Revo Registry Cleaner Review

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Ed,

I am usually of the opinion that if it aint broke , don’t fix it.
If I do clean anything from the registry it will only be leftover entries left by uninstalled software , otherwise I just leave it alone.
The benefits received from cleaning your registry are negligible and barely minimal …. if that , besides, do it one too many times or delete the wrong entry and you will find yourself doing a re-install or recovery, been there, done that.

Jim Hillier,

Sure, but maintenance is more prevention than cure- maintenance can prevent things from breaking in the first place.

How do you clean those entries leftover from an uninstall? And how do you know if all those registry entries leftover from an uninstall have been deleted?

There are registry cleaners and then there’s Revo Registry Cleaner. I’m inclined to trust 17 years experience backed up by optimum safeguards.

It always amuses me when tech writers are discussing registry cleaners and opine on the risk of “messing with the registry”, and then in the next breath explain how to perform a registry hack in order to change some setting or the other, or to install Windows 11 on a PC that doesn’t support it.

I have a definite opinion on which poses the greatest risk.

We’ll have to agree to disagree on this one

Ed,

I’ve used Revo software years ago but when they switched their licensing model , they yanked my lifetime license and tried to force me to pay a yearly subscription, so I stopped using it.
I now use HiBit uninstaller which is just as good , if not better, it’s open sourced and scrubs any registry entries left behind from any software you uninstall, no need for a registry cleaner.

Jim Hillier,

Okay, sounds like your opinion has been tainted by a previous negative experience. I can understand that.

"I now use HiBit uninstaller which is just as good , if not better" - Based on what exactly?

"It scrubs any registry entries left behind from any software you uninstall" - The only way a user can know for sure that all leftover registry entries have been deleted following an uninstall is to go through the registry manually and check. Otherwise, the user is assuming/trusting they have all been deleted.

I would also point out that uninstalls are not the only source of orphaned registry entries.