Here is the jv16 PowerTools 2017 Release Candidate 2:
https://www.macecraft.com/downloads/betas/jv16PT2017_RC2_1592.exe
(Notice: new version 4.1.0.1592 released. You can download it from the above link.)
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 RC2\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.
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 RC1)
Fix: The software can display an Integer overflow error message.
Fix: The software can display an Access violation at address 004081F4 in module 'jv16PT.exe'. Read of address 410A0D68.
Fix: Few typos fixed from the Windows AntiSpy.
Fix: Running the Clean And SpeedUp My Computer can show error message Access violation at address 004081F4 in module 'jv16PT.exe'. Read of address 0000001C.
Fix: The buttons of File Tool show incorrect tool tip texts.
Fix: The system startup time bars in the Main Window are not updated if the window is resized horizontally.
Fix: The Software Uninstaller can incorrectly detect leftover traces of software that have never been installed to the system.
Fix: The software's main executable (jv16pt.exe) can remain in the memory after the software has been closed.
Fix: The software can display an error message about "ntdll.dll" after the Initial Setup closes.
Fix: The software can fail to restart after it says the software is going to restart.
Fix: Initial Setup window's texts are not evenly aligned.
Fix: The Home View can display multiple jv16 PowerTools Last Used bars one after another.
Fix: Scrolling with the mouse wheel does not work in the Settings window.
Fix: The software can sometimes incorrectly show error message "It seems that some software is blocking jv16 PowerTools from adding an automatically starting software. " - Notice: this error message can still be shown, if it is shown, it's a real issue and should be fixed.
Fix: The File Cleaner can report it has completed the analysis of the same directories more than once.
Fix: You cannot clear the list of addresses ignored by the Immunize My Computer (if you clear them, the default list is back the next time you use the tool).
Fix: The Home View doesn't always fully show the About jv16 PowerTools section.
Fix: User interface of Clean And SpeedUp My Computer may have cosmetic issues when used in the Classic User Interface mode (disabled by default).
Fix: Running the Clean and SpeedUp My Computer with the Check for vulnerable software option does not always update the Main Window.
Improvement: Renamed PreWorker1.exe and PreWorker2.exe to jv16pt_PreWorker1.exe and jv16pt_PreWorker2.exe to make it clear these files are relating to jv16 PowerTools.
Improvement: Added the button for Easy Mass File Renamer to the File Tool's button bar.
Improvement: Added a notice about the Classic User Interface not being recommended to the Settings window.
Improvement: Added a notice about some of the list option features being deprecated.
Improvement: When jv16 PowerTools asks you to restart your computer in order to track its startup times, it will now automatically start after the computer has been restarted.
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!
