jv16 PowerTools 2016 - Beta 1 Released

beejay53

Registry Compactor is NOT running: error message given is

: File "C:\Program Files (x86)\jv 16 PowerTools 2016 Beta 1\PreStartupWorker.exe" does not exist.

cookinpro

I have the Start-up Timer enabled. No matter how many times I reboot the main interface/gui does not show any information

tullik

The message area at the bottom of the "Clean and Speedup My Computer" results list contained these two internal error messages:

: Internal Error: SafetyNet-CRKBR-1B "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\sdksubscription.CompanyFileEventSubsc.1\"

: Internal Error: SafetyNet-CRKBR-1B "hkey_local_machine\software\classes\sdksubscription.CompanyFileEventSubsc.1\"

I used "Registry Finder" iteratively to determine probable associated GUIDs. A final "Registry Finder" run with the search words below had exactly 294 line items in the results list:

sdksubscription

77693EFF-DDA6-43D0-A428-8DD7AC3FFC0F

0180F2A9F96368E4092779F3EB61975C

CC5D1536AC9BCB94CB6EE9E338D2C5FA

43545EBF-650B-4376-ACA8-231B9BEEF79D

I deleted all the items and eyeballed the backup. It seems the items are Quicken residue, which I have never used. It was taken off my machine years ago, probably improperly :-) .

Anyway, to test backup/restore, I restored the backup and ran the same "Registry Finder" run. This time there were only 247 line items in the results list. I deleted those, then lined up the two Entries.reg notepad windows side-by-side. There are definite differences; this is likely a serious issue.

The included zipped folder contains the two Entries.reg files and the entire backups folder.

csgalloway

Just installng 2016B1 and got the error log....

chiefspraker

After using jv16 2016 beta 1, computer failed to restart. Had to use system restore to recover computer.

chinatablet

Registry Tools

After doing a registry search, it should only show the results (either always or optionally is up to you). Right now, it shows everything, with no button to "go to next" or "go to previous". I have 800,000+ entries! Imagine clicking to the next item when you only have 100 found or so!

For the Search Registry window, it's very confusing to see all the buttons to modify the "Search Menu". NONE of the buttons actually has anything to do with searching the registry. I found the commands only in the "Tools" menu, which is also a little confusing. You could show a "Search" menu when appropriate. And, you could show search command buttons and a "Change Menu Options" button. I wouldn't show the menu change buttons unless the user selected the "Change Menu Options".

What does the "Save List As" menu option do? I expected it to save the results of my search (12 selected items out of 1190). It seemed to save all 1190?

Second, why are you showing 1190 results when I search for "Android", "Andy", when there are only 12 selected items. They are the only ones that had either of those terms.

Third, the "Save List As" didn't even show which items were selected, even when exporting all of the list (assuming there was a real reason to have 1190 items in the results in the first place.

Also, I would like to repeat a request I've made several times over the years... Please add a top level "Backup/Restore Registry" button. It should be able to back up a) Current User, b) All Users, c) Compare backup with current. I see that you have almost what I'm asking for under "Registry Monitor" (which is not obvious if I am searching for backup). In this case, even if they are the same actual actions, I recommend putting the "Backup..." buttons for that part. This just makes it much easier for people to use.

For snapshots of the registry, there needs to be an option to export the snapshot to an external source. Also, optionally a button to open a file explorer window at the folder where snapshots are kept. Perhaps you should just rename "Registry Monitor" to "Registry Backup/Compare", since you are not actually monitoring the registry. There are tools which do monitor registry in real-time, so, with all respect, I think your choice for name is misleading and should be changed, unless you're planning on adding a real time monitor feature.

I did not want to test the delete button! haha.

Creating snapshots is really slow. I have a fast laptop with SSD drive, and 32 GB of memory. Are you making use of enough memory to make it fast?

Had a crash on 3rd try to create registry snapshot. First time: LOCAL_MACHINE and CURRENT_USER. Second time cancel after about 1 minute. Third time crashed. Emailed bug report. Exception was "Out of memory". My laptop has 32 GB of memory. It had allocated 1.58 GB. Are you running as a 32 bit process? Unable to continue. So, did a full restart.

Restarted Registry Snapshot. Watched memory usage increase very rapidly, faster than size of registry! After it finished, I closed the window, but only about 10MB freed up. Ended at 809.2 MB memory usage. (This was after program restart and only choosing registry monitor). So, I closed and restarted program, which brought memory usage back to 103.4 MB

Registry compare complained that I hadn't made snapshots with exactly same settings. I'm disappointed that it wasn't smart enough to just compare the parts that were in common (i.e. LOCAL_MACHINE was in common).

There's no way to inspect the settings that were used for a Registry snapshot. Need to be able to see this. A new "Info" button would help.

