Attached please see an image of what I'm talking about. 4 registry entries from 2009 that won't clean/delete.


Please advise.


Thank you

You can find the answer and the solution in this post of Tullik:

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=30396#p30396

Escalader wrote
Attached please see an image of what I'm talking about. 4 registry entries from 2009 that won't clean or delete.

Please advise......

Several users have already reported this issue, but no response yet from the developer (jv16).


For some background info, please take a look at: http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=4710

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Escalader wrote
redseujac wroteYou can find the answer and the solution in this post of Tullik:

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=30396#p30396

Thanks for the link, BUT the procedure doesn't match the 64 bit W7 regsitry editer they date from 2009.

On my 64 bit W7 desktop, I ran a most aggressive Registry Cleaner scan and a few of the deep scan items could not be deleted by PowerTools (version 1173). The items' owner was TrustedInstaller, which was the only ID with full control.


You are right about the procedure. At least in this case, the window presented at Step 3 was different (*); specifically, it had no tabs. It is not real intuitive what one should do with this window. However, there is a button near the center of the right side of the window. I believe it's caption was "Start Search." Clicking it caused a list of entity names to appear.


If you select your user ID from the list, you should be able to get to the window with the Owner tab, assign ownership to your ID, and give it full control.


I did that with the item shown below, and the item could then be deleted by PowerTools.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00



; File created by TBackupManager


; Component version: 1.4.2


; Component used by: jv16 PowerTools 2012


; Program version: 2.1.0.1173


; File Description: Registry Cleaner - Selected: 1, total: 10 (was TrustedInstaller owner)


; Date: 09.09.2012


; Time: 00







@="IShareMediaSettingsWriter"




"ThreadingModel"="Both"


@="%systemroot%\\system32\\sharemediacpl.cpl"

(*) I tried the procedure's Steps 1 and 2 with several other randomly chosen registry keys. In every case, the window presented at Step 3 was the one assumed by the procedure.