gHacks technology news » registry cleaner http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:24:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Clean After Me Cleans Registry And Files http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/15/clean-after-me-cleans-registry-and-files/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/15/clean-after-me-cleans-registry-and-files/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 18:46:26 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/15/clean-after-me-cleans-registry-and-files/ microsoft windowsEvery 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 all the small beneficial options like scheduling one would expect. Clean After Me is another program that can be used to clean the Windows Registry and files on the system.

It does not come close to the options offered by CCleaner but is nevertheless a great software program worth reviewing. It has the usual Nirsoft look and feel around and comes with the usual set of features like portability and command line parameters.The program comes as a tiny 37 Kilobyte executable that can be run from anywhere. The programs and locations that can be cleaned up are sorted in categories (Windows Explorer, Windows – General, Windows – Advanced, Internet Explorer, Other Microsoft Applications, Mozilla Firefox, Opera). Each category contains several listings each with its own checkbox so that it is possible to clean a complete category or only selected items within.

Selecting an entry in the main window will display a short description and its path on the computer system with the additional option to open it right away.

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The cleaning log will display every item that gets cleaned by the user which can be quite a lot depending in the settings. One interesting option for cautious users is the cleaning report view which will display exactly what Clean After Me will be doing if the user selects to clean the selected items.

A few advanced options are provided that can be used to zero files before deleting them to make it harder for anyone to recover them.

Clean After Me is an excellent software program which is a viable alternative for CCleaner.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/15/clean-after-me-cleans-registry-and-files/feed/ 4 Registry Cleaners: Comodo System Cleaner http://www.ghacks.net/2009/03/03/registry-cleaners-comodo-system-cleaner/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/03/03/registry-cleaners-comodo-system-cleaner/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:25:52 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10875 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 files, last visited locations or histories.

The registry cleaner tool will scan the Windows registry for various invalid entries. Each entry is shown after the scan with the possibility to clean it up. By default a backup of the Registry will be created before any cleaning takes place. It is furthermore possible to schedule regular Registry cleanups or restore a previously created Registry backup.

The disk cleaner is a basic tool that will scan the hard drives of the computer for temporary or duplicate entries giving the user the options to delete those files from the disk. It is nowhere as extensive as tools like CCleaner offer but it covers the most widely used temporary locations.

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The disk cleanup utility can be scheduled like the Registry cleaner can. Filters can be added to include or exclude certain file types from the scans. The privacy cleaner option can be used to remove several privacy related entries from the operating system. Other tools that are provided by Comodo System Cleaner are a disk wiper, a tool to calculate file crc and extensive system settings that match most Windows tweakers out there.

Comodo System Cleaner combines several important system utilities in one application. Users who are looking for tools to cleanup temporary data are currently better of with tools like CCleaner who have the advantage that they can be further customized by the user which Comodo System Cleaner cannot.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/03/03/registry-cleaners-comodo-system-cleaner/feed/ 14 Comodo Registry Cleaner http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/25/comodo-registry-cleaner/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/25/comodo-registry-cleaner/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:41:20 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=6467 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, font locations and pretty much everything coming up as an error in the Registry. Those entries that are found are later on displayed in a list. The user can check individual entries or clean them all in one go.

The Registry Cleaner is automatically creating a backup before cleaning the Registry. That way it is possible to restore the Registry to a state before the cleaning took place. The Windows XP and Vista Registry cleaner comes with another option called compact which compacts the Registry to reduce it’s size.

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It is recommended to compact the Registry after cleaning it for maximum performance gain. A smaller Registry can reduce system start and overall system performance.

Comodo Registry Cleaner is compatible to Windows XP and Windows Vista and supports both 32-bit and 64-bit editions of the operating systems.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/25/comodo-registry-cleaner/feed/ 18 Free PC Tools Desktop Maestro Key http://www.ghacks.net/2008/04/28/free-pc-tools-desktop-maestro-key/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/04/28/free-pc-tools-desktop-maestro-key/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:10:41 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=3951 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). Desktop Maestro features several system tools that fall in the cleaning, optimizing and protecting category.

Desktop Maestro 2 offers three functions in the main menu. The first is scanning the Registry of the computer. A run on my system found 1880 problems that were listed in several categories like Custom Controls, Startup Programs and Add/Remove Programs. Each entry that was found was classified with a priority from low to highest. The second function can be compared to programs like CCleaner. It’s called Privacy Guardian and deletes temporary files and settings like the history. This section is divided into five parts including Windows, Browsers and Plugins.

The optimize button finally leads to a page with system information and three ways to optimize the system. It is possible to compress the Registry, defragment the hard drive and click on a Optimize the System button which apparently adds some tweaks and patches to the Windows Registry.

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Several free programs can do the same, if you already have them installed there is not much need to install Desktop Maestro. If you want to take a look do the following.

  • Head over to this or this url and enter your name and email to receive a free license key in your inbox. Then download the version of Desktop Maestro that was mentioned in the comments at the Tip and Trick website, the one hosted at Depositfile. Do not download it from the PC Tools website because your serial number will not work with that version.
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    ]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/04/28/free-pc-tools-desktop-maestro-key/feed/ 7 Wise Registry Cleaner http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/31/wise-registry-cleaner/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/31/wise-registry-cleaner/#comments Thu, 31 May 2007 10:40:46 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/31/wise-registry-cleaner/ 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.

    Checked entries can be removed by clicking on Fix. Before you do that you can check or uncheck every entry that has been found. Alternatively it is possible to undo fixes to revert back to the original state. The scanner found 1360 problems of which 1212 were rated as safe to fix and only 148 as not fully safe to fix.

    I decided to remove only the safe to fix entries and was not able to spot any problems after restarting my computer and working with it for some hours.

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    ]]>     http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/31/wise-registry-cleaner/feed/ 4     Clean your Registry http://www.ghacks.net/2006/06/30/clean-your-registry/ http://www.ghacks.net/2006/06/30/clean-your-registry/#comments Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:12:09 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2006/06/30/clean-your-registry/ 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.

    With RegCleaner you can remove obsolete software references, clean your startup list, uninstall or remove entries from the software uninstall window, remove file type associations, clean the new file type menu and edit shell extensions. It gives you the option to do this manually or suggest entries that can be removed. Everything is backed up, easy to undo errors this way.

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