I’m considering the installation of ccleaner but i’m scared i might use the registry cleaner function of it and destroy my registry?
Can i not use the registry function?
Please help me and tell me what ccleaner can do.
Thanks in advance. The most informative answer will get my ten points.
Don’t worry. CCleaner practically makes one turn somersaults and then recite the Pledge of Allegiance, *backwards*, before it allows the user to delete any registry entries using the registry cleaner function.
Plus CCleaner gives you the option to back-up the "un-cleaned" registry before any changes are made.
That being said, registry cleaners, of any kind are highly over-rated. Years ago they may have had a use, but the modern Windows Registry is huge. Deleting a few un-needed entries seldom make any performance increase.
But the ‘Cleaner’ function of CCleaner IS useful for removing unnecessary cruft and crap (its original name was CrapCleaner) from ones hard drive.
Windows tends to generate a lot of files for its own use (temp files, log files, temporary internet files, index.dat files etc) and over time these can take up a lot of hard drive space.
Plus, viruses and malware can often "hide" in your temporary files and can be hard to remove…CCleaner can delete ‘em. I always recommend the use of CCleaner as the final step in any kind of malware removal.
And I, myself have used the registry cleaner function of CCleaner on occasion a few times over the years without issue…but I was looking to tidy up something specific.
CCleaner is a useful program…at a real nice price!