would you say doing a registry scan and cleanup is necessary maintenance for pc performance? If yes, what is a recommended utility for accomplishing this? Any precautions to be noted such as backing up the registry prior to performing any actions via the software?
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I always let CCleaner fix those "extension not used" problems. Never an issue yet. You could always re-associate an application with a file extension if anything strange happened.
Yeah, I'm with goomb on that one - I've used a few different apps, and removed such entries, not one single issue. That's on XP, Vista, and 7. Programs used include CCleaner, RegScrub XP (WinXP only), Advanced System Care (well, it doesn't show exactly what it fixes anyway), and Glary Utilities... so I'm going a bit farther than goomb on my thoughts. ![[wink]](/data/assets/smilies/wink.gif "[wink] [wink]")
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