jv16 PowerTools Update Released - Version 4.2.0.2004

mihaibarbulescu

An updated version of jv16 PowerTools has been released. The latest version number is 4.2.0.2004.

The latest version can be downloaded here: https://www.macecraft.com/download/

For the most common questions about a new version release and their answers, see: https://www.macecraft.com/jv16-powertools-released-version-4-2-0-2004/

Change Log – What’s New

(compared to jv16 PowerTools build 4.2.0.2002)

Here is a complete list of bug fixes and improvements that we did since jv16 PowerTools – Version 4.2.0.2002 was last released on February 14th, 2019:

Bug Fixes

Fix: Running the software could show an error message about Integer Overflow. This is purely a cosmetic issue.

Fix: The Clean and SpeedUp My Computer can display an error message about an Access Violation the moment the scan has completed. While this problem does not cause any harm to the system, it may prevent user from completing the CSMC scan.

Fix: On some systems and only affecting specific types of shortcut files, the CSMC can display shortcuts from user's Start Menu as broken shortcuts even if they are not broken. This affects for example the Windows 10's Math Input Panel's shortcut file in the Start Menu.

Feature Improvements

Improvement: The Duplicate File Finder will list the results sorted by size, starting with the biggest files.

Join the public discussion about the latest version of jv16 PowerTools right now by replying to this forum thread and letting us know how the latest version works for you.

mihaibarbulescu

We decided to release build 4.2.0.2004 as a quick fix to one problem relating to Clean and SpeedUp My Computer and certain types of shortcut files.

balloon66

Another bug: chosing to download the handbook

In setup the program is showing the download.

In start menue the entry handbook can be found. But

when you start it Windows is telling the link can‘t be found...

redseujac

balloon66 wrote
Another bug: chosing to download the handbook

In setup the program is showing the download.

In start menue the entry handbook can be found. But

when you start it Windows is telling the link can‘t be found...

Agreed... When choosing to download the Handbook in setup, it never get downloaded nor placed in the Help subdir.

That issue existed already in many previous builds.

dkeyes

The duplicate file finder is broken. It combines files that are not duplicates in the same listing if the files are the same size. In the attached screenshot the Music festival files are not duplicates of the Carribean files but they are all listed as duplicates.

People who delete all but one of the duplicates will be deleting their originals.

jv16

dkeyes wrote
The duplicate file finder is broken. It combines files that are not duplicates in the same listing if the files are the same size. In the attached screenshot the Music festival files are not duplicates of the Carribean files but they are all listed as duplicates.

People who delete all but one of the duplicates will be deleting their originals.

Thank you for reporting! However, I am not able to reproduce the problem which indicates this is not a general issue (i.e. it does not occur every time on every user). We are investigating the issue and trying to reproduce the problem in order to fix it.

jv16

balloon66 wrote
Another bug: chosing to download the handbook

In setup the program is showing the download.

In start menue the entry handbook can be found. But

when you start it Windows is telling the link can‘t be found...

Agreed. This seems to be a problem in the installer. We will remove the handbook download option from the installer to address this. Thank you for reporting!

jv16

FYI: I was now able to reproduce the problem with the Duplicate File Finder. The problem occurs if there are duplicate files found and these files have a very specific size, this causes the UI to group these files together and this gives the user the impression these files are all identical to each other while they are not (they are duplicate files, but not identical to each other).

This issue was also present in the 2003 build.

In our testing, we did not have duplicate files with the specific file sizes to trigger this bug, that is why the version passed our testing process. We have now changed our testing process to include more test cases relating to duplicate files of this type of file sizes to ensure this kind of problem can never pass our quality control again.

We will do a new extensive testing round for a new build to ensure this issue is fixed and that there are no other issues, and after that we will release a new build to fix this bug. The new build will most likely to be released later today.

mihaibarbulescu

An updated version of jv16 PowerTools has been released. The latest version number is 4.2.0.2005.

The latest version can be downloaded from https://www.macecraft.com/download/

Details about the latest version can be found on our blog at https://www.macecraft.com/jv16-powertools-released-version-4-2-0-2005/ and everyone is invited to continue the public discussion on the forum at https://www.macecraft.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=6047

There is no immediate need to update if you are not using the Duplicate File Finder tool.