"Adam Albright" <AA@ABC.net> wrote in message
news:u0rbb39rv0c69lns0pcuddadginicgs4om@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 5 Aug 2007 16:17:30 +0100, "Ian Betts" <igb123@talktalk.net>
> wrote:
>
>>You can physically delete things like icons and Start menu entries. You
>>could also edit the register an easy way, but be very careful and save the
>>reg before starting so you can go back,
>>
>>First change your Start menu to Classic by right click/Properties.
>>
>>Then click Run and type in regedit Go
>>
>>In the Reg go Edit /Find and type the name of the program. Find every
>>entry
>>by hitting Find Next. Delete all highlighted program entries.
>
> I suppose there is a way to go to a beach and one by one pick up the
> individual grains of sand and count them, but who would want to? Using
> Regedit to manually search for specific tidbit over and over seems
> silly to me when a Registry Clearer will generate a list of what it
> finds suspect without interaction on part of the user.
>
> OF COURSE it is up to the user to determine what if anything should be
> deleted from the Registry. What I object to is the numbnuts crowd
> automatically rejecting Registry Cleaners outright pretending everyone
> will just push some auto clean button. That is no more a reflection of
> reality than the example of counting grains of sand on a beach is.
>
>
I don't reject Reg Cleaners but there are so many its a mine field for most
users and most are time limited full cost programs.
The Find button example takes about 3 mins tops for any program so don't
exaggerate
--
Ian
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