jv16 PowerTools 2007 Beta4 released

jv16

As far as I can tell, all the bugs reported so far has now been fixed (expect that non-standard registry data type issue, I'm working on it right now Tullik :).

So, if you have any bugs, questions, minor feature requests or improvement ideas you have reported but are unsure if they are addressed/fixed this is the time to repost them right here. You can copy paste the original report, or only send a link to it.

jv16

As of Beta5 jv16 PowerTools Registry Cleaner supports all registry data formats.

tullik

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drob

JV16:

A request for an option to either start registry compactor with all hives selected, or a windows preference save like in other tools (so you can save your select all hives settings).

tullik

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tullik

jv16 wrote
As of Beta5 jv16 PowerTools Registry Cleaner supports all registry data formats.

And Registry Finder--->Remove (with backup) also?

jv16

tullik wrote

And Registry Finder--->Remove (with backup) also?

The backup component now supports all registry data types, so yes, you can also delete such items with any tool, Registry Finder included.

blackdex

jv16 wrote
BlackDex wroteI Just tested the registry cleaner under Windows Vista x64.

And it seems it can't handle teh system32 folder very well.

It lists files as not existing, while they are actualy on the disk.

Are there any compatibility modes available under Vista x64 (right click the program shortcut)? If there are, could you try the program with some compatibility mode?

The product has only been tested with 32bit versions of Vista.

Sure.. Ill test it with some settings..

But if im correct, its about that 32Bit software can't detect the 64Bit folders correctly or something..

But ill look in to it.

blackdex

Hello Jouni,

I Tested it out for you, but it's not working as i already thought.

It will never work without some special programing.

This because 32Bit software gets redirected to another system32 folder which is realy 32bit, this folder is called SysWOW64 (Nice mix hu ).

The same goes for the registry, 64Bit registry entries arn't visible because HKLM\SOFTWARE gets redirected to the 'Wow6432Node' when a 32Bit application try's to access it.

Therefore stuff all gets mixed up.

You can bypass this by calling new API's, checkout the following:

- File System Redirector

- Registry Redirector

- Registry Key Security and Access Rights

I Havn't tryed them my self, don't have Delphi installed yet on Vista, nor have much time today. But im happy to check this out if you want to.

Etherway, if you ar not adding this fuctionality for the 64Bit OS versions in the upcomming version, atleast filter out the redirected folders like "\system32", so ppl can't remove key's matching it.

Hope this will help you.

BTW, if you need any information, or testing, just ask me.

jv16

tullik wrote

5. Reg Cleaner ---> Backup Tool

Already addressed in the most recent fixing report. The bug is now fixed in Beta5 and later.

jv16

Here are the results of bug fixing of the Beta4 done since the last report. Notice that the Reported by field means the user who was the first to report the problem. If there are errors in these reports, please let me know since these are used when it is decided which users qualify for the free personal license.

Beta4 Bug Fixing Report 4

Issues found by beta testers

Issue: Backups of One Click Cleaner should be listed under both File backups and Registry backups tab of Backup Tool to allow listing of both files and registry entries.

Reported by: Tullik

Status: Fixed. In Beta5 and later the Backup tool will list all backups with registry backups under the Registry Backups tab and not based on the backup type code. Same policy applies to File Backups as well. If a backup contains both files and registry entries it will show under both tabs.

Issues found in in-house testing

Issue: Automated backup pruning doesn't work properly. Sometimes empty backup files are created, the automatic backup pruner should delete these files from wasting hard disk space.

Status: Fixed in Beta5 and later.

jepe

Hello Jouni,

May be you missed the following report under Beta 3 (a bug I - and others - reported allready for jv16 2006) :

Automation Tool:

1) Set "Start type" to the last option ( ... log in to this computer)

2) go to "Options" and then go back to "Start type"

3) "Start type" settings jumped back to the second option (... from Start menu)

4) do again step 1)

5) do again step 2)

6) "Start type" settings jumped now back to the third option (... Quick Launch bar)

...

Disk Defragmenter: hangs on partition C:

jepe wrote:

Analyzing my C-Partition - 11 Go / NTFS - hangs even after 30 minutes with avp.exe-process around 100 %.

jv16 wrote:

Oh yes, running any filesystem intensive features of jv16 PT with a real-time antivirus product running could cause something like this.

You're right - desactivating Kaspersky Suite - resolved the problem.

