Issues Fixed (since the original Beta6 release)
Issues reported by beta testers (numbers continue from previous version)
119. Registry Cleaner: Tools-->Compare results... aborts itself every time (message=: Operation aborted.). __ 678 x64 w7 |.| 932 x86 w7
Issues reported by beta testers (new numbers)
1. Unit Test feature reports errors relating to "TestRNG"
2. Unit Test feature reports errors relating to "TestTBackupManager"
3. File Recovery can show an errir message: "The following information must be provided in order to start: At least one search argument, you can use Files to find, Search by size and/or Search by date tabs." - there is no Search by date tab.
4. System Cleaner tool's window doesn't have a tool caption, nor does the tool exist in English.lng at all
5. The size and position of some or all tool windows are not correctly remembered.
6. Initial Setup creates an empty SysCache.dat file
7. Registry Cleaner does not run (probably related to issue number 6).
8. Any of the file tools can report the following error message: "AssertEx1 (RS) FAILED! Desc="TDebugLog.AddLogEntry, Entry="Start: Procedure TFileViewForm.OnGetInfo..".
9. Registry Info tool crashes to "Access violation at address 00863DD8" if Aborted, or if the tool has been fully run and then the tool window is closed.
10. "Disable performance counters" tweak does not work with the System Optimizer.
11. Unit Testing Tool can crash to EOutOfMemory while performing the "SafetyNet.IsDangerousRegKey" test.
12. Unit Testing Tool can report errors relating to "Error: TestRDA FPO item ..." and "Error: TestRDA: FPO rate of X is larger than accepted!".
13. When Unit Testing Tool's RegistryDataAnalyzer Test started for the first time, it activated my 3 1/2" drive again and again. I could stop it by inserting a disk.
14. The Unit Testing Tool is not honoring the Global Ignore List.
15. The Registry Cleaner's Scan Report always show, even if you check "don't show this window again" from the Scan Report window.
16. If you have a folder called "Foobar" in your C:\ drive, and you search for "Foobar" with the Directory Finder from C:, the tool finds nothing unless you search for "*Foobar*".
17. Directory Finder: When I don't put anything in the tab "Search in" I get the warning message: "At least one source directory". That's normal. But when I double click that warning (blue underlined link) nothing happens while normally it should jump to the tab "Search in".
18. Sometimes the program shows an Access Violation related to "TRegistrySpecialScanners.Scan_Shared1" when the program is closed.
19. Download Latest Version button doesn't always work in the Check for Updates window.
20. If AntiMalware0.dat is not complete due to some early termination, the feature fails in the next session with a decompression error.
21. File Analyzer has two fields called "Words per line" under the Averages section.
22. Re-detect download directories button of Anti-Malware is not fully visible.
23. Registry Compactor doesn't start with 64 bit Windows.
24. Fixed a bug that caused the Unit Testing Tool to report errors relating to the RDA test.
26. Running the Unit Testing Tool causes the Debug Log to fill with Global Ignore List check information.
27. Registry Compactor crashes if "Compact with reboot" is used under 32 bit Windows. (Note: The crash does not affect the registry compaction, that is, there is no risk of data loss.)
28. Registry Cleaner can freeze if run with the Reference Mode under Windows XP.
29. Registry Compactor's "Compact without reboot" does not work.
30. Registry Info tool freezes if you run it twice during the same program session.
31. Many tools, such as the Registry Cleaner, can crash when opened if the program is used with a non-English Windows.
32. The translation (English.lng) contains many typos, errors and some duplicate data.
33. The Unit Testing Tool can report "Error: TestRNG : 2 SubID = 1"
34. The installation process puts AntiMalware0.dat in the wrong folder.
35. There is a typo in the License Agreement ("transfered").
37. Opening some tools, such as the Anti-Malware or Software Uninstaller, many times in a row causes the caption of the tool no longer being shown, only the product's name is shown at the caption bar, not the feature's.
38. Startup Manager's bottom panel does not scale well enough to be used with other translations (such as X_English).
39. When using X_English translation: X_Clean and fix my computer: there's something wrong: the first tab contains only and X_ while it refers to X_settings (i.e. the following tab) and so on.
40. On both Win 7 x86 and Win 7 x64 Professional with dual monitors, the various windows of jv16 open "all over the place".
41. Sub items under the Main Window's Tools menu do not get translated if the language is changed without restarting the program.
