SCANREG /OPT ?

What do you mean by a "manual compact" of the registry?

Kentiguous wrote:
Is SCANREG /OPT reliable, or would it be safer to do a manual compact of
the registry?

Ken

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(if you meant deleting some entries (which is pretty dangerous, by the way)
that, in and of itself, does NOT compact the registry)

Bill in Co. wrote:
What do you mean by a "manual compact" of the registry?

Kentiguous wrote:
Is SCANREG /OPT reliable, or would it be safer to do a manual compact of
the registry?

Ken

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Scanreg /opt is perfectly safe--as safe as a "manual" compact. Scanreg
/opt /fix is good, too. Of course, *all* such operations have their weak
moments, so you should make sure you have a current backup, first.

By Manual Compact, you mean the old Export/Import trick?

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Is SCANREG /OPT reliable, or would it be safer to do a manual compact
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Ken

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(I'm guessing he's not aware of that one, and was thinking what I said
earlier) wanna take a bet? :-)

Gary S. Terhune wrote:
Scanreg /opt is perfectly safe--as safe as a "manual" compact. Scanreg
/opt /fix is good, too. Of course, *all* such operations have their weak
moments, so you should make sure you have a current backup, first.

By Manual Compact, you mean the old Export/Import trick?

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Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

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Is SCANREG /OPT reliable, or would it be safer to do a manual compact of
the registry?

Ken

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OK... I bet it's some third-party "Compact Registry" feature, i.e.
Scanreg /opt by another name, g.

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"Bill in Co." wrote in message
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(I'm guessing he's not aware of that one, and was thinking what I said
earlier) wanna take a bet? :-)

Gary S. Terhune wrote:
Scanreg /opt is perfectly safe--as safe as a "manual" compact.
Scanreg
/opt /fix is good, too. Of course, *all* such operations have their
weak
moments, so you should make sure you have a current backup, first.

By Manual Compact, you mean the old Export/Import trick?

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Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

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Is SCANREG /OPT reliable, or would it be safer to do a manual
compact of
the registry?

Ken

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I'll take the export, delete and then import it method to mean 'manual'
side in this bet if you'll allow. There are a lot of really old sites
out there, tune up tips for Win3.1 and 95 everywhere with no apologies
either. Site last updated date most telling sometimes as to whether or
not to take the advise given much credit.

In that it runs automatically without user intervention, I think that
suggests that it is pretty reliable.

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Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98
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Is SCANREG /OPT reliable, or would it be safer to do a manual compact of
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Ken

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OK, I lose the bet!

At any rate, I think your idea might compact it better, but it may be a bit
overkill - why not just use the more recommended, "scanreg /opt" a couple of
times, and see how much that works for ya. I do this on occasion:
"scanreg /opt /fix" (I run two or three times), and it usually compacts it
a fair bit. And I think it would be faster (and perhaps safer), than the
export/import (like if there was a power failure in the middle, or
whatever).

Kentiguous wrote:
Bill in Co. wrote :
What do you mean by a "manual compact" of the registry?

A "REGEDIT /E myreg.reg", followed by a "REGEDIT /C myreg.reg" (from a
DOS boot; after making a backup, of course g).

Kentiguous wrote:
Is SCANREG /OPT reliable, or would it be safer to do a manual compact
of the registry?

Ken

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Yes, when Scanreg detects there is 500 kb of space, it automatically
compacts the registry.
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/registry.html for details on the
registry
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Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98
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Ron Badour wrote :
}In that it runs automatically without user intervention, I think that
}suggests that it is pretty reliable.

Do you mean that there's a mechanism via which SCANREG 'auto-optimizes'?

Ken

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}"Kentiguous" wrote in message
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} Is SCANREG /OPT reliable, or would it be safer to do a manual compact
} of the registry?
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} Ken

Sweetness, I did not know that! Thanks for the information and the site,
Ron!

"Ron Badour" wrote in message
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: Yes, when Scanreg detects there is 500 kb of space, it automatically
: compacts the registry.
: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/registry.html for details on the
: registry
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: Regards
:
: Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98
: Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
: Knowledge Base Info:
: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo
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: "Kentiguous" wrote in message
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: Ron Badour wrote :
: }In that it runs automatically without user intervention, I think that
: }suggests that it is pretty reliable.
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: Do you mean that there's a mechanism via which SCANREG 'auto-optimizes'?
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: Ken
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