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Originally Posted by jackie_w
My Windows version is 1803 (OS build 17134.472).
I don't believe I have any outstanding updates (except for an Office XP Service Pack 3 which fails to install).
Do you have a suggestion for a lightweight registry cleaner? I ran CCleaner (portable) earlier today. The only registry errors still showing are 'Missing MUI Reference' for a bunch of my .bat files in my SendTo directory.
I'm not sure whether I'm looking at the correct part of the registry but this is an export of something that looks relevant:
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.epub]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.epub\OpenWithList]
"a"="balabolka.exe"
"b"="ebook-viewer.exe"
"c"="Sigil.exe"
"d"="xplorer2_64.exe"
"e"="chrome.exe"
"f"="DigitalEditions.exe"
"g"="Kobo.exe"
"h"="ebook-edit.exe"
"i"="SigilPortable.exe"
"j"="dijabcefg"
"k"="egdacfb"
"MRUList"="ihbecgfda"
"l"="Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe!MicrosoftEdge"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.epub\UserChoice]
"Hash"="RXZARJEkqbA="
"ProgId"="calibreViewer64bit.AssocFile.EPUB"
Would you mind comparing it with your equivalent to see if anything stands out.
One thing I do see is that entries still exist for ADE and Sigil (non-portable) which are no longer installed. So CCleaner didn't remove those. I'm a bit nervous about manual edits using regedit. |
Here's my registry settings - - I ran CC this morning, I tick all the boxes, run it, remove everything, repeat run/remove until it finds no more rubbish.
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.epub]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.epub\OpenWithList]
"a"="calibre-parallel.exe"
"b"="ebook-viewer.exe"
"c"="firefox.exe"
"d"="Sigil.exe"
"e"="ebook-edit.exe"
"f"="xplorer2_64.exe"
"g"="Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe!MicrosoftEdge"
"h"="acegjdhfi"
"i"="firefox.exe"
"j"="Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe!MicrosoftEdge"
"MRUList"="beafgdc"
"k"="calibre.exe"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.epub\OpenWithProgids]
"epub_auto_file"=hex(0):
"WinRAR"=hex(0):
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.epub\UserChoice]
"Hash"="Z2gExoSQneo="
"ProgId"="epub_auto_file"
I don't know why those calibre-parallel.exe and calibre.exe entries are there - they don't appear in the list
Like you I avoid editing the registry. But when I do, I backup registry
and I take a system checkpoint first. See
How to use System Restore on Windows 10. I think I've only needed to rollback once.
I don't think it will do any harm to remove those Sigil and ADE entries, or you could try nuking
everything in the registry that refers to .epub and start over.
I'd be wary of Default Program and File Type Editors.
BR