Here is the jv16 PowerTools 2017 Release Candidate 1:
https://www.macecraft.com/downloads/betas/jv16PT2017_RC1.exe
Please read the following before downloading
Please, please please do remember that this is release candidate level software. This means that this version has been made available only for testing purposes. This version is slower than the upcoming, official release, because it contains debug code for testing purposes. This version can still contain bugs and can potentially damage your computer and cause hair loss. Send all your feedback, comments and bug reports relating to this version as a reply to this thread (use the Post Reply button).
The purpose of releasing this version is to allow people to try the software out and give us feedback on what parts of the program still need some fine tuning.
It is not recommended to run this software in a work or production use computer. Whatever you do, always create a system backup before running beta level software. If you do not do so, please do not complain to us about it.
As always, we will give out free licenses to the best testers. If such a beta tester already owns a license we can also issue VIP and Platinum VIP packages for free, or other similar prizes for the trouble.
However, you are not entitled for any kind of free license by simply downloading these test versions and reporting that all is fine. 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 create a zip file of the jv16 PowerTools' Backup directory - by default this is at C:\Program Files (x86)\jv16 PowerTools 2017 RC1\Backups. IMPORTANT NOTICE: The zip file can contain detailed information of your computer, if you are worried about your privacy, use a service such as https://www.wetransfer.com/ to upload the zip file there and send me the link to the file via a forum Private Message.
* 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 False Positive by the Registry Cleaner (or by "Clean and SpeedUp 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 please mention what aggressiveness settings of the Registry Cleaner you were using at the time of the scan.
* You can also send your 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.
What is TEST_ENGLISH?
* This version ships with a special translation called TEST_ENGLISH. If used, the entire user interface of the software should be displayed in UPPER CASE LETTERS. The idea of this is to verify all text content in the user interface is originating from the translation file and therefore can be translated. If you enable the TEST_ENGLISH translation and you notice any areas of the user interface that are not in UPPER CASE LETTERS, please report it as a bug. Notice: The buttons of popup message boxes (such as the one asking whether you want to restart your computer) are handled by Windows, therefore they are not in upper case and cannot be translated.
Why is this version finding so many registry errors?
* This version ships with the new registry cleaning engine that is a huge step forward from the previous versions in regards of accuracy and registry cleaning performance. However, since this is the very first time this registry cleaning engine is released to the general public, it can still contain bugs, so please be careful.
Why is this version so slow?
* This is a release candidate build, which means it generates as much debug data as possible. All this debug code makes the software both bigger in size and in memory consumption and it also makes it very slow. Please do not consider the speed of these beta versions a representation of the speed of the final version.
Release Notes:
* Feel free to start to translate the software to your language. All the old translations and the Translation File Update tool are included under the \Languages folder.
* The new icons are not included (in /Settings/Icons) yet.
* The Download Handbook will download the PowerTools X handbook.
* Do not install this version over any existing version of PowerTools. If you do, strange things can unfold.
* This is a testing version, it means a lot of debug code is turned on, which makes the program run much slower than the final version. It also means the file sizes are not final.
What's New (compared to jv16 PowerTools X)
1. New feature: Home screen feature in the main window shows you a summary of your computer's health and performance, with shortcuts to the relevant tools to repair any detected issues. The home screen also allows you to see the progress of how these numbers change over time, such as after using jv16 PowerTools.
2. New tool: Startup Timer measures the time your computer takes to start up. It also measures the impact of all your automatically starting software have on the system startup to allow you to see exactly what is causing your computer to start slowly.
3. New tool: Pictures AntiSpy allows you to remove privacy threatening metadata from your picture files. The feature can be used manually or it can be set to run automatically.
4. New tool: Windows AntiSpy allows you to disable the privacy threatening features of Windows.
5. New tool: Easy Mass File Renamer offers an easier way to rename many files at the same time. The previous Mass File Renamer tool is still available for more advanced and customized mass file renaming operations.
6. New tool: Startup Details shows you the exact details of what processes were run during system startup and how much slower they are making your computer.
7. New tool: Check For Vulnerable Software scans your computer to look for installed software and leftovers of software with known vulnerabilities. Such software and leftovers can put the security of your computer at risk and allow hackers to spy on you or take full control of your computer.
8. Improvement: The System Health measurement has been completely updated to give you a more exact and detailed rating of your computer's health. Furthermore, it is now ran as a background process, meaning you no longer have to wait for it to complete. It runs periodically on the background without using much if any system resources.
