Reviews of Quicksys RegDefrag

Reviewer

Version

Review

RYAN2679	Oct 8, 2009	2.6	4 out of 5	This used to be a good product and I defended it from the very beginning, but this version froze on me and stopped responding after analysis. It consumed 100% of 1 of my cpu cores until I ended the task in Task Manager. Thank god it wasn't multithread enabled. Updated 11/14/09: Version 2.7 fixed the freeze after analysis, so I'm revising my score to 4 stars instead on 1 star. I'm wondering if defragmenting the registry is done by disk defragmenters like PerfectDisk or Diskeeper.

us3r	Oct 1, 2009	2.5	2 out of 5	Doesn't support 120 DPI.

RYAN2679	Sep 11, 2009	2.4	5 out of 5	Excellent product. The only thing that has changed in this version is the icons on main window. Still waiting for that before and after comparison feature to be added, HTML report just isn't the same.

Lsavagejt	Sep 5, 2009	2.4	3 out of 5	I'm not sure this actually does anything. I used it a year ago and it always recommended a defrag. I now use Free Registry Defrag, and while I'ml not sure if it actually does anything, it's more informative and less reflexive than Quicksys. Updates are rare.

dhry	Sep 4, 2009	2.4	3 out of 5	"Snake oil".. cracked me up *8-) Jury's still out on the benefits of this type of thing, but there are two facts to note. One, the registry hives exist in physical files that programs like Sysinternals' PageDefrag can target and defragment. Two, hives can eventually wind up becoming bigger than they might otherwise be because of slack space caused by modified or deleted keys, which programs like NTREGOPT correct. For someone like me who installs and uninstalls software on an extremely frequent basis, a periodic run of a program that rewrites the registry and eliminates slack space is probably a fairly good thing - if only to recover a few meg of space on a drive that's about to burst at the seams. I do the same thing for my mail folders in TheBat periodically. Same concept. Performance benefit? Probably minimal. Snake oil? If you want to call it that.

dommafia	Sep 4, 2009	2.4	1 out of 5	when will people learn that there's NO NEED TO DEFRAGMENT YOUR REGISTRY AT ALL. There's no performance boost or any benefit unless your computer is 15 years old and running on windows 95.

_Shorty-dammit	Sep 3, 2009	2.4	1 out of 5	Even after all these years, people can't get enough of that snake oil. shakes head

DudeBoyz	Feb 9, 2009	2.3	2 out of 5	I'm not sure how effective this thing is yet. I have not found many other apps to compare it to for evaluation of potential differences in results. However, that said, there seems to be an annoying bug in this version. It reset the position / order of my icons on the desktop when I conducted a Defrag of the registry. Ran the app, it said it needed to reboot, I rebooted, and bam, all my icons are lined up from top to bottom right next to each other instead of being in the order and location that I had set them. I tested it three times - twice in independent VM's, and it did it each and every time. I do believe there needs to be more interaction and feedback during the analysis and processing stage as well. I want it to be painfully obvious what it has found and what it is considering doing to my registry files. By default, that level of information should be provided to the user. For the reasons above, until I can work with the developer to report and understand these features or lack thereof, I'm going to rate it a 2. I need to compare it to Easy Cleaner 2.0 and CCleaner to see if it performs any of the same functions that those two do, or where the procedures differ. That information is not provided to me upon execution, and I'm going to have to spend some time looking into potential overlaps or whether this app is purely comprelementary in terms of function to those other products.

coolticker	Oct 14, 2008	2.1	3 out of 5	Hi, NTREGOPT freeware also do it since years. RegDefrag has much nicer graphical interface. You can also use VXSCRUB command-line tool that clean unsused volume drives like USB key. On my Win2K SP4 machine RegDefrag says there is no fragmentation, but VXSCRUB or NTREGOPT say there is some hundred KB to optimize. Regards.

ModderXManiac	Oct 13, 2008	2.1	4 out of 5	This is a very new application that has quickly won my approval and has absolutely satisfying results..especially for in two months time they have done what the Auslogics team took years to do in their regdefrag, and do the job better!

Matador477	Aug 15, 2008	2.0	1 out of 5	Registry "Defragmenting" is just as important as pissing in the sea.

us3r	Aug 14, 2008	2.0	3 out of 5	@RYAN2679: So if something is free, then you cannot have opinion about it. THINK AGAIN. Support uft-8 in translations or drop them at all.

thewarior54	Aug 13, 2008	2.0	5 out of 5	Excelent!

RYAN2679	Aug 13, 2008	2.0	5 out of 5	This really is an excellent program and I think its unfair of people to be criticizing a freeware program. I've used it since version 1.5 and scanned it for viruses and trojans through multiple online scanners and found nothing. Not much has changed in version 2.0. I would still like to see a screen after reboot comparing the before and after defrag.

aeilkema	Jul 8, 2008	1.5	1 out of 5	don't forget the bugfix from 1.4 to 1.5: -removed included virus: The file 'C:\Program Files\Quicksys\RegDefrag\qsdkf.dll' contained a virus or unwanted program 'TR/Dldr.Small.evh.53' [trojan] thanks for that! (virus was allso in the file downloaded from betanews), totalvirus.com confirmed this

us3r	Jul 7, 2008	1.5	4 out of 5	Very good registry defragmenter. Translations rather sucks. I belive the program should support utf-8 in translations in order to support language specific characters. Also some speed optimalizations would be nice. It takes pretty long time to analize the registry. I hope to see even a basic registry cleaner added in future releases.

