was shocked at how much crap
it left in the registry! I removed it myself.