9. Improvement: Fully redesigned user interface for easier user experience and the new user interface also works better with different screen sizes.
10. Improvement: Fully rebuilt Startup Optimizer allows you to easily speed up the Windows startup without removing any software. The new Startup Optimizer supports disabling the optimization per individual software and its implementation no longer requires the use of multiple starting processes.
11. Improvement: Clean and Fix My Computer has been renamed to Clean and Speedup My Computer and the tool contains dozens of improvements to allow a safer and more optimized user experience.
12. Improvement: Major improvements in the Startup Manager. For example, it can now can show the impact that each automatically starting software has on the system's startup speed. This impact measurement is collected in real-time by the Startup Timer while the system starts and it offers a greater detail level compared to Windows 10's Startup Manager's "Impact to startup" rating. The Startup Manager can now also show detailed data of the resource usage at startup time per starting software, for example, you will be able to see how much system memory each starting software used during startup.
13. Improvement: Major improvements in the Software Uninstaller for more accurate listing of installed software, as well as improved software uninstallation ability.
14. Improvement: The Initial Setup of the software now needs to be run only one time - instead of once every 15 days of the previous versions - and it also takes less time to run.
15. Plus, hundreds of smaller improvements and bug fixes.
NOTE: Not all improvements and fixes are yet included to this beta version, they are still under internal testing and will be included later.
Change Log - What's New (compared to Beta 5)
Fix: The program can show message Access violation at address 0097A393 Read of address 00000048.
Fix: The program can show message Access violation at address A17317A5 Read of address A17317A5.
Fix: The program can show message Access violation at address 0082ED94 Read of address 00000059.
Fix: The program can show message Access violation at address 0068DB44 Read of address 00000026.
Fix: Running the Clean And SpeedUp My Computer can show message Internal error: SafetyNet-CREBR-2B
Fix: Clean And SpeedUp My Computer can list registry errors relating to leftover software named "zip".
Fix: After closing jv16 PowerTools by clicking the X icon at the top right corner of its window, the software can still remaing in the memory for a period of time (jv16pt.exe visible on Task Manager).
Fix: Recommended actions icons of the Home View are not fully visible on certain window sizes.
Fix: Clicking the Support icon on Main Window opens the Forum and vice versa.
Fix: Clicking the Next and Back buttons of the Tutorial window causes some elements of the window to be incorrectly positioned.
Fix: The UI can sometimes show a file reference such as "C:\Program Files\Software\app.ex" while it obviously is referring to "app.exe".
Fix: If user disables the setting for Performance Tweaks in Clean And SpeedUp My Computer, it is not always saved (defaults back to enabled).
Fix: Clicking Startup Timer's Clear all but 10 last startup times button will cause the program to show Access violation message.
Fix: Clean And SpeedUp My Computer can in some systems get stuck and never finish its scan.
Fix: The startup time bars are displayed in the reversed order in the Home View.
Fix: The Main Window's Tools menu can sometimes show elements in wrong order.
Fix: After user enables the Startup Optimizer, the Main Window can still say the Startup Optimizer is disabled (user interface not updated properly).
Improvement: Enhanced the user experience of the Tutorial window.
Improvement: Added an option to delete the setup file if one is found from the Windows Desktop.
Improvement: Added an option to automatically restart the computer after the Initial Setup has completed.
Improvement: Simplified the available recommendations of tools that should be run in the Home View when the Simple UI mode is active.
Improvement: Included the final version of the new generation registry cleaner engine for Clean And SpeedUp My Computer.
Improvement: Included the new Check For Vulnerable Software tool.
Improvement: The default backup description now contains the current date in an easy to read format (albeit the date of the backup is also always shown by the Backup Tool as well).
Improvement: Added option to install the software with default settings, skipping the tutorial phase.
Improvement: If you select the TEST ENGLISH mode, the Tutorial window will show a message to explain its purpose to you.
Improvement: The software will automatically restart after a license has been applied. Before, user was asked to restart and if no restart was made, the new license was not always applied to the user interface correctly.
Privacy notice:
If you send any debug data to us, the data contains generic information about your computer (such as processor speed, amount of ram, etc) and if you have used the software to clean your computer or remove something from your computer, this data can also be included. This version is only meant for testing. Therefore, it will automatically attempt to send via email a crash report to us in case the software crashes. These crash reports are very important for us because they help us to pinpoint the location within the software's source code where something went wrong. The official (final) version of the software does not send any such reports to us automatically.
Remember, please send all your feedback regarding this beta version to this thread!
Thank you!
