Updated version of jv16 PowerTools released!
You can download the new version from here: https://jv16powertools.com/downloads/jv16pt_setup.exe
Since the last official version release (build 730), our in-house testing team has done a total of 14917 cycles of testing of the product. One testing cycle means a testing of a major product feature, such as running the System Cleaner or uninstalling one software with the Software Uninstaller. That adds up to a total of 40610 minutes in active testing by our staff. This does not mean simply work time, this means actual testing time, logged by jv16 PowerTools itself in our various testing environments.
This is what we have been up to: A lot of testing to improve stability and accuracy. This version now finds more junk and left-overs than before, and with the highest level of accuracy so far.
If you are using any recent jv16 PowerTools (5.0.0.x) - simply install the new version over the old version. No uninstallation is required or recommended.
If you are using an older version, please uninstall it before installing the new version, or install the new version to another directory. As you might know, jv16 PowerTools also support automatic updates so you should get the update also automatically. However, there is a designed delay in this process (in order to avoid every single installed version of the program downloading the same file from our servers the same time), so if you wish to update to the new version right now, simply download the file from the link above and install it.
1) Uninstallation of builtin Windows apps can fail with Software Uninstaller.
2) Software Uninstaller may fail to list builtin Windows apps on non English Windows.
3) Maximizing the program window will cause any active result list to lose focus.
4) Uninstalling some software with Software Uninstaller, such as Filezilla, can cause the system to reboot because jv16 PowerTools failed to choose the do not restart computer option automatically from the uninstaller.
5) The Initial Setup can fail with an Access Violation error message or simply close. If ran again, it normally works at that time. This is a rare issue, happening with less than 1% of users.
Improvements:
1) Major accuracy improvements to the Initial Setup, System Cleaner, Software Uninstaller and Software Updater scans.
2) The Use Custom Main Menu option will now be disabled by default on systems with multiple monitors. This feature doesn't work properly on systems with multiple monitors, this is a quick workaround until we have a proper fix.
3) The program will now detect if major changes have been made to the system since the Initial Setup was originally run and it will be run again to ensure the most accurate analysis of the system.
4) Pressing Ctrl + A while a tool's result filter is active now selects the filter text, instead of selecting all of the result list items.
5) The Languages menu and the Tools menu are now hidden from the main menu while the tool is scanning. Previously, one could change the language of the program during scanning, which made the scanning stop as the program needs to restart for the language change.
These are the currently known bugs and issues that we are aware of and are working to fix in the near future.
Known Issues:
1) The support for 4K displays is not yet perfect.
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.
After this, we are going back to the lab, back to development. The next version release is going to include major improvements in user interface as well as in performance. It will be released on December and it will be the biggest update release of the year.
