harmf@qrwqt.com wrote:

>The only cleaning I do is after an uninstall and reboot, I go through
>the registry looking entries of the uninstalled program. Even that can
>lead to a problem when finding entries which contain the proper
>string, [....]

Also, what many people don't know is that there are counters that make note of
how many times particular DLLs are used in the system, since Windows
efficiency depends on reusing DLLs. http://www.castrocountyfair.org/ If the
count is wrong then an uninstaller later may remove a critical DLL which is
also used in another program.

>Screwing with your registry is good way for ignorant people
>like myself to get in worse trouble by far than having some junk in
>it.

The thing about it is that the registry is going to be efficient if a thorough
defrag is done from time to time. So there's really nothing to be gained by
"cleaning" it.