42. The main program icon has jagged edges.
43. Registry Cleaner can crash to Access Violation right after started.
44. Registry Cleaner can find only a few registry errors, yet, if run again, it shows more errors.
45. The program can crash to External Exception when closed.
46. Under Main Window > tools/add shortcuts to desktop once you add a shortcut to the desktop the icon is white, if you right click on the icon, go to properties, the target field, start in field, comments field all are incorrect.
Issues found in in-house testing
1. If a new version of the program is available, and you start Help > Check for updates right after starting the program, you might see a message "You are currently using version "{1}". A newer version "{2}" is available. Would you like to get more information about the new version?". If you click Yes, the already opened Check for Updates windows will close, start again and check again for a new version. The second time the popup does not occur.
2. The Check for Updates window lacks its icon.
3. File Tool's File Analyzer feature doesn't look right, all the text captions are wrong and do not originate from the English.lng
4. Mass File Renamer's Convert Case feature cannot be accessesd because the box is too small.
5. File Encrypter tool contains an incorrectly named button (Abort button says "AbortBtn").
6. File Organizer tool contains an incorrectly named button (Add button says "AddBtn").
7. Automation Tool: If you click Delete but then select No, the automation task is not deleted, but clicking Delete again doesn't do anything, the task is not deleted nor is the confirmation ever shown again.
8. If you abort the History Cleaner, it can crash to Access Violation.
9. Running Unit Testing Tool can cause the GUI to freeze for long periods of time.
10. "RegistryDataAnalyzer" test in Unit Testing Tool seems to do nothing, and causes the tool to freeze for long periods of time.
11. File Tool's Columns > Checksums features do not work, no CRC32, SHA1 or MD5 of the files is ever displayed on screen.
12. If there are problems with connectivity, the Anti-Malware feature can be incorrectly installed and trying to use it causes the program to crash.
13. After Anti-Malware feature has been once installed, it can no longer be updated (i.e. it doesn't ever receive any information about updated signature files).
14. The uninstaller of jv16 does not remove the jv16 folder from the Start Menu when jv16 is uninstalled...even after a reboot. The folder has the "Uninstall jv16 PowerTools 2010 BetaX" link in it and that is probably preventing the uninstaller from removing the folder...even after a reboot.
15. When using some tools for the very first time, their default column sizes are wrong. For example, with the Registry Manager most of the columns are too wide.
16. When a tool opens, its results list should always be in focus. In other words, it must be possible to use the mouse's scroll wheel to start to browse the result list after a tool window has been opened. This was not the case with most tools, such as the Startup Manager or Software Uninstaller.
17. Sometimes when you closed a Message Panel, the tool window's button bar would move out causing some action buttons to become invisible.
18. The Global Ignore List can contain empty and duplicate lines.
19. Most of the main tools can crash if you use the Abort button, these tools include the Clean and Fix my Computer, Registry Cleaner, Registry Finder, Registry Find & Replace and File Finder.
20. Software Uninstaller can list the Software\WOW6432Node as an installed software under a 64 bit Windows.
21. Download Latest Version button of Check for Updates feature does not turn to green when clicked.
22. Quick Tutorial's "Show me a simplified user interface" and other radio buttons are not fully visible under Windows XP.
23. File Recovery tool can show an error: AssertEx1 (RS) FAILED! Desc="TDebugLog.AddLogEntry"
24. Registry Monitor's Create New Snapshot window does not close by clicking the Cancel button.
25. Clicking Registry Monitor's Create New Snapshot > Cancel and then closing Registry Monitor causes the Create New Snapshot window to show up. Closing that brings up the Registry Monitor again, and so on and so on. It's not possible to break the loop.
26. Menu items are too short and that causes texts and the shortcut keys to overlap under XP.
27. The list of translations of the Quick Tutorial does not have the currently active translation (English) selected by default, no translations are selected when the list is generated.
28. Clicking the background of the translation list in Quick Tutorial causes the window to flash.
29. Help > Read License Agreement does not work, because no License Agreement exists under PowerTools' installation directory.
30. Age system tab is visible in Settings even as the Age and Comment Systems will not be a part of PowerTools 2010 (these features will be implemented to PT 2011).
31. After the program has been uninstalled, the program's installation directory is left behind (the folder is empty though).