Why is the Start button active (selectable) while a snapshot is running? It should be disabled (although you hide the other buttons, I prefer to see disabled, but that's just a preference of mine.) I was also surprised that I could click the "Save Settings" button while it was running.

After restarting program again, I created a registry snapshot with same settings. When finished, I clicked the red "x" to close (didn't use button). The dialog closed, and the entire program window disappeared. It shows in the task bar, but the actual window is not visible and cannot be restored. There is no "move" menu option when I right click the task bar small preview of running task.

Also, was not able to shut program down from the task bar. Had to use Task Manager to kill it. By the way, I had the main window on monitor #2 (laptop with attached monitor, running two displays, both at 1920x1080).

After restart (again <smile>), I clicked registry COMPARE. It popped up the "Search words" dialog. This is NOT an obvious feature, although I suppose it could be useful. However, if you have the ability to also compare snapshots for specific search words, then there should be a title change to show this is actually in the COMPARE dialog, not the SEARCH dialog. Also, it begs the question as to why you won't allow comparing two registry snapshots with different settings when the user can restrict to specific search. I recommend allowing compare of different settings, after a warning to user that this is happening. The warning should also show all the settings from the selected snapshots so user can make an informed decision.

Trying to do full registry snapshot compares, it finished after about 1 second with "0 changes detected". I question why the "Change Back" button was enabled in this case. Also, why is there a "Delete" button when there were NO changes shown?

Have not run cleaner, although I started it and then clicked "Abort"

Does a restart clean up temporary disk space usage?

It's a little annoying that it constantly resets window sizes back to a smaller size. Would really like it to remember my window size.

cookinpro

Computer Health- System Startup Times-Registry Integrity does not function

cookinpro

Unable to close program, multiple windows stay open

jojo319

My issue with programs of this type has always been with the program uninstallers. Even after I uninstall something, I am able to find registry keys and folders just by doing a simple name search. It never truly feels "clean".

clarence

Sorry I'm German and I translate it all by Google.

After installing jv16PT2016_beta1 I CleanUp and SeedUp run my computer.

The subsequent registry cleanup I can run with the bottom Fix.

With end of the program made the computer restarts, and was then in a restart loop.

Had to reset the PC via the restoration. I hope you can start with the log file what.

Product: jv16 PowerTools 2016 (run as: "C:\Program Files (x86)\jv16 PowerTools 2016 Beta1\jv16PT.exe" )

UI System String: You are using jv16 PowerTools 2016 on Windows 10 Professional (x64) with 6,0 GB of RAM. This copy of the software is licensed to Josef Vise. You are using the program as a Platinum VIP user!

Windows: Windows 10 (64 bit)

Windows version: 10.0.10586 (w10x)

Windows version debug: 000A0000 / 655360 = 10.0.10586

---

LSL = 15130

License file: "C:\Program Files (x86)\jv16 PowerTools 2016 Beta1\License.xbin" (exists) (SN: 92496-81F54F3-389702641) (OKA: 2) (file size: 2,11 KB)

Licenses list: "Licenses1.dat", exists, lines: 14 (file size: 1,41 KB)

Licenses list: "Licenses2.dat", exists, lines: 0 (file size: 0,00 KB)

Licenses list: "Licenses3.dat" - does not exist!

Translation: English.lng, exists, valid (file size: 164,14 KB)

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AppDir: "C:\Program Files (x86)\jv16 PowerTools 2016 Beta1\", dir exists, number of files: 61

BackupDir: "C:\Program Files (x86)\jv16 PowerTools 2016 Beta1\Backups\", dir exists, number of files: 31

ConfigDir: "C:\Program Files (x86)\jv16 PowerTools 2016 Beta1\Settings\", dir exists, number of files: 20

CacheDir: "C:\Program Files (x86)\jv16 PowerTools 2016 Beta1\Cache\", dir exists, number of files: 13

LangDir: "C:\Program Files (x86)\jv16 PowerTools 2016 Beta1\Languages\", dir exists, number of files: 1

TempDir: "E:\Temp\jv16PT_X\", dir exists, number of files: 2

SnapshotDir: "C:\Program Files (x86)\jv16 PowerTools 2016 Beta1\Snapshots\", dir exists, number of files: 0

C:\Program Files (x86)\jv16 PowerTools 2016 Beta1\Cache\ComDa.dat (filesize: 0,00 KB)

C:\Program Files (x86)\jv16 PowerTools 2016 Beta1\Cache\JD.dat (filesize: 0,00 KB)

C:\Program Files (x86)\jv16 PowerTools 2016 Beta1\Settings\HistoryCleaner.xdat (filesize: 32,27 KB)

C:\Program Files (x86)\jv16 PowerTools 2016 Beta1\Settings\MetaDB.xdat (filesize: 182,48 KB)

C:\Program Files (x86)\jv16 PowerTools 2016 Beta1\Settings\refod.xdat (filesize: 1673,44 KB)

