Windows 11 Cleaning

I learned all about the registry when i took my Malware schooling through a well known University. So i do not use Registry cleaners and when i clean a clients computer i do it all by my knowledge, no guessing when it comes to the registry !!

To each his/her own.

Only expressing my experience.

I run an older version of CCleaner Portable (5.79.8704). Never one time over the years has it given me an issue. It has always performed as expected. Exceedingly well, for me.

And yes, I have, and continue to run 'Scan for issues' in the Reg cleaner. The only thing that it has ever found, was after the introduction of Edge Chromium, once in a rare blue moon, it will turn up a couple of entries (2) just following an Edge update. I allow it to clean them, and it does so without incident.

Full disclosure ~ I am still running Win10.

I use:
Storage Sense
Wise Disk Cleaner portable
Bleachbit Portable
I also use the Windows Disk Cleanup

I use them all and they do I nice job of cleaning.

WXC said:

...I have, and continue to run 'Scan for issues' in the Reg cleaner.....
Full disclosure ~ I am still running Win10.

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If, like me, you frequently run an app for a while to test it, then delete or remove it, you can end up with dozens of 'issues'. They mostly are references to files that no longer exist. This CCleaner scan on a Win10 machine has found 50. But they all 'non-issues', if the file is not there the registry entry just gets ignored. They do no harm so why bother cleaning them? I don't.

Bree said:

If, like me, you frequently run an app for a while to test it, then delete or remove it, you can end up with dozens of 'issues'. They mostly are references to files that no longer exist. This CCleaner scan on a Win10 machine has found 50. But they all 'non-issues', if the file is not there the registry entry just gets ignored. They do no harm so why bother cleaning them? I don't.

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Thank you, Bree.

I understand and agree. It's simply a result of me never doing so.

Errors like orphaned entries, duplicate keys and a fragmented registry might sound serious, but in reality they're unlikely to cause problems, unless they accumulate in great numbers. To avoid this, make sure you're using trusted, professional software because freeware and sloppily programmed applications are more liable to leave potentially dangerous remnants of their code on your computer.

I use PrivaZer - it is the best I have found and have been using it for years. Free PC cleaner & Privacy tool

Ben said:

I use PrivaZer - it is the best I have found and have been using it for years.

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Welcome to Eleven Forum Ben.

Yes, I like it too. Used wisely it can do things many other tools can't.

Like any powerful tool, if used recklessly it can inflict serious damage. Unless you really know what you're doing and have made a backup system image, then it's best to avoid cleaning the registry with this or any other tool.

I run CCleaner v 5.78 and haven't had any issues on Win 7, 10 or 11.

I "only" run the Custom Clean and the Registry tools, and I'm very careful with the Registry tool.



Any other tools in CCleaner like Health Check, Driver updaters, vulnerability scan, etc... I wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole.

Bree is absolutely right as far as I am concerned. I have PrivaZer also but I rarely use it and I don't let it touch my registry either.