Here is the Beta1 version of jv16 PowerTools 2010:
(this version is no longer available for testing)
Please read the following before downloading
Remember that this is beta level software. This means that this version has been made available only for testing purposes. This version contains bugs and can potentially damage your computer and mind.
As always, we will give out free licenses to the best beta testers. If a beta tester already owns a license we can also issue VIP and Platinum VIP packages for free, or other such prizes.
However, you are not entitled for any kind of free license by simply downloading these beta versions. Free licenses are given out only to beta testers who give us valuable feedback, such as bug reports or improvement ideas. We will publish the list of users who won a free license after the final version of the product has been released, not before. All free licenses are decided on case-by-case, sometimes it takes just one message with two lines to earn a license (e.g. if you found a really good bug that no one else reported), sometimes it takes much more.
How to send your feedback
* Please use the Post Reply button of this thread (http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=3994) for all feedback.
* If you are reporting a bug, please give as much information as possible in regards what steps are required to reproduce the problem. Also let us know what version of Windows you are using. There is no need to post the hardware configuration of your computer, unless asked.
* If you wish to report that you have tested all the features of the program, please include to your post the Debug Report as generated by the Program Debug Tool (under the Debug menu of the Main Window).
* You can send attachments, including screenshots, to the thread from the Post Reply > Upload attachment tab (below the main text area).
* If you are reporting a bug that is not obvious, please include the Debug Log to your report. Note: the Debug Log contains information about your computer, if you do not wish other users to see all this information, you can use the Private Messages feature to send the Debug Log to us.
* If you are reporting a False Positive by the Registry Cleaner (or by "Clean and fix my computer" tool), there is no need to send a Debug Log, this version does not have debug log enabled for the Registry Cleaner to show its true performance. To report a False Positive, simply send a Screenshot of the False Positive, and say what settings of the Registry Cleaner you are using.
* You can also send you general feedback, how you feel the program works for you or if there is something you don't understand, or if some feature doesn't work the way you expected. Feedback like this is sometimes even more valuable than bug reports.
How to create a Debug Log
* If the problem doesn't cause PowerTools to crash: Go to the Main Window, open Debug menu and select "Save Debug Log". The Debug Log is saved to your Desktop.
* If the problem causes PowerTools to crash: Go to the installation directory of the program (c:\program files\jv16 PowerTools 2010 BetaX\ by default) and create an empty file called "DebugMode.dat" there. Then start the program and re-create the problem. The Debug Log is being automatically saved to your desktop as you use the program.
Release Notes:
* All features that requires the user to select a file using the Windows Open or Save To dialog such as "Save List As", "Export to .Reg" etc. do not always work with 64 bit Vista. This is a bug in Vista, not in PowerTools.
* The Age and Commenting features are not yet implemented.
* The buttons contain vertical bar characters, this is normal and part of the debug system. The vertical bars mean that these buttons are dynamically positioned and resized. If any such button is not correctly sized or placed, please report.
* The buttons have red (and green) font. This is part of the Debug Tool available from the Main Window's Debug menu. The color coding is simple: all buttons you have clicked show up in green, and all buttons you haven't clicked show up in red. This is to make it easier for testers to go through all the buttons of the program.
* If you have tried any of the private pre-beta versions and a bug you have reported is still in Beta1, this is a good time to re-report the problem.
* The Main Window's GUI component is still the same old version from PowerTools 2009, a new version will be ready for Beta2.
* The Averages section of the Registry Info Tool is not yet implemented.
* This release contains a brand new registry cleaner engine, so please be very careful and use extra caution with the updated "ActiveX/DDE/COM/DCOM/OLE" scan module (not run by default and for a good reason).
* Do not start to translate this version to your language yet, there will still be major changes.
* Do not install this version over any existing version of PowerTools.
Known Issues (No need to report)
* Checking list items by clicking directly their checkboxes can cause unexpected results.
* Registry Monitor isn't working, a new version of it is coming to future beta versions. No need to test the Registry Monitor at all for now.
* The Status Bar (at the bottom of tool windows) doesn't always show up after running a tool.
* Main Window's GUI still uses the same GUI components as PowerTools 2009, the new ones will be ready for Beta2.
* Some parts of the program cannot be translated yet.