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RM: True

OEM=""

DSI=0

SysDir: "C:\WINDOWS\system32\"

WinLang: "Deutsch (Deutschland)"

CPU: 2673 MHz

SysScore: 6.7

FDrives = CEFGH

NFDrives = IKLM

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Core Component Self Tests:

Tools.Translator: Created. Filename: "C:\Program Files (x86)\jv16 PowerTools 2016 Beta1\Languages\English.lng", Translated forms: 2

Tools.Settings: Created. StorageDir: "C:\Program Files (x86)\jv16 PowerTools 2016 Beta1\Settings\", Last flush: 3609 ms ago, Active file count: 15

Tools.FileSystemCache: Created. C1: 0, C2: 0

Tools.MsgManager: Created. Last msg shown: 3953 ms ago, Normal mode: True, MessagesShown: 0

Tools.SafetyNet: Created. DirCount: 13

Tools.RDA: , EPFileCount: 4406, CECount: 29, SECount: 0

Tools.REV: Created. NA: "N/A", FDCount: 583, FPCount: 476

Tools.RCILB: Created, FDCount: 667, FPCount: 826

Tools.RC: Created. Count: 0

Tools.Sorter: Created. LastSortCol: -1, Dir: 0

Tools.UserActionLog: Created, Filename: "C:\Program Files (x86)\jv16 PowerTools 2016 Beta1\Settings\UserActionLog.txt" (file size: 0,00 KB), Sessions: 0

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Translation.MainFont_Default = "Default"

Translation.InitialSetupForm.5Jovn2 = "Performing Initial Setup"

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InitialSetup run: 01.18.2016, 11

Runtime: 99,41 sec.

FileCount: 11534

FCC1 run normally: True, CE: 0, SE: 0, LI: 0, FI: 0, DI: 0

FCC2 run normally: True, CE: 0, SE: 0, LI: 0, FI: 0, DI: 0

Totals: CE: 0, SE: 0, LI: 0, FI: 0, DI0: 0, DI1: 32

FLIC run normally: True, PotLic: 14

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Tutorial done: True

Settings.Selection.FullRowSelect = "false"

Settings.Startups.Startups = "1"

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Env.RunTimeMode = rtmNormal

nhg

I ran "Clean-up my computer" with very conservative settings. After this computer failed to restart and had to be recovered.

mvsgeek

Registry Compactor fails, program "PreStartupWorker.exe" does not exist. Install folder contains "Preworker.exe" but not "PreStartupWorker.exe".

(Dell XPS 13 laptop, Windows 10 64-bit)

Extract of debuglog :

- RegCompact.Log: Log started at 18.01.2016 10

- RegCompact.Log: Hives.count=7

- RegCompact.Log: StorageFiles.count=7

- RegCompact.Log: Filename = "C:\Program Files (x86)\jv16 PowerTools 2016 Beta1\PreStartupWorker.exe"

- RegCompact.Log: RegCompact not found! Aborting...

erich

1. After submitting a Bug Report with Screenshots yesterday, my Acronis True Image 2012 program didn’t recognize any of the past backup images as valid. :

2. Restoring the Registry Backups made with jv16 PT 2016 Beta1 didn’t correct the problem.

3. Only after running the System Restore (Win 7 Pro) was Acronis True Image 2012 accepting its backup files and it let me recover the C-drive partition to its previous state (without the Beta1 installation).

tullik

I ran "Clean and SpeedUp My Computer" yesterday. I performed six different removal actions with it which created six separate backups. However, "Action History" only shows one of the six actions.

I also removed registry items with "Registry Finder" twice, creating a backup each time. "Action History" shows neither of those actions.

"Action History" shows one "Backup Tool" restore backup action, which is correct. However, the right click "Show backup" option causes an error message: : You didn't create a backup to undo this action!. That, of course, makes no sense!

I suspect "Action History" is currently not a high priority development task. If you need more detail anyway, the relevant Backups folder is attached.

tullik

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cookinpro

System Startup Times info does not show up no matter how many times the system is re-booted

customprofile

Attached is the log file when trying to create Desktop Shortcuts, a screen shot of the ones it does not create.

customprofile

I installed powertools, ran the Clean and SpeedUp My Computer. Once finished rebooted. Once my system came back up I notices that my MSI apps did not start back up with windows. One is a boot to bios and the others is for keeping the system drivers updated. See screen shots. as I stated this si the first time I installed the beta and ran the program. will post more if I see anything else going on. Thanks.

customprofile

Upon scanning my system and noticing a lot of my apps not starting up as PowerTools Optimized certain programs. Some programs we want to start with Windows. This item and or option in PowerTools should let the user decide what to Optimize.

customprofile

when I select files to Not Optimize at the bottom it keeps telling me to select files when I have selected them.

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