jv16 PowerTools - New Major Version - Release Candidate (build 288)

jv16

Here is the Release Candidate version of the brand new, New Major Version of jv16 PowerTools:

(this version is no longer available for download)

Please read the following before downloading

This is Release Candidate level software. It means that this version has been made available only for testing purposes - for you to try the upcoming version and offer us feedback and bug reports. This version is not meant to be used to replace any current version of jv16 PowerTools for everyday use.

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.

The previous beta versions of jv16 PowerTools were "read-only" for your own safety. However, this version is fully functional. I highly recommend you to create a system restore point before using the software and not using this version in any critical systems. That being said, we have done a lot of testing with the software already and the safety of the new engine is already very high level.

From the bottom of my heart I hope you will like the direction we are going with this new version.

Please help us with the development by doing the following:

1) Download and install the jv16 PowerTools NMV Release Candidate.

2) Run all of the tools main tools ("Internet Optimizer", "System Cleaner" and "Software Uninstaller"),

3) When back at the Main Screen of the program, go to File > Save As. This will generate a ZIP file to your desktop, with all of the debug logs from the program.

4) Upload the ZIP file to WeTransfer.com (or other similar service), and send the download link to this thread, directly to me via forum Private Message or email it to support@macecraft.com

This would greatly help us with the development as the debug logs file contains information about how the Beta 2 performed, what items it listed as registry errors and what software you have installed in your system. We can use this data to improve the safety and accuracy of the new registry cleaning engine. The more data we get, the faster we get the new jv16 PowerTools released!

Privacy notice: The debug data will contain information of your system, such as the basic hardware setup, what software you have installed etc. If you are running the program in a system with private information, please review the debug data before sending it. We will store and treat all received data as confidential and will not share the data with any third parties.

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.

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\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 some changes to the translation system and possibly to the user interface too.

* Please do not install this version over any previous version, install it to its own installation directory.

And remember, please send all your feedback regarding this beta version to this thread! Thank you!

redseujac

When will the translators be able to translate the new major version and how?

jv16

redseujac wrote
When will the translators be able to translate the new major version and how?

The translation interface has already been implemented (i.e. everything in the app's user interface is coming from a translation file, similar to the jv16 PowerTools Classic). Most likely we can start the translation work with the Release Candidate. The only possible problem is if some part of the UI still needs changing, for example, if any new error messages or something like that needs to be added. Then if we start the translation work already, we may need to ask changes to the translation files later. That is why we normally start the translation work as late as possible, to avoid any changes to translation files already made.

redseujac

I understand. Will we be informed when we can start with translations? And how will we get the English translation file so the several translations can be ready before or shortly after the final release of the new major version?

jv16

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mannie

On July 1 it was claimed that "The jv16 PowerTools - New Major Version - Release Candidate will be released in this thread during this week." 16 days later I not not seen anything. Or have I missed it somehow?

mrsense

mannie wrote
On July 1 it was claimed that "The jv16 PowerTools - New Major Version - Release Candidate will be released in this thread during this week." 16 days later I not not seen anything. Or have I missed it somehow?

They found a major bug in the last minute and they've been fixing it since a week ago.

csgalloway

I guess this just means that the users would GREATLY appreciate having more often status updates!

athlon64bit

CSGalloway wrote
I guess this just means that the users would GREATLY appreciate having more often status updates!

I highly doubt it, I am still waiting for a credit from almost 1 month ago.

Don't trust this company as far as you could throw them.

jv16

Athlon64BIT wrote
CSGalloway wroteI guess this just means that the users would GREATLY appreciate having more often status updates!

I highly doubt it, I am still waiting for a credit from almost 1 month ago.

Don't trust this company as far as you could throw them.

I would recommend you to contact our customer service for the refund, not writing to it in our Beta Testing discussion forum. Here is the link: https://macecraft.zendesk.com/hc/en-us - also, be sure to check back for the replies for your tickets. What often happens is people send us a message, we reply, but their spam filter deletes their email notification and they think there was never any reply.

jv16

CSGalloway wrote
I guess this just means that the users would GREATLY appreciate having more often status updates!

Sorry about that!

michaelteck

I ran the software uninstall function. It indicated I had Microsoft OneDrive under Installed Microsoft programs and four other Microsoft Xbox applications under Builtin Windows 10 Apps. jv16 Screen 1.pngjv16 Screen 2.png I asked it to delete them. They all reported that they could not find an uninstall program and there was nothing to be removed. jv16 Screen 3.png I told it to proceed, received the window saying it uninstalled jv16 Screen 4.png, and expected something to happen "behind the scenes", but those applications are still there. I even tried the suggestion of restarting the PC and going through the uninstall again but there was no change. If it knows the application is there, shouldn't it know how to remove it?

Is the problem jv16 PowerTools or the applications I'm trying to get rid of?

thedude20165

Just ran Release Candidate. 7,180 Errors seems a little high. Anyone else?

nomaddave

Seems like it ran ok. I did the 3 tests and cleaning with a couple reboots. I will upload the test file shortly.

As for the person who had over 7K "errors" I think mine was either 11,400 or 14,100... But a large number were cookies and that sort of thing. Actual errors cleaned was a lot less but I do like the new design. Will check it out more as time moves on.

docjon

I just downloaded RC-1 Build 288 and I sure would like to comment on this version but I can't figure out from the instructions where the comment should go.

Please simplify the identification of the releases. Don't get into the mode of the Final, The Final Final, the Latest Final Final, etc. Get rid of the RC and just simply keep rolling the Build number. When the urge come to release it to the public, call it simply JV16 PowerTools and internally identify it Rev 0.0.0 or Rev 1.0.0. Within a day of public release it will probably be updated to Rev 0.0.1 or what ever and by the end of the week the 'push' might be 0.0.22 skipping over many internal builds.

arisian

I just ran the NMV RC and I had 3156 errors which are more or less what I expected. I like the new UI. Simple, left to right. 8) 8) 8)

mrsense

Here's my report.

michaelteck

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michaelteck

TheDude20165 wrote
Just ran Release Candidate. 7,180 Errors seems a little high. Anyone else?

Yes, I had more errors than I would expect, also. Mine were cookies and temp files in Firefox. IMHO, I would have them listed as something other than errors. This high number of errors seems to get us a little more excited than we should be.

rolandgodenir

I use jv16Powertools since the beginning of the product and paid a VIP personal licence. All those years through the diffent updates it worked without problems. The Release Candidate found more than 4000 issues and all were solved in 2 minutes. Great, just what I expected.

I found that my former jv16PowerTools is overwritten by the new one and this is only a free 14 days trial. what happens next?