Many years ago, Wise Care borked my computer during a "cleaning" operation. I was not very computer literate in those days. I thought I was doing the right thing. I had to learn the hard way. Microsoft does not recommend the use of registry cleaners. https://support.microsoft.com/en-au...t support the,from publishers that you trust. Registry cleaners are in the same class as third-party system optimizers and driver updaters. They are often described as "snake oil." They can cause serious problems. I don't know of any credible computer experts who recommend those products either. Save your money. Your computer will thank you for it. Just my two cents. Have a great day. Regards, Phil
@garioch7 Perhaps you could teach how to use a Windows computer without cleaning and maintaining it, given the fact that Windows itself does not clean anything.
There is no need to ever clean the registry and even Microsoft themselves recommend not using registry cleaners. It's is exceptionally rare for a registry cleaner to fix any issues you have and much rarer for a computer to run faster after cleaning the registry. Aside from that, more that 99% of registry cleaners have issues with false positives, meaning they will sometimes delete needed registry keys. Doing so sometimes causes problems. Cleaning the registry usually achieves nothing and sometimes will cause problems. Windows usually doesn't require any maintenance. In the case of Wise Care 365, if you enable the check for Software Paths, it has very minor issues with false positives, meaning that sometimes cases it will think that valid registry keys are errors that need to be deleted. These days, in my opinion, it would be highly unlikely for its registry cleaner to cause any serious issues. But, as I mentioned above it sometimes has minor issues with false positives and as we both have said you don't need to clean the registry.
@kaljukass Windows does have its own cleanup utilities, the most obvious being Disk Cleanup. DISM has features such as ComponentCleanup. There is also "Storage Sense," though I don't trust it. It seems to have a dubious reputation so far. Personally, I like System Ninja for general identification and deletion of junk and temp files. The Windows Registry does not really need to be cleaned, as @roger_m has stated very eloquently. The risk of damage to the OS is real, even if infrequent with the "better" registry cleaning products. I also use Revo Uninstaller Pro to uninstall unwanted programs, and it will scan for orphaned registry subkeys/values and files/folders associated with the uninstalled programs. It is your computer, so you decide. To me, personally, it is not worth the real known risks associated with running registry cleaning programs. Nothing is really gained, and risk is assumed by the person using the app. Just my two cents. Others may differ, as you do. That is your right. Have a great day. Regards, Phil
Years ago back in the XP days I tried some registry cleaners, and they did find remnants and cleaned them, luckily without borking anything, but I didn't notice any performance enhancements from them, unless they were placebo-induced Agreed it's best not to "clean" the Windows registry.
