New jv16 Powertools build 5.0.0.845 - A quick update

jv16

We had to release a quick update to jv16 PowerTools.

You can download the new version from here: https://jv16powertools.com/downloads/jv16pt_setup.exe

The build 832 released last week contained an unfortunate bug that could cause it in some systems damage Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird products, as well as possibly Google Chrome. The bug was not generic, meaning that the issue did not happen in every system. This is why we did not notice it in our testing. And which is also why we have, to this date, received only two bug reports of this happening with users. It seems, therefore, that the bug is very rare to occur. If the bug does occur, recovering from the issue is rather easy: Simply reinstalling the affected program, such as Mozilla Firefox.

Even so, we decided to release a quick update to jv16 PowerTools to fix this bug.

I will need to find out how this issue got through our quality control systems. I'm very sorry for this bug to have been in the product and I will personally make sure this will not happen again.

Change Log since Build 832

Fixes:

1) Running the System Cleaner can damage Mozilla Firefox or Mozilla Thunderbird products. This only occurs in some systems, but we wanted to release a fix for the issue as fast as possible nevertheless. A simple reinstall of the mentioned products solves the problem, or restoring the System Restore Point jv16 PowerTools automatically created before the cleaning.

2) The Initial Setup can fail with an error message of Access Violation. This is a very rare bug, but now also fixed.

Improvements:

1) Speed improvements to the Initial Setup, Software Uninstaller and Software Updater scans.

Known Issues:

1) The support for 4K displays is not yet perfect, however, it is already quite usable.

2) System Cleaner's browser cleaning module does not support the new Chromium based Microsoft Edge.

3) The System Cleaner and Software Uninstaller Right-Click menus do not yet have the Add To Ignore List feature.

4) Duplicate Finder will list at most 2000 duplicate files.

redseujac

- Newest Dutch translation version 4.6 -

This is the adapted Dutch translation version 4.6 for build 845.

ngc94227

If the bug does occur, recovering from the issue is rather easy: Simply reinstalling the affected program, such as Mozilla Firefox.

I had this problem as well. Reinstalling Firefox did the job, all the bookmarks etc. were back, but with Thunderbird I lost my mails...... :

Something went wrong with the profile.

Kind regards,

ngc

EDIT: I have restored them in the meantime using a system-restore-point

comtech

Well, I"m the third one affected by that bug. Thunderbird and Firefox got the boot. It was easy to fix as you mentioned. Thanks for the fast update on this one and the previous issues!

doctor9fan

New version crashed during setup, I waited over 8 minutes. Closing the program via task manager then opening it & all was fine.

alfie

Many thanks for that update. I also had my Firefox installation literally wiped out on both of my systems. I had backups but it took a while to get everything back up and working.

wpc

I tried out this feature knowing that there was some risk. But there is the opportunity offered to reverse the action. Well, after I did my computer was completely safe from viruses. There was no internet connection any more. Fine, I thought and used the button to reverse the action. My internet connections were still gone. Using a restore point I could safe all. After this experience I considered to erase the software completely from my computer. Maybe I will do it soon.

I post this message just to inform users. I am not interested to get advices from self-proclaimed experts. What happened simply should never happen, that's the fact.

jv16

redseujac wrote

- Newest Dutch translation version 4.6 -

This is the adapted Dutch translation version 4.6 for build 845.

Received, thank you!

jv16

WPC wrote

I tried out this feature knowing that there was some risk. But there is the opportunity offered to reverse the action. Well, after I did my computer was completely safe from viruses. There was no internet connection any more. Fine, I thought and used the button to reverse the action. My internet connections were still gone. Using a restore point I could safe all. After this experience I considered to erase the software completely from my computer. Maybe I will do it soon.

I post this message just to inform users. I am not interested to get advices from self-proclaimed experts. What happened simply should never happen, that's the fact.

I agree, this should not happen. What the Internet Optimizer does is that it chooses the optimal DNS servers for your connection. It's possible that your network connection does not work with any DNS servers, and that could be why there was no more internet connection after using the feature. Did you check how your DNS servers were changed after you used the tool? Have you ever manually changed your DNS servers?

wpc

The main problem is that reverse of the action does not work

arctucas

License activation has worked for the last few builds, not this one.