Software Manager? (Was: Upgrading to 2012 is perhaps...)

T-buch wrote

Leonardo wrote

....Why would you like to see the specific leftover keys for (in this case) Roboform?

Or am I missing the point?

I uninstall a piece of software with either the programs own-, windows- or jv16PT-uninstaller and after that I finish with Registry Cleaner with the already mentioned setting.

Before I can answer you question - I have to know what you are doing after you "finish with Registry Cleaner with the already mentioned setting"

I guess you select all and hit the button "Fix" - is that right?

Yes, I select all found items and than click the 'Fix' button. Because I always want to clean all found 'bad' entries.

T-buch wrote

Leonardo wrote

Yes, I select all found items and than click the 'Fix' button. Because I always want to clean all found 'bad' entries.

So to answer your question - I like the old method cause It gives the user more control and insight in what the program are going to delete.

But I must admit that I do know how the auto-fix and the way the program find the bad registry keys. For instance will there be leftovers from an uninstall program which is not bad entries? Then you cannot find those items with the method you/Leonardo describes

Thank you for your reply,

But if an uninstaller completed its uninstall work on a piece of software are the leftover key entries from that uninstall process, found by the Registry Cleaner scan,

not always considered to be non-valid/ non-relevant or 'bad' key entries?

T-buch wrote

Here is another reason why you should be very careful about using the automatic feature of a registry cleaner - like the way you do, Leonardo

After using the Registry cleaner the CPU-use of the process belonging to my soundcard Realtek named "RtkNGUI64.exe" is up to 25%

The reason for this problem is in registry entry related to SRS Labs which apparently supply certain audio enhancement solution to Realtek.

Deleting this registry entry results in massive CPU usage by the RtkNGUI64.exe process. The problem happens even faster if you use registry cleaners because the registry entry is in fact empty and most registry cleaners treat it as useless (empty) and delete it.

Now I have to try to reinstall the missing key again

The way I do, in a situation like this (happened to me twice in the last 3-4 years during beta testing):

1. Restore the backup from the Registry Cleaner scan. This should solve the "massive CPU usage by the RtkNGUI64.exe process"

2. Use Registry Finder with keywords Realtek, SRS lab, ...etc.... to locate the (empty) key which is the cause of this problem.

3. Or "Fix"the found Registry Cleaner items in small(er) groups to see where/when the problem starts.

EDITed: found this using Google:

Realtek_missing keys.jpg