Jean-Paul

jv16

jepe wrote
Hello Jouni,

May be you missed the following report under Beta 3 (a bug I - and others - reported allready for jv16 2006) :

Automation Tool:

1) Set "Start type" to the last option ( ... log in to this computer)

2) go to "Options" and then go back to "Start type"

3) "Start type" settings jumped back to the second option (... from Start menu)

4) do again step 1)

5) do again step 2)

6) "Start type" settings jumped now back to the third option (... Quick Launch bar)

This is a known problem and has been in the product for a very long time. I'm afraid I haven't yet been able to tell what could cause the problem. My best guess is that there is some kind of problem in the Windows component used.

You're right - desactivating Kaspersky Suite - resolved the problem.

Starting from Beta5 the program tries to detect any running anti-virus programs and warns the user about possible performance issues when running PT with anti-virus enabled.

bobmunford

Dear Jouni,

Yesterday, I saw your message to me. It was -

"File Cleaner; tab "Temp files" - upon selecting "Aggressive" mode, and clicking "Start", I got an "Error ... at least one source directory or uncheck 'List all files that have not been ..." All hard drives were selected (checked), and the "List all files that have ... " was already unchecked."

I cannot find this mesage today. Perhaps, I needed to save it after initially appearing.

In response to the message: Today, I tried to perform the above steps to trigger errors, but the results were positively normal. The probable reason for this is - since the above error, I have reinstalled a previous backup version of my computer system. The reason for this reinstallment was the problematic installment of cFosSpeed software - absolutely unrelated to jv16. I went back to a fully working verson of cFosSpeed program.

I apologize for this failure to follow through with the assignment.

bobmunford

It appeared to have worked correctly but at a truly snail's pace - 15 minutes or longer. Actually, it never ended! I ended it. The checked "Use as liitle CPU power ..." seemed to be effective, until I examined Windows Task Manager. It showed Jv16PT with 97% to 99% CPU power with Opera browser and System struggling to get their needed share of the CPU.

Several fonts, et cetera were shown in the results' file window. In upper right corner, Files analysed: @32,776 ...... Dirs analyzed: @1724 ..... Threads running: 2 (it was in thread 2 for at least 10 minutes).

In this tool's settings window, the following tabs -

Temp files -

Checked: "Unneeded files"

Checked: "Aggressive"

Unused files -

Checked: "List all files that have not been" "Used in the last" 5 "Days"

Checked: all six partitions

Temp dirs -

Checked: "List all files from the computer's temp directories"

Unchecked: "But only files which ..."

Other -

Checked: "Unused Dll/OCX files"

Checked: "Unused fonts"

Options -

Only one was checked -

"Used as little CPU power ..."

jv16

Beta4 Bug Fixing Report 5

Issues found in in-house testing

Issue: Some features of the program fails to delete a file if the file has read-only attribute.

Status: Fixed in Beta5 and later.

Issue: Automation features of One Click Cleaner were not implemented yet on Beta4.

Status: Fixed in Beta5 and later.

The Beta5 will be released on this week. The version after that will be RC1.

loyd

subject: Reg Clean: false "file does not exist" JV16 beta 4

I do a Reg clean and get "file or directory does not exist" but it does

e.g. jv16 sez ...

See: http://members.iinet.net.au/~oldchina/jv16_gizmo.png

And Explorer sez ...

Had an old version of jv16, tried trial of 2006, then tried 2007 beta, all give same result (well, definitely 2006 and the 2007 beta 4, maybe I didn't bother with the old one, cant remember now).

Am I missing something bleedin obvious ? (Should I put the axe away and stick to sandpaper?)

Cheers

jv16

loyd wrote
subject: Reg Clean: false "file does not exist" JV16 beta 4

I do a Reg clean and get "file or directory does not exist" but it does

e.g. jv16 sez ...

Could you only run the Hkey_local_machine scan and verify this item shows up?

What operating system are you running? Are you running any file accessing background programs such as antivirus or antispyware programs? Could you check what are the security settings of the file in question and the folder it is located at?

jv16

tullik wrote

3. History Cleaner ...

I think this issue is now fixed. The History/MRU Cleaner in Beta4 already contains a duplicate entry checker but I found one case in which duplicate items could be listed.

4. Item #3 here ...

Could you please give more information about this problem?

redseujac

Hey loyd, could you please reduce that (too) big image to a thumbnail?

That way the forum users won't be forced to scroll horizontally all the time :

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