Betachecker	Jul 5, 2008	1.5	3 out of 5	Nice but even after 3 defrags it tells that is necessary to defrag

craigun	Jul 4, 2008	1.5	5 out of 5	An incredible tool that will speed up your registry access time.

rkayoba	Jul 4, 2008	1.5	5 out of 5	Great tool!

RYAN2679	Jun 26, 2008	1.4	5 out of 5	RegDefrag is an excellent program and it's best feature is the visual display of the registry structure so you can see the fragmentation level of the registry. Unlike NETREGOPT it doesn't screw up my computer on restart. The only downside is that you have to configure the info.ini file for the English language and set the Program Files path. It defaults to portuguese on start. It would be nice if it had a screen pop up on restart that shows you the before and after visuals and the percentage gain. Keep up the good work.

wognum	Jun 26, 2008	1.4	4 out of 5	Getting better

Cris3	Jun 25, 2008	1.4	5 out of 5	Quicksys RegDefrag is formatted to work with Vista. I tried NTREGOPT with Vista and it caused a stutter in my machine. This app seems to work quickly and cleanly. It hasn't caused any problems and I have used it many times.

Stoerpser	Jun 25, 2008	1.4	3 out of 5	Can anybody say what's the difference to NTREGOPT (except the GUI and parting in analysis and defragmenting)? In comparison to NTREGOPT I think there is no time-saving. ???

wognum	May 29, 2008	1.2	3 out of 5	The new version (1.2) doenst work here

lukasavage	May 19, 2008	1.2	5 out of 5	This is the reg defrag I've been waiting for! And Version 1.2 does offer backup and restore options. It reminds me of the reg defrag that comes with PCTools' Registry Mechanic, which is really the best part of that program. This plus Reg Vac does the job. So far no problems. Granular, graphic analysis before defrag. NTREGOPT and Reg Vac do not offer this. This is nice software. Really Nice! And Free!

thewarior54	May 15, 2008	1.1	5 out of 5	Excelent tool! I agree with the others reviews but I waiting for the new version. From RegDefrag forum: New features: - Multi-Language. (English, Portuguese-BR, Portuguese-PT, Español and French) - Backup Manager. (recover backups and create restore point) - Command-line functions. - GUI improvements. - Minor bug fixes.

unger71	May 14, 2008	1.1	1 out of 5	my netbanking doesn't work with this. Vista 32 bit.

slinkys_delsol	May 14, 2008	1.1	4 out of 5	Not a bad little utility. i have used quite a few different Reg Cleanup / Defrag utilities. I know it's BETA, if they are looking, they should incorporate some type of Backup / Restore option in it. Also something that shows what area's were cleaned and how much space was recovered in each. Recommended use after you uninstall any piece of Software. Unlike Uninstallers that clean out all the files, the Reg Entires can be left behind and space they take up never recovered. Bottom Line: The Smaller your REG, the faster Windows will run. 4 Stars for the Effort!

wognum	May 14, 2008	1.1	4 out of 5	Does a better job than some other defraggers

spiked	May 12, 2008	1.1	3 out of 5	This new program (1.1 is the first public release; 1.0 was a limited beta) seems to work OK. RegDefrag's GUI and name are both more user-friendly than NTREGOPT, but NTREGOPT has proven for 6+ years to be safe and reliable on both 32-bit and 64-bit systems, and NTREGOPT doesn't cost a penny more than RegDefrag. NTREGOPT also comes with ERUNT for backing up the registry so you can quickly recover if something goes wrong, but RegDefrag includes no equivalent. On XP/Vista, a System Restore point could protect you, but NT/2000/2003 doesn't have System Restore. I'm especially bothered by the option to run RegDefrag automatically at startup. This implies you should defrag your registry often. That's definitely unnecessary and potentially dangerous. Assuming that RegDefrag uses a similar technique to NTREGOPT, this process is not inherently risky, but it does write to every hive in the entire registry, including areas critical for booting which frequently read but rarely written in normal use. A power failure or memory fault during registry defrag could therefore be more damaging than at any other time. Instead of the startup option in the GUI, it would have been smarter to include a command-line mode like NTREGOPT has, so that power users who know what they're doing can easily automate/schedule it if there's truly a need and if precautions have been taken. (RegDefrag offers a command-line switch for silent install but not for silent execution.) Lastly, it seems strange that a Brazilian company (whose web site offers an English icon but clicking it doesn't actually change the language) produced RegDefrag in English only. NTREGOPT has been translated into over 20 languages (yes, including Brazilian Portuguese).

Stingray57	May 12, 2008	1.1	3 out of 5	I clean my registry on a regular basis. I'm not sure how much my testing serves, but I didn't notice any great boost anywhere. The program didn't lockup my system, but it made it busy enough the mouse and keyboard stopped moving; paused for about 1 minute. Only reason I didn't reboot, because I could see the HD light still click'n away. I don't like the way the program mysteriously just starts running and NOT showing you what it's doing. It gives you a progress bar, BUT what else is it doing? I didn't see it, but a command line ability would be nice too; to schedule. I gave it a 3- middle of the road.

Cris3	May 12, 2008	1.1	4 out of 5	I took a chance and gave it a try. It analyzes the registry and gives you the info on the current size of the registry, the fragmented size and the percentage gained. I had it defrag and it reduced the registry size by 15%. The true test is to do a cold boot and my Vista system booted quite smoothly and maybe a bit faster. I then had the program analyze the registry again and the analysis showed no fragmentation and 0% that could be gained by fragmenting again. It passes the test as far as I can tell. I gave it a 4 rating because I would like to see a more refined GUI with better info graphs for a program that modifies the registry.