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RegCleaner 4.3 suddenly stopped working?

by gil_dano Sep 5, 2007 10:47PM PDT

OS Windows XP SP2 - When trying to re-install RegCleaner I get the following message: Error opening file for writing: "C:\Program Files\RegCleaner\RegCleanr.exe...
Hit abort to abort installation,
retry to retry writing the file, or
ignore to skip this file. I choose ignore and the program is apparently installed (I see the writing to the registry), but when I press on the icon nothing happens. I really like this program can anyone help.
Thanks.

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Try...
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 5, 2007 11:03PM PDT

"C:\Program Files\RegCleaner"

Uninstall and then delete the above directory to help give it a fresh start. Also I'd run disk cleanup after the uninstall.

Bob

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RegCleaner 4.3 suddenly stopped working?
by gil_dano Sep 6, 2007 1:23AM PDT

Thanks for your reply Bob. I once again uninstalled and reinstalled, this time it installed without the error message. To get it to work I had to change the compatibility mode in Properties. Now when I want to
see what key would be removed if I choose to remove the item, the programme freezes. In the past when I first changed to XP changing the compatibility mode allowed me to see the key too. Any ideas. Thanks

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What I would look for is...
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 6, 2007 3:00AM PDT

In the EVENT VIEWER next. I wonder if there is something going on with "permissions".

Bob

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reply to: RegCleaner 4.3
by caktus Sep 6, 2007 5:08AM PDT

It may be necessary to uninstall the program, remove the "C:\Program Files\RegCleaner" as Bob suggested, the downloawd a new setup file of RegClean as the current setup file may be corrupt.BTW, version 4.42 is now availble.

An excellent free tool is RegSeeker

Hope this is helpful.

Charlie

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RegCleaner 4.3 suddenly stopped working
by gil_dano Sep 6, 2007 11:11PM PDT

Thanks for your replies.Bob I am the administrator of my pc and I don't see anything in Event Viewer regarding permissions? Charlie, I am referring to RegCleaner not RegClean, they are two different programmes. Thanks anyway.

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Then I go full manual.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 7, 2007 2:05AM PDT

That is I would run REGEDIT and drill down (navigate) to the registry key in question. A right click, properties to look over permissions, ownerships and more.

-> Some think that since they are "administrator" that these permissions don't need to be looked over. Sorry, they do.

Bob

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