Talk:Registry cleaner

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I don't know if it's kosher for me to remove a db-spam template that I added myself, but I did to allow the author a chance to fix this article after corresponding with him via email. The article needs a lot of cleanup to avoid db-spam being added again, however. It reads too much like ad copy.--Hatch68 03:18, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge?

I have tidied up this article but I suggest it be merged with Registry cleaner. Biscuittin 09:48, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Closed source?

'is closed source, so registry cleaner designers can not know for sure whether any particular key is still being used by Windows or what detrimental effects removing it may have; leading to examples of registry cleaners causing loss of functionality and, potentially, system instability'

What does closed source have to do with all this? I am mean the keys that Windows uses are only a small part of the registry, mostly all modern programs, services, server+client applications, tools, ... also use the registry to store information and configuration, so the fact, that Windows is closed source does not make life really harder. Plus, using utilities like REGMON you can quite easily check what keys are used by Windows or any given application. Lofote (talk) 18:42, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

These tools are not supported or endorsed by Microsoft because their writers don't have the inside information required so that the changes they make don't break anything. Every Microsoft knowledgebase article with even the smallest Registry change carries a warning about potentially fatal damage can be done by editing the Registry. You're incorrect about how much of the Registry is used by applications - most of the configuration data on modern versions of Windows is NOT application specific unless you've installed thousands of COM-based components. Socrates2008 (Talk) 22:32, 21 April 2008 (UTC)