Advisory - PT2007 v.1.7.0.422 â€¦ Released

tullik

Advisory - PT2007 v.1.7.0.422 … Released

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Discussions in the Beta Testing, jv16 PowerTools 2007, and RegSupreme and RegSupreme Pro Forums through release of v.1.7.0.422 indicate the following status for the items linked from this post …

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Advisory - Releases of jv16 PowerTools 2007

Legend

1. Green items, or those marked (*), were mentioned as fix candidates in a jv post …

2. Red items significantly affect tool results or behavior … IMO

3. Orange items concern data integrity …

4. Italicized items are fix items that still have (or had) at least one problem after first implementation…

5. Most black items not yet fixed are either trivial, intermittent, or nuisances (some very irritating, some not so much) …

6. Blue items (if any) are recent additions to the list …

Resolved in v.1.7.0.422 or earlier … these are trivial issues that were probably fixed earlier

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=10732#10732 - Main window, Language, drop down list flags missing (new GUI) (*)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Note: implementation dropped in accord with a European Committee for Standardization recommendation

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=10792#10792 - Minimize & Message Box, message box may hide minimized results window

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=10915#10915 - Registry Cleaner, Structured list, feedback between user & program is unclear

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=11088#11088 - Registry Cleaner, sometimes doesn't show both entries in paired keys

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=11126#11126 - Registry Cleaner, two bugs involving HRZR_ entries (*)

Resolved in v.1.7.0.422 ...

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=11488#11488 - Power Tools and RegSupremes do not work on some W98SE systems (*)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Workaround: revert to v 1.7.0.394

Awaiting fix confirmation (member feedback) in v.1.7.0.420 or later ...

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=11400#11400 - Registry Compactor, lists no hives on some systems (v 1.7.0.413) (*)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Workaround: none

New items, or fix did not work, in v.1.7.0.422 ...

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=11638#11638 - Registry Cleaner, "Never show", bug in timely use of updates in rescans (*)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Workaround: none

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=11638#11638 - Registry Cleaner, "Never show", most of the time, user changes are overwritten (*)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Workaround: look here for one -- it worked when I tested ...

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=11638#11638 - Registry Cleaner, "Never show", some SuperRegIgnoreList.dat strings don't work (*)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Workaround: none

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=12166#12166 - Registry Cleaner, "Never show", behavior of above three bugs

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Note: in v 1.7.0.420 and v 1.7.0.422

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Note: issues do not occur with the Structured list results format

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Workaround: only do "Never show" actions from the Structured list

Not resolved, and important, or there is no workaround … these issues remain in v.1.7.0.422

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=11066#11066 - Registry Cleaner, Custom Fix, adds error to registry (*)

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=11040#11040 . Advisory: don't use Custom Fix (CF) without double checking the result ...

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=9610#9610 . . . Workaround: use RegEdit or PT2006 CF where PT2007 does it incorrectly …

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=11465#11465 - Tool windows maximize with a single click almost anywhere on the title bar

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Workaround: use a right click before using a left click

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Note: this unexpected action wastes a lot of time if you have a lot of active windows …

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Note: also, a single left click on a line may invoke a context menu item

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Workaround: as above, and hope it doesn't do something unrecoverable if you forget

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Note: bug introduced after v 1.7.0.405 …

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Note: fix planned in 2008 version

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=11425#11425 - Registry Finder, fails to find/show certain registry items

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Workaround: none

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=11824#11824 - Vista tweaks, likely reduce Registry Cleaner and Registry Finder functionality

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Workaround: none

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=11846#11846 - Many tools, minimized window stays minimized

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Workaround: manually restore the minimized window

Not resolved, but workaround is not too annoying :( … these issues remain in v.1.7.0.422

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=11157#11157 - Progress indicator, several tools, sometimes stays, inactive, on results window (*)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Workaround: minimize, then restore the window

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=11325#11325 - Main window, forgets vertical resize on relaunch when some icons excluded

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Workaround: manually resize it again …

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=11510#11510 - Registry Cleaner, "Don't pop up …" option affects Scan Report, not the results window

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Workaround: none (but behavior could be considered a feature : )

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=11955#11955 - Many tools, sometimes running counts area not fully refreshed

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Workaround: minimize, then restore the window

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=11955#11955 - Many tools, sometimes part of a list window background turns black

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Workaround: minimize, then restore the window

Unbundled sections ... follow the links ...

Probable Vista Issues

Design and Implementation Decisions

Intermittent issues

Trivial and Minor Issues

A history of issues fixed

Advisory drafting area

jv16

The "http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=11488#11488 - Power Tools and RegSupremes do not work on some W98SE systems " problem should now be fixed with the latest version of PowerTools.

tullik

OK -- the Advisory now shows that issue needs user feedback.

tullik

Click on the "Trivial and Minor Issues " link (third from the bottom of the Advisory). The issue you ask about is currently the second from the bottom in the linked post.

I don't know if jv16 intends to fix it in PT2007 ...