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Glary Utilities vs CCleaner vs Wise Cleaner?
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<blockquote data-quote="amirr" data-source="post: 979972" data-attributes="member: 85496"><p>Indeed I totally agree with you. Microsoft clearly recommends not using a registry cleaner or Uninstaller or apps like CCleaner. </p><p>What is printed in <a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/172050/htg-explains-should-you-use-a-third-party-uninstaller/" target="_blank">Should You Use a Third-Party Uninstaller?</a></p><p>also applies to programs like CCleaner:</p><h2>So, Should You Use One?</h2><p>In an ideal world, there’d be no need for a third-party uninstaller. However, Windows desktop software is so disorganized that there’s a good argument to be made for them in some situations.</p><p></p><p>First of all, if you’re an average user, skip the third-party uninstaller. We haven’t run one on all of our computers and haven’t run into much trouble when we didn’t use them. Standard uninstallers are generally good enough. A third-party uninstaller is just another system tool that adds needless complexity to your life for questionable benefits.</p><p></p><p>However, even average users may want to use dedicated removal tools when uninstalling notoriously problematic tools like Norton or McAfee. There’s a reason the developers provide official removal tools you can download — but you don’t need a third-party uninstaller. The official removal tool will likely work better.</p><p></p><p>If you’re a geek who’s constantly installing and uninstalling software, running a third-party uninstaller can help you prevent useless files from building up and programs from leaving useless libraries and other files behind. You do have to be constantly installing and uninstalling software for this to matter — typical users shouldn’t really notice a difference. Even hardcore geeks would be fine without third-party uninstallers in the vast majority of situations, and such geeks would likely know how to clean up any problems by hand. If any problems did occur, you could always install something like Revo later and use it to remove traces of a problematic program that you’ve already tried to uninstall the normal way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="amirr, post: 979972, member: 85496"] Indeed I totally agree with you. Microsoft clearly recommends not using a registry cleaner or Uninstaller or apps like CCleaner. What is printed in [URL="https://www.howtogeek.com/172050/htg-explains-should-you-use-a-third-party-uninstaller/"]Should You Use a Third-Party Uninstaller?[/URL] also applies to programs like CCleaner: [HEADING=1]So, Should You Use One?[/HEADING] In an ideal world, there’d be no need for a third-party uninstaller. However, Windows desktop software is so disorganized that there’s a good argument to be made for them in some situations. First of all, if you’re an average user, skip the third-party uninstaller. We haven’t run one on all of our computers and haven’t run into much trouble when we didn’t use them. Standard uninstallers are generally good enough. A third-party uninstaller is just another system tool that adds needless complexity to your life for questionable benefits. However, even average users may want to use dedicated removal tools when uninstalling notoriously problematic tools like Norton or McAfee. There’s a reason the developers provide official removal tools you can download — but you don’t need a third-party uninstaller. The official removal tool will likely work better. If you’re a geek who’s constantly installing and uninstalling software, running a third-party uninstaller can help you prevent useless files from building up and programs from leaving useless libraries and other files behind. You do have to be constantly installing and uninstalling software for this to matter — typical users shouldn’t really notice a difference. Even hardcore geeks would be fine without third-party uninstallers in the vast majority of situations, and such geeks would likely know how to clean up any problems by hand. If any problems did occur, you could always install something like Revo later and use it to remove traces of a problematic program that you’ve already tried to uninstall the normal way. [/QUOTE]
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