Ostensibly designed to scan and repair problems with the Windows registry, Registry Mechanic was the first application released by PC Tools. With Registry Mechanic running on your PC you might have installed it on the recommendation of a friend, bundled in with other apps or on the instruction of a website popup you may notice a reduction in system performance.
Once the software has completed scanning your registry which it can seem to do almost constantly , it will often inform you of issues — but tell you that there is a charge to fix them. The most famous case is probable that of Washington State man James Gross, who took legal action ultimately defeated against Symantec with regard to Registry Mechanic. The action continues :. Furthermore, the scareware does not, and cannot, provide the benefits promised by Symantec.
Accordingly, consumers duped into purchasing software that does not function as advertised, and in fact, has very little if any utility. While there have been no new versions of Registry Mechanic since and it is not possible to be conned into paying, as there is no longer a facility to take money for subscription , it is clearly not something you would want to install on your computer as it's a complete waste of time! When it was active, Registry Mechanic was more or less ransomware, distributed with the intention of generating cash by charging users to fix "errors" that it has found.
While there are some claims that spyware is also installed with the non-utility, these can be dealt with thanks to apps like Malwarebytes Anti-Malware or Ad-Aware.
Since its purchase by Symantec, PC Tools Registry Mechanic doesn't seem to be as common an issue for users as it once was, but there are legacy copies out there, on download sites and lurking on old PC magazine cover discs. As it is just ridiculously cynical software, and not actually malware or a virus, PC Tools Registry Mechanic can be removed with considerable ease — much like any other standard Windows program.
Having tested the software, I can tell you that it displays results that need action even upon a clean install of Windows 7, which is obviously a concern. If that hasn't made your mind up about Registry Mechanic, nothing will!
Select Add or remove programs , and after the list has populated this can take a while on systems with a lot of software installed look for "Registry Mechanic" or "PC Tools Registry Mechanic". Will get back to posting as soon as Im able. I have the Knack. My eye problems have recently increased and I'm having difficult reading posts. If that's the case and help is needed, please PM a staff member for assistance.
When in doubt, leave it alone Mark Well, the cow's out of the barn, as the saying goes. So now what to do? I've used it times over the past few months, and again today. It has a Restore feature, but that will only undo the last set of changes, if I understand correctly.
And since running it, I've installed again the Realtek Audio Driver, WMP11, and other msft updates -- so I suspect all that would be undone too, since those reg settings would be gone. I dread the thought of installing XP, because that means setting everything back up from ground zero - and I've done that on many systems. Yet what about my software for Cable internet, my Wireless Router and all those settings, to say nothing of all the other software installed on this? My guess is yes.
Why the drivers work with one and not the other I don't know, and have tried about everything I can think of, tho' I'm no expert. To me, it seems there must be a way to fix this in the Registry, whether it's pointing to a wrong file, not linked properly, perhaps it's something about Codecs, which I know little about.
Any ideas? John, I don't believe I've done any major damage to the OS. In fact, over the past week I've got this thing running times faster. Literally, everything else is working superb EXE, stating "App failed to initialize 0xc Yet when I check them it says they're all working fine. What program would you reccomend to possibly troubleshoot this? I've got Autoruns, StartupInspector and some others I'd have to look around. Hard to believe in this day and age there's not a diagnostic tool - unlike the worthless POS troubleshooter from msft -- where you punch in what you're having a problem with, and it runs a test to figure out what's failing, etc.
Would a log from HiJack help. I'm pulling my hair out here Posted 12 October - AM If it's still running OK, then you haven't done any damage IMO - but many people myself included have suffered from registry cleaners. Thanks for your feedback. How satisfied are you with this reply?. Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. If it was from a 'Registry Cleaner' or 'Registry Optimiser' utility, the chances are that what you got was a load of BS. Such programs are ALL snake-oil, and more concerned with providing nice large statistics, rather than actually solving problems.
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