Originally posted by phil nutleyMicrosoft offers a free registry cleaner if you go looking around their site. I think they offered it because their operating system doesn't get rid of the extra junk in your registry, not even if you delete it - the references are still there.
Any one recommend a decent free one?
My personal opinion is that if you want a quality registry cleaner you need to buy one. I use Registry Mechanic by PC Tools and it works great.
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I have Registry Mechanic also - I got it a few months ago when they were giving it away in a promo. It works ok.
I normally use crap cleaner which is excellent and very fast working - usually takes less than a couple of minutes. Oh and btw, it's free.
http://www.ccleaner.com/
Ps, there are other advertisements on the same page - if you get it, ensure it is "ccleaner".