RegCleaner: File Types

This might not be in the right section but there were three or four places I could have put it so I dropped it here...

Trying to clean up my system using RegCleaner...my focus right now is on ' File Types '...

there are many file extensions that have no description or say N/a...I've tried to check some of these extentions on the sites below...

http://www.mistupid.com/computers/filetypes.htm
Computer File Types

http://www.cryer.co.uk/filetypes/
List of File Types

http://www.computeruser.com/resource...filetypes.html
High-Tech Dictionary File Types

but many aren't even listed.

Does anyone know what type of extensions I should be looking for that " DO NOT " belong there? Or can provide a list or a site that I can use to identify these items so I can either keep or delete?

A list of 20-40 ' spurious ' file extensions would allow me to at least compare to what's on my system.

Thanks,

Eg ;)

Although it's a bit late for you :)
You COULD have run HJT as soon as you were happy with your set up.
That way, at least you would have had something to compare against in your quest.

[always remembering to use HJT as and when you add / remove programmes]

As it stands, the bad guys use the SAME extensions as the good guys :eek:
so, you have to look at the whole name to begin the task of cleaning.

Macecraft have an easy to use cleaner that has a 30 day trial period.

Use it to clear out your registry, at least all of those marked as none existant / obsolete etc, this will give you a starting point. When the trial runs out, if you like it, you could always buy it, or just re-D/L ?

I've used it on dozens of PC's [mainly XP] and just clearing out the above mentioned has never resulted in a PC dying on me ..............

THEN you can Google for the remaining FILES........................