Comments on: PowerTools Lite: a new, freeware version of the famous jv16PowerTools registry cleaner

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:07:20 +0000

I have Auslogics defragger and it tells me that I have registry errors, so I figured I would try this product and Comodo, but the number does not go down. Could this program just be lying so that I buy it’s product?

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By: icekin

icekin — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:47:03 +0000

Ccleaner’s registry cleaning function is all that I use and I’ve never had a problem with it.

By: dan

dan — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:49:11 +0000

Tima’s right – i still use the last freeware version of Total Uninstall and monitors with it every new software i install on my PC, so if and when i decide to uninstall the software Total Uninstall will remove every bit of registry entry it wrote. No need for a registry cleaner – it’s much more accurate and safe this way.

By: Tima

Tima — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:52:43 +0000

I use none of registry cleaners but Revo,s junk files cleaner.
I’m sure 100% if one installs and runs 10 different regcleaners in turn on one machine-they will never stop finding different “errors” after each other(like it was in case Carbonize explained) and finally they will cut badly valuable registry too.

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By: ginoray

ginoray — Mon, 18 May 2009 00:09:06 +0000

You may also try and compare Glary Utilities (http://www.glaryutilities.com/gu.html).

By: Carbonize

Carbonize — Sun, 17 May 2009 17:44:55 +0000

I like the temp file cleaning as it removed session files from Xampp and temp files from PSPad. But it said it would delete temporary internet files but didn’t but I think that may be because IE8 works differently to IE7.

By: Samer

Samer — Sun, 17 May 2009 17:17:18 +0000

@Carbonize: interesting findings. In my opinion, though, the *number* of entries found is generally speaking irrelevant, and I don’t really look at it any more. I mean a cleaner can start counting all sort of silly things, such as cookies or temp files or whatever, to inflate its perceived value. Its about the quality of the cleaning and that’s not easy to measure I’m afraid.

Also note that PowerTools Lite is not a hard drive cleaner in the same way that CCleaner is. It does not clean browser tracks, and in my opinion should have stayed out of the business of cleaning temp files.

@ Dan: I actually have been unchecking the “temp file” portion when using PowerTools, even before I read the link you provided. I think they should have left temp files/folders to cleaners like CCleaner.

But I still think this is a great program!

By: dan

dan — Sun, 17 May 2009 16:40:57 +0000

already problems with this “cleaner”:
http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=3799&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

By: Roman ShaRP

Roman ShaRP — Sun, 17 May 2009 15:50:22 +0000

Thanks for the news! Yes, they have a good record.

By: Carbonize

Carbonize — Sun, 17 May 2009 14:30:30 +0000

Ok did some testing. First I did a scan with Comodo which said I had 144 errors of which 102 were safe to delete.

I then ran a scan with this and it found 442 registry entries and 83 registry keys that could be deleted. It also deleted a lot of temporary files that even CCleaner would of missed.

But I ran CCleaner after I ran this and it appears that this program failed to deleted the temporary files of IE for some reason. Possibly because I am on IE 8. I also ran Comodo after this and it still found 77 errors of which 35 were safe to delete.

So I’d say use this but also use CCleaner to make sure you get all temporary files.

As to registry compacting my chosen defragger (JK Defrag GUI) does that for me.

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By: boony

boony — Sun, 17 May 2009 07:58:44 +0000

I’ve used jv16PT for a number of years, and it has never failed me (i.e. hosed my system).
You’re right, the only tools I use regularly are the registry cleaner, and the registry compactor, but if you grab a copy of NTREGOPT:
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/
your covered in that area.
Nice of MaceCraft to release the free version.
Hope it doesn’t backfire on them.