When it comes to cleaning temporary files in Windows, the first program that comes to the mind of most computer users is the popular CCleaner by Pirisoft. There is an abundance of alternatives, of which I have reviewed more than a dozen over the years. Among them nCleaner, ACleaner and Browser Cleaner. AppCleaner is a [...]

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The recent release of CCleaner 2.30 provided us an opportunity to take a closer look at the popular temporary files cleaning tool, which we last review in October 2009. CCleaner is mainly used for deleting temporary files and cleaning history files on the Windows operating system. Its customizability and features make it one of the [...]

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A Registry Cleaner scans the Registry for invalid and outdated entries with the option to remove those. This can increase the stability and performance of the Windows operating system. Little Registry Cleaner is an Open Source software program that can scan the Registry in Windows. The application suggests to create a System Restore Point on [...]

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Every system cleanup tool has to face a comparison with the much acclaimed CCleaner. Many consider CCleaner to be the one and only tool for cleaning temporary Registry settings and files on a Windows operating system. It offers a wide variety of locations that can be cleaned , the option to add custom locations and [...]

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Comodo System Cleaner is a computer cleanup tool that combines the functionality of registry cleaners, disk cleaners and privacy cleaners in one application. The software can be used to scan the Registry of the computer system for invalid entries, clean temporary and duplicate files from hard drives and to clean privacy related information like log [...]

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Comodo Registry Cleaner is an advanced Registry tool from Comodo who are probably best known for their free firewall program.The Registry Cleaner is currently offered as a beta release only in the Comodo forums and selected download portals. The software program scans the Registry for various errors like links that are pointing to deleted files, [...]

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I was beginning to think that the time of the free promotional keys was gone when I spotted yet another promotion at Tip and Trick. This time it is possible to get a free key for PC Tool’s Desktop Maestro 2 software that usually retails for €39.95 (that’s Euro, multiply by 1.6 to get Dollars). [...]

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Wise Registry Cleaner is probably the most comfortable registry cleaner that I installed on my system until now. The free software has a size of roughly one megabyte and the installation takes only a couple of seconds. The application reminds you to create a backup of your registry before you proceed which can be done right from the reminder window.

After this has been done a scan can be started by clicking on the scan button in the toolbar. The main window will be populated with the results displaying information about the keys, values, data and categories. The registry cleaner rates every entry with “safe to fix” or “Not fully safe to fix” and checks only the ones that are safe to fix.

Categories: Operating Systems, Tools, Windows

Every passing day makes it more likely that the registry file contains obsolete entries that might make your system unstable. They could also slow down your system. It is a good idea to check obsolete entries in your registry from time to time and remove them to keep the unnecessary entries to a minimum.

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