What registry cleaner ?

liveforeva · 23 May 2013 at 12:45

Hi what registry cleaner would you recommend for windows 8
Thanks

spixelspixel · 23 May 2013 at 12:46

ccleaner

Antar Bolaeisk · 23 May 2013 at 13:16

None, they're snake oil at best and system damaging at worst. I've never seen a noticeable improvement having run one on a system.

UnworthyBean · 23 May 2013 at 15:38

Antar Bolaeisk said:
None, they're snake oil at best and system damaging at worst. I've never seen a noticeable improvement having run one on a system.

This is the general consensus. No performance boost and quite a lot of horror stories.

The Deuce · 23 May 2013 at 16:05

none.

TheVoice · 23 May 2013 at 16:10

Don't bother.

arknor · 23 May 2013 at 16:17

I've never had any issues with ccleaner and I've been using it for years now.

You're not going to see any performance improvements from doing it tbh

ince · 23 May 2013 at 17:48

yeh do these even work

KIA · 23 May 2013 at 17:55

Antar Bolaeisk said:
None, they're snake oil at best and system damaging at worst. I've never seen a noticeable improvement having run one on a system.

^ Listen to the dawg.

spixelspixel · 23 May 2013 at 17:58

ccleaner is still a very handy tool to have, even if you don't use the registry cleaner part of it.

It can clear up gb's of space by removing 'crap' you don't need. It's one of the programs I always download after a fresh windows install :-)

darael · 23 May 2013 at 18:37

If you use the right tools, you don't need a registry cleaner.

Uninstall programs with an uninstaller such as Revo Uninstaller to cleanup the residue many uninstallers seem to leave behind. If I want to make sure I am doing a clean install of video drivers and want to cleanup the old driver, I use a program like Driver Sweeper.

Antar Bolaeisk · 23 May 2013 at 18:49

ince said:
yeh do these even work

They work, there can be a lot of orphaned registry keys left in the registry but they have no noticeable impact on performance. The problem is that sometimes the cleaners can be a bit overzealous and delete important entries which can result in software not working or even a non-booting OS.

Blackjack Davy · 25 May 2013 at 21:07

Antar Bolaeisk said:
The problem is that sometimes the cleaners can be a bit overzealous and delete important entries which can result in software not working or even a non-booting OS.

Which is why ccleaner comes with the option to create a backup of the registry entries removed, I've never had a problem myself but have heard of some who have.