32. Live Support window does not scale well enough to be used with other translations (such as X_English).
33. Unit Testing Tool doesn not scale well enough to be used with other translations (such as X_English).
34. Clean and Fix my Computer sometimes displays a list of groups with the same name.
35. Directory Tool's More Functions menu cannot be translated.
36. File Tool's More Functions menu cannot be translated.
37. The Grouping tab's caption cannot be translated in Directory Finder, File Finder, File Cleaner, Registry Finder and in Registry Cleaner.
38. The Hint box of the Anti-Malware cannot be translated.
39. It's not possible to translate many parts of the Message Panels.
40. It's only possible to translate the first root key names in Registry Info tool (in reality, it shouldn't be possible to translate any of the root keys).
41. The "Registered To:" text doesn't get translated if you change the language of the program on-the-fly, that is, without restarting the program.
42. The Directory Tool doesn't contain any columns if X_English is used, and the program crashes if the empty column area is clicked.
43. Warning and Tip boxes sometimes show up too big.
44. Unit Testing Tool can report Error: TestStringTools : 4 SubID = 0
45. Running the File Extension scan module of the Registry Cleaner can crash the scan to Access Violation.
46. The Registry Cleaner can freeze when run in Reference Mode under a 64 bit Windows.
47. Live Support window contains a Status Bar, which is not used in any ways.
48. Unit Testing tool can report Error: FileCache.dat too small! : 9 SubID = 0
49. The Registry Monitor can't create a snapshot if X_English is used.
50. The Handbook icon on the Main Window says that the handbook is not available when using the X_English translation. Yet, if the icon is clicked, the Handbook opens correctly (assuming the handbook was downloaded during the installation)
Improvements done
1. Improved the Check for Updates window content handling.
2. It's now possible to send messages over the Internet to the Main Window of PowerTools, without the need of user clicking to Help > Check for Updates.
3. Increased the size of the Unit Testing Tool's window.
4. Clicking Abort now closes most of the tool windows - there is no need to show an empty list of results to the user if the user has clicked Abort.
5. Improved the detection of incorrect / corrupted translation file.
6. The program now saves a separate Debug Log of the first run, in order to catch any possible bugs that occur during the Initial Setup.
7. Added debug code in order to better track any "AssertEx Failed!" error messages.
8. Added more debug to better detect problems with FileCache and SysCache creation and loading.
9. Added a SelfTest feature to the Unit Testing Tool, it will detect any missing or corrupted files from PowerTools' installation directory.
10. Improved the amount of information the Anti-Malware tool's Update feature gives during the update process.
11. Reduced the amount of RAM the Unit Testing Tool uses.
12. The Language menu is now visible in the Main Window based on the following policy: If the program is being used with the Simple Mode, the language menu is visible only if there are other translations than English in the \Languages directory. If the program is being used with Advanced Mode, the language menu is always visible, even if there are no other translations available.
13. Improved the safety of the Service Manager, it now warns the user if critical system services are being modified.
14. Improved the safety of the Registry Cleaner under 64 bit Windows.
15. Improved the product's Uninstaller to also remove all debug files generated by PowerTools.
16. Improved the way the Unit Testing Tool reports the progress of the RDA test's data generation, and made the data generation faster.
17. Clean and Fix my computer, Registry Cleaner and File Cleaner will from now on ignore all data relating to anti-virus, firewall, server and backup software by default.
18. Improved the product's Uninstaller to also remove all possible left-over files and registry data of the Unit Testing Tool of PowerTools.
19. Improved the support of Global Ignore List by the system health analysis. It now knows to skip temp files found from directories ignored via the Global Ignore List, and it also can now skip registry errors ignored via the GIL.
20. Further increased the size of the Unit Testing Tool's window.
21. Improved the layout of the Anti-Malware window.
22. The program now shows an error message if the user attempts to use the Registry Find & Replace or the Find and Replace within file(s) tool with identical search and replace words.
23. Improved the GUI of Search by Owner section of the Registry Finder.
24. Reset the trial counter, you will get a new 60 day trial with this version.
25. The first, unedited version of the Handbook is available for download via the program's installation program.
26. Improved the looks of the Quick Tutorial window.
27. Software Uninstaller now shows an additional confirmation message before uninstalling any software.
28. The Initial Setup (and Registry Compactor) now show an information box that closes automatically if user doesn't press OK. This removes the need for clicking the OK button after the Initial Setup.
