CNET Editors' review
If your Registry is as cluttered as grandma's attic, you'll find WinASO RegDefrag a simple and free way to do spring cleaning. Just press a couple clearly marked buttons, and restart your computer if necessary when the process is completed. Don't expect a dramatic change, but you may free up a bit of disk space and slightly improve your computer's response time.
Publisher's Description
From X.M.Y. International:
WinASO RegDefrag performs physical de-fragmentation of the Windows registry file. After de-fragmentation your registry will acquire linear structure, which will reduce application response time and registry access time. Version 1.2 provides more security and stabilization.
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All versions:
3.5 starsout of 171 votes
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Current version:
2.8 starsout of 39 votes
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My rating:
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"krap ware - terrible - do not install this - beware!"
Version: WinASO RegDefrag 1.2
Pros
none none and none
Cons
does not defrag, does not compress, does not work (period) except to stall the computer.
Summary
do not use!!!!
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"Normally, it helps in a way. More power!!!"
Version: WinASO RegDefrag 1.2
Pros
It helps to arrange my registry and it is well enough for it.
Cons
Nothing, that I can say as of now... I used it once, don't know yet the "cons" of it.
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"great software. Don't listen to the haters as they are morons."
Version: WinASO RegDefrag 1.2
Pros
I am a computer technician and I use this software as part of my clean-up and optimisation routine on an almost daily basis. It helps keep machines running with stability and efficiency. I have used this software on literally hundreds of computers in many different environments. I have NEVER had a single problem with it. I am grateful to the programmers for helping me do my job well. There appears to be a long and concerted smear campaign going on in this comment space. My guess is there is some pathetic competitor, a no-talent mediocrity, looking to tear down a great product rather than improve their own. They can keep changing their email addresses but we're not fooled. The only talent you pathetic haters have is for negativity.
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"Simple, it works like a charm"
Version: WinASO RegDefrag 1.2
Pros
I like this software because its so simple and it works. Again like you may have heard, I don't understand why there's so much negative feedback. I've never had a problem with this software, and I use it regularley.
Cons
The only thing I can think of is that the software doesn't really show details of what was defragged or much more statistics.
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"New User, but so far I like it"
Version: WinASO RegDefrag 1.2
Pros
cleaning abilities
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"Worked great for me"
Version: WinASO RegDefrag 1.2
Pros
After running this software it said my registry was 17% fragmented. So I defraged the registry with no ill effects. In fact I noticed a marked increase in the speed of my computer afterwards. So I really don't understand why other people are having such a problem with this tool. How I use it is first I run the Advanced Disk Cleaner from Innovative Solutions (I recomend this product) to clean any garbage files, then I use my registry cleaner (Wise Registry Cleaner, another great product) After that I run the RegDefrag if the program recomends it. The Interface is very simple. Just a couple of mouse clicks and your done.
Cons
You must close all running apps. including thoes in your system tray to be on the safe side.
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"DONT DOWNLOAD ANYTHING THEY MAKE - IT WILL RUIN UR LIFE!"
Version: WinASO RegDefrag 1.2
Cons
It created a stop error on Windows 2003 R2 Server and XP Pro SP2. It trashed the registry. I had to restore a backup registry on both platforms. All products this company makes are bad news!! BAD BAD! JUST EVIL! - In One Word: DONT DO IT!
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"Good software"
Version: WinASO RegDefrag 1.2
Pros
easy to use and fast. I'm a technician and use this software on a regular basis and I have yet to experience any problems with it. For some reason this product has earned a lot of unwarranted negative feedback. I can only think it's a dishonest and orchestrated attack from a competitor. Have a look at the "Was this review helpful?" numbers and you'll realise just how unreasonably skewed they are. You would hope that Download.com take steps to prevent this kind of gutter tactic.
Cons
none
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"Beware!"
Version: WinASO RegDefrag 1.2
Pros
Not much at all.
Cons
Deleted necessary registry entries for Internet Explorer 7. Even though I created a recovery point before making changes, I still have to reinstall my OS. Stay away from this software. The following message from Micro$oft when trying to run IE7: "Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk."
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"What's up with all the 'not helpful' votes..?"
Version: WinASO RegDefrag 1.2
Pros
Something seems amiss here: why are there such an excessive number of 'not helpful' votes on the 4-5 star reviews? 8 of 639 users found a review helpful?? I mean, really. Seems like someone is out to knock this software off the site.
That said, I downloaded this and Free Registry Defrag 2.3. I ran Free Reg first and it did the trick (compacted down to 2% fragmentation). I then ran WinASO RegDefrag to see if it'd find the same result, and it did -- 2.8% registry fragmentation, with a recommendation to do nothing. The interface is much nicer than Free Reg too.
Cons
I didn't run the defrag step as it advised me against it, so I can't give this 5 stars without knowing how well it performs that step. But seems like it did everything else right.
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