WiseCleaner Registry And Disk Cleaner - Free
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I was doing a Google last evening looking for some information and I stumbled on a ZD-Net article. I then scanned the page and noticed an offer for two freebie products from the folks at WiseCleaner. Another Google brought me to the WiseCleaner web site with offers for two free products.
The first is Wise Regiastry Cleaner 3. On their website the company states:
Wise Registry Cleaner speeds up your PC by cleaning your Registry. The Registry is at the heart of every Windows computer.
Wise Registry Cleaner will make your Windows computer faster and more stable. It removes the junk that accumulates in your Windows Registry. You can safely and easily clean your registry.
So I downloaded a copy and took it for a spin. The software is easy to use with one nice option in that it labels some registry entries as not being safe to remove. I chose the fix option at the end of the scan and a backup was auto made in case something went haywire. After the scan my system appeared to work just fine.
The second was a product called Wise Disk Cleaner 3. This product indicates it will:
By cleaning your disk with Wise Disk Cleaner, your computer will run faster, and you won’t have to worry as much about filling your hard drive and replacing it with a newer, bigger one.
Wise Disk Cleaner is a user friendly, fast and easy to use application developed to free up disk space by deleting junk files that are no longer used by any software on your system. Even the least experienced user can easily remove junk files with this tool.
Another download and another easy to use program. You have the option to specify what you would like to remove and what you would like to leave behind. The system cleaning was done fairly quickly and seemed to work just fine.
Bottom line. WiseCleaner products are an option to consider if one wishes to use a free product. But I think if I were to recommend a cleaner product which is free, I would lean towards CCleaner. I’ve use CCleaner for years and have come to trust the product.
Has anyone else tried WiseCleaner products? Share your thoughts with us.
Comments welcome.
WiseCleaner web site is here.
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5 Comments
Doug
April 19th, 2008
at 6:07am
Chris blogged about this program on April 10 http://tinyurl.com/5ewd5r). At that time, I said “Correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought you said that registry cleaners don’t work and that you didn’t recommend using them?”
While I don’t remember when he said this, but numerous times, he has said on his live stream (or on recorded YouTube videos about deleting temp files/folders on a computer) that registry cleaners don’t work and can actually hurt your computer. I personally don’t find this to be true. In the hands of a uninformed user, a registry cleaner and be a dangerous program.
Years ago, I did a search for a registry cleaner and came across RegCleaner http://tinyurl.com/3fem2). For the most part the program worked fine in Windows XP but crashes like crazy on Windows Vista; that shouldn’t be a surprise because this program hasn’t been updated since I originally found it.
–Doug
Nicolas LaBarre
April 19th, 2008
at 7:09am
I downloaded the WiseCleaner Registry Cleaner. I liked the product a lot. It removed over 600 entries on my PC. I didn’t gain any disk space though. I haven’t really examined if my computer is any faster yet. It seems to be faster to open Firefox.
Ron Schenone
April 19th, 2008
at 8:58am
Hi Doug,
Maybe he changed his mind?
Hi Nicholas,
Thanks for your comments.
Mike
April 21st, 2008
at 7:32am
These Registry cleaners should NOT be showing anything that might be needed or critical to the operation of the PC or versious apps–what’s the point. Uninformed user or not–I consider myself an expert using most Microsoft apps and computers in general and even I have ZERO idea what many of the cryptic registry entries mean or even reference. Sure, I could do research into all of the questionable items detected by these “cleaning” programs but that’s NOT how these apps are marketed. If I have to figure out what each “not safe” entry references–what’s the point of the application? Seems like I am still doing all the work. I have used it and selected the “safe” items and, like others, don’t really notice any difference in performance.
Frankly, I keep my PC tight anyway so these tools might show more benefit to home users and those I assist once they’ve hammered and/or neglected their PCs until they no longer function reliably. I would probably use these freebies on those types of PCs as part of a whole maintenance process.
peace!
Ron Schenone
April 21st, 2008
at 8:18am
Hi Mike,
Thanks for sharing your experience with us. I believe these products do in fact serve home user the best. Thanks for the comments and suggestions.
Ron