How does Remover really work?

[ralliart12]

Just wondering, when Remover list those invalid registry entries, do u guys delete them without a second thought? The same qns go for those duplicate files, cache, etc.

I mean, to me, the registry is a great 'network' of inter-connected links, where 1 end leads to another, if a 'connection' is deleted(& not re-referrenced to another link), won't there be havoc?

[Jacob]

Just wondering, when Remover list those invalid registry entries, do u guys delete them without a second thought? The same qns go for those duplicate files, cache, etc.

I mean, to me, the registry is a great 'network' of inter-connected links, where 1 end leads to another, if a 'connection' is deleted(& not re-referrenced to another link), won't there be havoc?

A great 'network'??? hmmm where'd you get that?

The registry is just a pretty simple tree structured database. It ONLY stored information for apps and the OS to use. If the information is useless to all apps and the OS then there's no reason why it shouldn't be deleted.

The problem is that it sometimes is very difficult to know for sure if a registry key/value is not used by any application. This is really a judgement call on your part. My advice: make regular backups and use common sense.

[rave]

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT sort of qualifies as a "network" of settings. However, the other major subheadings do not, and are actually just a set of configuration values. :)