Best Registry cleaner?

[John Prophet]

What is the best registry cleaner out there? Free or otherwise?

I use RegCleaner..( http://www.jv16.org/ ) ...which is good for uninstalling programs etc, but what about a cleaner to get rid of junk links, errors etc...what do you use and have you had good luck with it?

Thanks, JP

[Martoch]

Norton SystemWorks2002, comes with WinDoctor...gets rid of exactly what you posted...junk links, registry errors, bad shortcuts, etc. I thoroughly enjoy it!

[BFlurie]

I think Regcleaner identifies most junk. An ancient M$$ program called Regmaid.exe works on both W9X and at least NT4 and roots out orphaned CSLID & other obscure keys & prb'ly still d/ldable at M$$ somewhere.

I use RegCleaner and Adaware to scan registry and get rid of spyware keys and other junk ...

[Mortis]

System Mechanic, by Iolo.com, has a nice Registry Cleaner in it. But it basically does the same as the others mentioned. I like it because it has other features included. A nice Maintenance utility all around. It is around 45-50 dollars, US. They just released a CD Version that runs off the CD and doesnt need to be installed! I have been eyeing this, but afraid that is all it is going to be... eyeing. It carries a nice hefty price... hehe.

Regmaid.
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/mslfiles/regmaid.exe

Edit: Warning, not for XP

[NDC]

Yep, System Mechanic's registry cleaner 3.6g has been most effective. As for the update 3.7, it had a flaw where it was causing problems after running registry cleaner when I used the scheduled task for cookie management.