Re: Glary Utilities or Crap Cleaner -- which registry cleaner is safer for Windows 7 x64?
"Al Smith" <invalid@address.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone have an opinion about which registry cleaner is safer on
> 64-bit Windows 7, Glary Utilities or Crap Cleaner? I've got both
> installed, but I'm a little reluctant to run the registry cleaner part of
> either program without some confidence that they won't do damage.
>
> -Al-
I have never been unable to boot after using CCleaner (as has been intimated
by some), but I have had problems with networked programs when I used it a
couple of times on my work computer. There were a couple that had to be
reinstalled locally in order to work again.
I have only had one problem at home with it, and that was on my Win7
notebook. It "broke" my installation of Logitech SetPoint for my Bluetooth
mouse. Keep in mind that I didn't go through each key to see what was being
removed, so I can't blame the program as much as blaming myself. All I had
to do to fix it was restore the keys from the backup that CC creates. Didn't
even need to reboot.
Even though I've never had an unbootable machine, I can honestly say that
I've never seen any verifiable speed or reliability performance either.
Do they do any good? Not that I can see.
Do they do any harm? Yes, in certain instances, and could probably do more
if the user doesn't know or pay attention to what he's doing.
--
SC Tom