I'd rather, if they have an interest in making their PCs run better. For some it is still useful, but it's a lot less relevant and still not the best thing for users not versed in registry to be messing with. Honestly, I think the fairest thing I could say is it had it's time. So it's probably not worth the risk of unwittingly deleting or modifying the wrong thing. But these days, I don't see it being necessary, let alone likely to resolve whatever performance issues a person might be having on current hardware. Especially for 32-bit, memory limited systems.

'needier' and so there was sometimes a noticeable benefit to cleaning up. Gotta consider that hardware was also a lot more limited in that app's heyday, software was a bit. It's still a file and registry cleaner at heart. For all I know it has changed drastically since then. So I can say for sure that it is possible. it did do a number on my registry the first time I used it, more than I had the knowledge or patience to fix at the time. But for that same reason, people can and do screw things up in ways they don't always know how to fix.īack in the day I actually used it and found it helpful. Great for slimming down, and really making sure you're not leaving unwanted footprints and orphans about. It really can get a lot done when it comes to cleanup, optimization, privacy stuff, removing stubborn unwanted apps.

It's also pretty aggressive and powerful. I imagine that is especially true for a guy like you, who does things like that for a job. Basically all it does in my book is simply things that most power users already do as a matter of optimizing machines, so for them it's just a handy gui that saves some time. So in general I tend to steer people who don't already know what it is and what it's for away from it. and also something that can be a real nightmare to troubleshoot over the wire, depending on who's on the other end. But perhaps not something fixable by a reboot. And yet they pretty adamantly steer clear of any apps that claim to fix the registry.Ĭan't blame em for that.

It's not like they stop you from modifying the registry however you please. For all I know, it's different from what I'm thinking, but I have a feeling it's not just about control. There is a reason Microsoft advises against using applications that mess with registry entries like that. But if you're more of a casual user trying to 'fix up' your PC, caveat emptor. Click to expand.That's funny, because I don't actually doubt or disagree with you.

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