wdh Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Hi, IM using CCleaner for the first time and i am on the registry section. ive scanned for ussues and a lot have come up so when i click "fix selected issues" it asks me "Do you want to back up changes to the registry?" Well do i want to do it? what happens if i do or dont do it cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted April 21, 2008 Moderators Share Posted April 21, 2008 It's perhaps a good idea until you get used to how CCleaner operates. What it will do if you say yes is make a copy of the reg entries you are deleting in case there is a problem and you want to put them back. They are stored by default in 'my documents' as a .reg file (it will look like a piece of paper with blue blocks on it) To put them back just double click the file (or right click on it and choose merge) You will not see a lot happen when you do it, it's very quick. If you do rename the file, which has the date in it if you look, make sure you put .reg on the end. Have a read here before you use the registry section or the advanced as it takes a bit of time to avoid making those 'wrong decisions' we all seem to end up doing sometimes http://www.internetrotsyourbrain.com/ccleanerbeginnersguide/ Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry39 Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Its a personal choice depending on how confident you are in putting things right if there are problems. As for me, I always do a backup, no matter how trivial the change is. CCleaner is so fast, the backups only take a second or two and the files are small since you are just backing up the changes and not the entire registry. I'm no expert, but it seems to me even a pro would find it easier to merge a backup file than manually re-edit if there are problems associated with the registry cleaning. About once a month I delete the backup files that are over a month old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coronagold Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 a .reg file (it will look like a piece of paper with blue blocks on it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ident Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 I don't personally bother(any more). I use ERUNT which makes a back up of the registry at system startup. No fate but what we make Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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