Here is the Beta5 version of jv16 PowerTools 2011:
http://www.macecraft.com/downloads/betas/jv16PT2011_beta5.exe
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 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 2011 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:
* The new Software Uninstaller's Uninstall button doesn't actually uninstall anything. This is to allow beta testers to better test the feature to see what would be removed.
* The user interface of the Software Uninstaller is not yet final, for debug purposes it shows a lot of information in its main list. This makes the list a bit difficult to read, this will be addressed before the final version.
* 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.
Change Log (Changes since Beta4)
Bug fix: In Clean and Fix My Computer, pop-up warning about the user removing a lot of registry data is often not appropriate. For example, it occurs when removing a lot of temp files.
Bug fix: Software Uninstaller can list duplicate software.
Bug fix: Clean and Fix My Computer reports: " All done! X registry errors were fixed," even if it fixed a broken shortcut type of error, i.e. not a registry error.
Bug fix: Software Uninstaller can miss many common installed software.
Bug fix: Starting Startup Manager many times in a row could cause the tool to start without displaying any results.
Bug fix: Registry Manager's Add/Remove list can contain duplicate lines.
Bug fix: Startup Manager can show lines with binary encoded data that looks like garbage.
Bug fix: Adding a tag to a single line in the Startup Manager can lead the tag being added to multiple lines.
Bug fix: The result window of Clean and Fix My Computer doesn't properly show the Description data in the top panel.
Bug fix: The Fix feature of Registry Cleaner, Clean and Fix My Computer and Start Menu Tool does not honor the Global Ignore List.
Bug fix: Program can crash to randon Access Violation relating to function StringCompareEx
Bug fix: Software Uninstaller gets an access violation every time after "Yes" to the backup dialog when you click "Delete" in the Uninstall Software, Advanced Settings window
Improvement: Added new grouping option to the File Cleaner.
Improvement: Greatly improved the product's ability to fix broken file reference in registry errors or broken shortcuts.
Improvement: Registry Manager's Add/Remove list now shows the registry key from which the item was found.
Improvement: Increased the speed in which Action History loads its list.
Improvement: Added support for Built-In Tags. These tags come with the program and can be translated. The "Important" tag also supports a neat feature: if user attempts to delete any file or registry entry tagged with Important, the program shows an additional confirmation about the item.
Improvement: Increased the speed of the Clean and Fix My Computer scan.
Improvement: Increased the number of software found by the Software Uninstaller. There are still much room for improvement, though.
Known Issues (No need to report)
* The new Software Uninstaller's Uninstall button doesn't actually uninstall anything. This is to allow beta testers to better test the feature to see what would be removed.
What's New (compared to PowerTools 2010)
1. Tag System - allows you to tag individual lines.
2. The Software Uninstaller has been fully rewritten. Both its ability to find software from the computer, and its ability to uninstall software have been greatly improved.
3. User Action History feature - allows you to see exactly what you have removed with the program in the past.
4. Clean and Fix My Computer now also scans for broken shortcuts and for unneeded empty folders from the Start Menu and Desktop.
5. The Registry Cleaner now shows detailed information specific pieces of registry data was listed as error.
6. The Startup Manager is now fully compatible with msconfig. This means that you can use jv16 PowerTools to enable items disabled with msconfig, and vice versa.
7. Remove on reboot - feature in the File Tool allows you to delete protected or locked files during the next system startup (assuming the protection is not yet active).
8. Settings window now uses scroll bars in order to display all the settings with smaller window sizes.
9. Accuracy and safety improvements to the Registry Cleaner engine.
And remember, please send all your feedback regarding this beta version to this thread! Thank you!
