Registry Cleaner Issue!

airborne

Hello!

Sometimes the registry cleaner shows strange results with strange things that it wants to remove. But if i close the program and starts the registry cleaner again the strange items are gone. The registry cleaner isnt consequent in its analasys of the system. This make you wonder about the security of the registry cleaner. It doesn't seem safe if diffrent scans gives different results.

Kind Regards

jv16

Could you please save a list of these "strange items" and send it over here so I could better analyze the problem?

airborne

I will next time it accours. Maybe change to safest registry cleaning policy will help!

Kind regards

airborne

Hello!

Sometimes the registry cleaner shows items it wants to remove. But when you press fix the programs returns that the program wasn't able to fix or remove them. The items reoccur in the analys results maybe a couple of times and suddenly without doing anything they are gone. Strange.

Kind Regards

henry

jv16 wrote
Could you please save a list of these "strange items" and send it over here so I could better analyze the problem?

Where can I send the saved file?

henry

Never mind, I found the Upload attachment tab, visible only when posting. Sorry!

henry

There are entries under "Invalid file or directory references" that seem to be generated by Registry Cleaner itself. The "Fix" button cleans them, but they reappear at the next run. If I don't fix them, the number of entries seems to increase with subsequent runs. I use jv16 2009 Build 531 on a clean install of Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 32-bit.

I am sending three files:

1. jv16_Run1.txt was saved after a complete clean by Registry Cleaner, restart the computer and run Registry Cleaner.

2. jv16_Run2.txt was saved immediately after Run1, whithout doing anything in between.

3. jv16_Run3.txt was saved sometime later, to illustrate the increase in the number of entries.

Well, I was unable to send the files. A message says "The extension txt is not allowed." Changing the extension to dat produces the same message. Please advise. Thank you.

jv16

Henry wrote

Well, I was unable to send the files. A message says "The extension txt is not allowed." Changing the extension to dat produces the same message. Please advise. Thank you.

Could you please zip the files and send them then?

henry

jv16: Thank you. The files are attached.

tullik

Those are "UserAssist" items. They increase in number in the registry as windows records what programs you use, so it can construct a frequently used program list on the start menu.

It looks like PowerTools may be calling many or even all of them "does not exist" errors.

Normally, those registry items are encoded using a "ROT13" encryption. It seems the Windows 7 beta has "temporarily" changed to use a different method. That means jouni has to make a temporary change to accommodate Windows 7 beta testers. I suspect that won't be a real high priority.

What you can do in the meantime is add explorer\userassist to your Registry Cleaner's "Ignore words" tab.

The quote below is from this page: http://windowsir.blogspot.com/2009/01/catching-up.html

Didier found out recently that theVigenere encryption used in the UserAssist keys in Window 7 are only to be used in the beta, and the "encryption" method for the final version is going to go back to good ol' ROT-13!

Here's another reference: http://blog.didierstevens.com/2009/01/18/quickpost-windows-7-beta-rot13-replaced-with-vigenere-great-joke/

henry

tullik:

Thank you for your analysis and for taking the time to reply in detail.

My only reason for reporting is to make jv16 PT better. I am glad this issue is not due to jv16 PT.

tullik

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