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07-24-2003, 11:20 AM
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The Magister
 Join Date: June 6, 2001
Location: Irvine, CA USA
Age: 59
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I have several old programs (games, utilities, etc.) in my Windows Registry that it won't remove (I removed them directly to the Trash, or without using the Windows Add/Remove program, etc.). Is there a program that will enable me to clean the Registry up without having the original programs available (the ones I already removed)? I'm using Win XP Home.
Any direction here would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Michael [ 07-24-2003, 11:34 AM: Message edited by: RitingFool ] |
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07-24-2003, 12:24 PM
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40th Level Warrior
  Join Date: April 15, 2002
Location: Utrecht The Netherlands
Age: 58
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I think it's best to remove all unwanted files manually, instead of using any programs. Or doesn't that work either ?
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07-24-2003, 02:23 PM
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Lord Soth
 Join Date: July 25, 2002
Location: Melbourne FL
Age: 59
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I did a quick Google search & found this link of free registry cleanup utilities. I haven't used any of them so can't say if they work, don't work, or trash your machine. Good luck...
http://discount-evidence-eliminator....-directory.htm
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07-24-2003, 02:24 PM
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Drizzt Do'Urden
 Join Date: August 16, 2002
Location: Newcastle, England
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I use regcleaner
http://www.webmasterfree.com/regcleaner.html it's never given me any problems (though it doesn't seem available for download many places any more. Maybe this is because somehting about it is broken - i don't know), and it has a handy automatic cleanup feature to go along with the manual deletion options. [ 07-24-2003, 02:25 PM: Message edited by: Bardan the Slayer ]
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07-24-2003, 05:02 PM
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40th Level Warrior
Join Date: October 29, 2001
Location: Western Wilds of Michigan
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You might also check for (and install, if it's not there) TweakUI. That's a collection of Microsoft tools that MS has provided with limited support. IOW, they haven't run it through the full QA process, but they use it internally.
I've used it on W98, W2k, and I think Me (though I dropped that quickly). I suspect it's there on XP as well.
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