Here is the Beta 1 version of the brand new, New Major Version of jv16 PowerTools:
(Beta 1 no longer available for download as a newer version is already released)
Please read the following before downloading
This is beta level software. It means that this version has been made available only for testing purposes. This beta version is slower than the upcoming, official release and the user interface is not final - especially in regards of overall smoothness. There is some flickering when moving between the tools.
As you probably know, jv16 PowerTools was started over 20 years ago. That means for the longest time it has been a mix of very old code coupled together with new. Year by year, new versions have been made and tweaks and improvements and fixes have been implemented. As you can imagine, this has resulted in a very complex system, prone to bugs and difficult to maintain.
That is why we decided to start all over. Do everything from scratch. Both with the user interface and with everything under the hood. Go back and go through all the user feedback we have received in the past 20 years and basically take everything you love about jv16 PowerTools and build those features from the ground up.
This is now the first preview of the progress we have made so far. The purpose of releasing beta level software like this is to allow people to try the software and give us feedback.
Since this is entirely new code, the system cleaning engine and the registry cleaning engine have not been properly tested yet for safety. We have done a lot of testing already, but not enough. That is why this first beta version is provided as a "read only" testing version. It means you cannot do any changes to your system with this beta version.
From the bottom of my heart I hope you will like the direction we are going with this new version.
As always, we will give out free licenses to the best beta testers. If you find and report bugs or provide any other kind of valuable feedback we will give you a free license to the final product.
However, you are not entitled for any kind of free license by simply downloading these beta 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.
* Open the program and go to File > Save As. This will generate a ZIP file containing the debug data from the jv16 PowerTools installation. Send this file to us, even if you don't experience any problems. We can use the collected data to improve the quality of the program.
* If the "File > Save As" method fails, you can do the same manually: Simply create a zip file of the jv16 PowerTools' Debug directory (not the Backups directory as was the case before) - by default this is at C:\Program Files (x86)\jv16 PowerTools Beta1\Debug. 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.
* You can send attachments, including screenshots, to the thread from the Post Reply > Upload attachment tab (below the main text area).
* 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.
Release Notes:
* Do not start to translate this version to your language yet, there will still be major changes to the language file.
* This version does not yet contain the final set of features.
* Please do not install this version over any previous version, install it to its own installation directory.
* This version is "Read Only" meaning it will not allow you to actually clean or fix your computer yet.
* While Software Uninstaller is scanning, the window may display "not responding" message on some systems.
And remember, please send all your feedback regarding this beta version to this thread! Thank you!