Known Issues (Only report if you can give steps that reproduces the problem every time)
* Using the Filter Panel can cause the program to freeze or crash.
* Running the File Recovery scan can cause the program to crash.
* Using the list of any tool can cause the program to crash.
What's New (compared to PowerTools 2009)
1. New list component, all the tools now use the same, custom developed list component.
1a. All lists now support Filter Panel, just start typing to open the Filter Panel
1b. All lists have a List Control option in the Right-Click menu, the List Control allows you to do many basic tasks such as remove lines from the list and copy lines to the clipboard.
2. Two User Interfaces: Simple (default) and Advanced. The Simple GUI shows the user less options and features, the Advanced GUI shows everything, similar to PowerTools 2009.
3. Home feature in the Main Window allows you to easily launch the most commonly used tools.
4. "Clean and fix my computer" feature that runs the Registry Cleaner, History/MRU Cleaner and File Cleaner all at the same time.
5. New, 6th generation registry cleaner engine. The entire engine has been redesigned with safety as the number one design goal, and speed as the secondary goal.
6. All the registry features now use a new faster registry access component, it makes many tools, such as the Registry Finder work faster.
6a. Improved 64 bit Registry support. For example, the Registry Info Tool will now show the information for both 32 bit and 64 bit registry views of 64 bit Windows.
7. Improved usability and GUI. Some of these improvements are not yet present in Beta1.
8. Program Debug Tool. When you start the program, all buttons you haven't clicked will show with red font, after you have clicked them they will be shown with a green font. This allows you to see which features you have already tested, and the Program Debug Tool under the Main Window's Debug menu will also list all the non-tested features for you.
9. Beta Release Version system. With PT 2010, we can define if a product version is a Beta Release or not. As Beta1 is a Beta Release, the logging feature is always on and the Debug menu is always visible in the Main Window. To save a Debug Log, just go to the Debug menu in the Main Window and select "Save Debug Log".
10. Re-designed Message Logs. With PT 2009 the Message Logs were windows under the actual tool windows, now they are integrated to the tool windows.
11. Dozens of smaller improvements: Open in RegEdit now highlights the registry entry as well, improved Printing feature, improved Tab graphics, new Preference Saving GUI, faster Duplicate File Finder, Tab Notification icons show if any tabs have non-default settings that can affect the way the tool works, Desktop and other user folders are no longer being skipped as "system directories" by file and directory searching tools such as the File Finder, New Right-Click menu system shows you what features work with selected (checked) items of the list and which work with the highlighted item(s).
Bugs Fixed (since Pre-Beta1):
1. Some tool windows show up so small they cannot be used.
2. Clicking the "Simulation" tab of the File Split tool causes duplicate data to be added to the Simulated Results list.
3. Debug Tool: the Unit testing tool Close button does not turn green when used.
4. Custom Uninstall: when you use Re-analyze, the list's registry data doubles up
5. Anti-Malware Tool: the progress indicator is not wide enough to show many path names.
6. The Progress panel sometimes show up incorrectly positioned.
7. Unit Testing Tool's window opens so small it cannot be used.
8. Debug tool: the tip to users of the simple interface appears regardless of the interface chosen.
9. A progress panel would flicker at the moment a Log Window shows up to a tool window. This is now fixed.
10. There is another hole in the Safety Net: critical registry data of 64 bit Windows can be deleted without the Safety Net saying anything.
11. File Tool's Right-Click menu is automatically closed after a few seconds if the list has between 1 and 200 files.
Other Improvements (since Pre-Beta1):
1. Improved the GUI of the Mass File Renamer.
2. Improved the GUI of the Registry Info tool
3. Added "Select by search word" feature to the List Control (Right-Click menu).
4. Improved the responsiveness and GUI of the Anti-Malware
5. Removed the "add files" features from the Anti-Malware's result window.
6. This version resets the trial counter. If you have run out of trial time with any previous version, this version gives you a new 30 days. Some future beta version will be released with a beta testing license to solve the problem of the trial time running out, and to beta test the licensing scheme.
7. The Registry Info tool is now almost fully working, only the Averages sections are not yet implemented under the Details tabs.
And remember, please send all your feedback regarding this beta version to this thread! Thank you!
