goodgotd
Member
well, *does* anyone have a source for a find & replace (or remove) utility or extension for regedit? win2k, winxp?
the installation and first run for today’s cleanse ‘uninstaller’ added a key named NewC: with a value of "1" to the uninstall line in the registry for *every program in the list*, thus:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\7-Zip\NewC: "1"
and I need a batch method to scrape them out. if a short script will do it, point me the right way, huh?
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru
I second that. :)
PlainJames
Member
I think "RegSeeker" will do this. I can't verify it since I didn't install Cleanse Uninstaller. RegSeeker has a registry search function and will allow you to delete the entries you select, some or all.
Please be sure to backup your registry. I'd try it sandboxed under "Returnil" first just to be sure it gets the right entries.
It can be found at http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm .
shawndion
Member
Personally I prefer having control on the actual regfix..
I use Regscanner from nirsoft... there's a few more steps however in my book trust no software.. heck I even use sandboxie when creating regfiles... you can get the program from nirsoft at http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/regscanner.html ...
The trick is to do search for what you want then do a Save As which will create a reg file... edit it and replace all the [HKEY_ ref's with a [-HKEY_ the (-) symbol will let you delete the key.. you would be surprised by the amount of crap most softwares add... but my ultimate solution is run RegFromApp v1.20 and then run the app you want to try ... if it does funny business in the registry you'll see it..
BUT as always before anything else do a backup... I've trashed my registry so many time due to the "Tweaking Freak" I am and I can't resist removing all the log / useless processes on the machine... but getting there though...
Shawn.
goodgotd
Member
I'm wondering if other, more widespread registry cleanup tools have a 'user mode' that one can specify exactly what to find, and what to replace/enhance it to.
regscanner I dunno about the 2.0 beta, but 1.3 has what I need- the find/modify engine regedit sucks at. certainly backups- and probably a ton of trimming.
120 programs in the uninstall list, probably 6x that installed and uninstalled- leaving, as has been mentioned, a 'installed' bug in the registry often even after revo moderate crapcheck.
Regscanner- well, I admit that technique of creating a reg file edit version, as I didn't know reg files had edit functions- where do I find a list of commands?
RegFromApp v1.20 and then run the app you want to try -if it does funny business in the registry you'll see it
Huh. I always assume it does funny business and use RegShot 1.82 to track registry changes, I just don't keep track too tight on the little stuff that stays.
win2k, what the hey.
OTOH, now I'm testing XP, perhaps Regshot 2.0 unicode for Windows XP 32/64 bit might be better. once I translate everything. I gather the program itself is multilingual, maybe the help file will be too. The site is in russian.
One other reason for wanting a find/replace in the registry is to place "documents and settings" in a nonstandard location.
hah. translating the site's gonna be fun one bit at a time. 'help' is 'about' and that's all folks!
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