Can a person delete obsolete files safely

[Fordtruckmaniac]

When I run CCleaner on a computer I am cleaning up, I have a couple of files that come back each time while "checking for issues" in the registry and it says they are "Obsolete Files"

Could I remove them from the registry safely?

One is "internet privacy software"

The other is "mathies.com"

Thanks,

[Rob Pomeroy]

Yes, you should be fine to delete those.

[Fordtruckmaniac]

What about this?

This computer had a scanner on it as well. It was a Presto Page Manager, Newsoft company. I removed everything from the scanner I could find, but get this one too in CCleaner. It looks to me like its probably leftovers from the scanner.


Can I loose this too?

Here is what I'm seeing.

[Fordtruckmaniac]

bump

[Fed]

Be a thrillseeker, hit the fixit button, you'll be right.

[Fordtruckmaniac]

Be a thrillseeker, hit the fixit button, you'll be right.

Actually, I have hit it each time it came up.  This one and the others I mentioned above, were right back the next time I ran CCleaner.  :-?

But, they were the only ones that kept coming back.

Thanks,

[Fed]

I've been looking around the ccleaner website, it seems they have a small program called dial a fix that corrects the registry permissions.
Having said that, I too get a few things to fix from time to time and they are also the same ones repeated over & over.
I just delete them & move on, I'm not too keen on running a program to change my registry permissions without a full understanding of exactly what it's doing and why.

[Fordtruckmaniac]

Fed,

So, I may just not worry about it too much. Is that what I'm understanding you to say.

Thanks,

[Fed]

Yes, just fix the issues and move on.
If you ever find out the cause let us know.
BTW, I have never heard of even one instance of ccleaner doing any damage.

[Fordtruckmaniac]

This old computer is the only one I have put CCleaner in and had things come back repeatedly after clicking to fix the issues.

I did find the mathies.com that was showing as an obsolete registry key was related to "Pop This" pop up blocker that I installed on the computer.

But, the program was active. I totally uninstalled it and re-installed it, then ran CCleaner (which is set by dl65's post on setting it up) and it showed up as an obsolete registry key again.  :-?

Hmm.

[Fed]

Spooky eh? :-? Perhaps a registry cleaner with a bit more grunt.

[Fordtruckmaniac]

Spooky eh? :-? Perhaps a registry cleaner with a bit more grunt.

Fed, I hear you.

But that spooks me because this is not my computer and the owner has no OS disk.  

I can't risk messing anything up.  

I use to use a different registry cleaner on my old Windows ME Gateway, I think it was called "Regseeker" I was always carefull with it. Never got myself in trouble with it.

It seemed pretty good.

[soybean]

If you want to try a registry cleaner with "a bit more grunt", try Eusing Free Registry Cleaner.  I"ve used it and I've seen favorable forum comments on it.

[Fordtruckmaniac]

If you want to try a registry cleaner with "a bit more grunt", try Eusing Free Registry Cleaner.  I"ve used it and I've seen favorable forum comments on it.

soybean,

I thought I recognized the name Eusing. I saw it when I was looking at Snapfiles website to see if RegSeeker was still available and free.


The RegSeeker I was talking about is also a freeware program from Snapfiles.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/regseeker.html