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DoctorReno · 06-07-2003, 01:12 PM

I am looking for recommendations on Registry maintenance utilities. OS's will be 98SE thru XP Pro. Pros and cons appreciated.

Atomic Rooster · 06-07-2003, 01:15 PM

I like using RegCleaner. It's easy to install and setup and works great in 98SE and XP Pro.

pgriffet · 06-07-2003, 02:28 PM

The point is that a lot of people ask for something to clean the registry once programs are installed. The solution is to use a snapshot tool which takes "pictures" of your registry and disk before and after you install something. Amazing to see the garbage which is written by a lot of programs and left when you uninstall.

Norton has a tool for monitoring registry changes but I recommend 3 freeware : Regshot or Total Uninstall which has an uninstall option or Inctrl5 (from Zdnet) which produces a html report with all modifications.

1) Regshot : 34 Kb ( http://regshot.yeah.net/ ). Reports in HTML format.

2) Total Uninstall : same as Regshot. Has a "Undo" function and a "regedit" look to show new/modified keys. Cares for the SharedDLLs. Reports in txt format. Able to uninstall an application.

http://www.geocities.com/ggmartau/do.../download.html (homepage)

http://www.simtel.net/pub/dl/61416.shtml

Pierre.

ChrisK2972 · 06-07-2003, 04:55 PM

This has been an informative thread for me! I was looking for the same thing. I just tried RegCleaner and found the interface pleasing and easy to use. Most of these types of programs give you allot of info on you system but you got to close your eyes when you go the delete anything! lol

I am fixing to load netscape and am going to use Total Uninstall. Will report back with my findings.