Safe way to clean registry?

My registry has become bloated and needs a cleaning.  Tons of entries for the applications that I deleted.  Is there a SAFE method to cleaning the registry without going through it line by line?

Except to take a small amount of disk space, those entries do not hurt you somehow. They do * not * affect performance.


Registry cleaning programs are * all * snake oil. The registry cleaning is not necessary and dangerous. Let alone register and do not use any registry cleaner. Despite what many people think, and what software record cleaning providers are trying to you convince to have used the registry entries is not really make you hurt.

The risk of a serious problem caused by a registry cleaner by mistake delete an entry you need is much greater than any potential benefit it may have.

You can also read the section on the here CCleaner registry cleaner:
http://www.howtogeek.com/113382/how-to-use-CCleaner-like-a-Pro-9-tips-tricks/

Let me stress that neither me nor anyone else who warns against the use of registry cleaners has never said that they always cause problems. If they have always caused problems, they would disappear from the market almost immediately. Many people have used a registry cleaner and never had a problem with it.

The problem with a registry cleaner is that it carries with it the essential * risk * to have a problem. And since there is no advantage to using a registry cleaner, running the risk is a very bad deal.

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