"Adam Albright" <AA@ABC.net> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 5 Aug 2007 17:47:26 +0100, "Ian Betts" <igb123@talktalk.net>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"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
>
> The find button in Regedit assumes you KNOW beforehand what exactly
> you're looking for or it is useless. Don't mislead people. That's one
> advantage of using Registry Cleaners since they can quickly scan the
> entire Registry and build a list of orphaned keys. As always, with any
> software you still need to decide what to do with the information
> presented. The fanboys club always pretends people will foolishly push
> some auto button most Registry Cleaners have which is just as silly as
> suggesting people will keep shoveling food in their mouth and not stop
> until they puke.
>
>
I very clearly stated that but you only read what you what to in order to
pour scorn.
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