Vista - Wise Registry Cleaner

Hi,

I am thinking of using Wise Registry Cleaner Free, I did a scan with it and it found about 2000 invalid entries, I am not sure if it is safe to remove all of the 2000 entries as this does seem to be quite a lot and I don’t want to muck up my pc. Any one used it before and if so does it do a good job without mucking your pc up?


Many Thanks
Wizkid

I wouldn't know about that 1 I use ccleaner but only to remove uninstalled programs that left some registry keys.

I use Wise on a weekly basis, it generally finds a few things, but that many. . .yikes. I have no problem with it personally. Is your computer rather old, or have you installed and uninstalled a large number of applications?

Hi,

I have been using it without any problems, but 2000 sounds a lot.

You could try scanning again with the default settings and see how different the results are.

You may have checked the top 4 boxes - by default these are unticked.




Hope it helps

SIW2

Hey,

Thanks for your reply.

Will try what you have said tommrow, I think it was about 2000 I will scan again and check though. There are mixed reviews on this program so I am just checking its ok.

Will let you know how I get on with the scanning.


Zoloft,

I did a clean install on this system about amonth ago, but I have been installing quite a lot of things and removing things to.

Thanks,

Wizkid

I couldn't imagine ANYTHING causing 2000+ errors in a months time. . .and, for the record, I scan with the top four boxes checked, and again, generally have just a few errors it finds each time. Is there one specific category that you are getting the majority of the errors in?

Hi Wizkid

I think you probably answered your own question If you are not sure about what a registry entry does then I would strongly advise that you do not remove it.

Registry editors can be a great aid to cleaning the registry, but I personally would not let them remove anything I didn't recognise.

One thing to ensure before you start is make sure you have a backup before you start

Hi Guys,

Got the 2000 entries very wrong, I have scanned again and it has found, 550 that can be repaired, please see attached picture this is about the normal amount for a registry cleaner to find, I don’t know where I got 2000 from lol.

I take it this is more normal for this program to find around 550, and this would be safe to remove them? I apologise for any confusion this has caused.

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Regards,

Wizkid

Hi wizkid,

Everyone must make their own decisions about what they do on their own machine.

Some people have had problems using aggressive registry cleaners. However I never had any problem with Wise, which I use regularly. Never had 550 entries show up at once, but that's because I use it a lot - cumulatively , it must be a lot more than that.

If you are going to use it to delete those entries - specially as it's the first time you're using it, create backups.

Suggest you create a system restore pt first. Also set Wise up to make it's own undo file - (a partial backup which can restore the removed entries )



You could do a complete registry backup if you wish, see the Quick start info - after a few days, when you are sure everything is ok, then you may not need to keep the complete backup.



Hope that helps

SIW2

Hey,

Thanks for your reply.

I went ahead with it and created backups as I went. All seems fine still. I left the ones that re not fully safe to remove, not really botherd about them as long as the major ones have gone.


Thanks,

Wizkid