jv16 PowerTools 7.3.0.1365 - Private Build

jv16

We are offering a private build as a sneak preview of the upcoming massive jv16 PowerTools update.

The private build has been sent to our Patreon members (https://www.patreon.com/macecraft) as well as to a few forum members who have provided good quality feedback before. We are sending out those download links via email and forum private messages right now.

The new version has three new tools:

1) File Wiper to allow deleting data in a way it cannot be recovered by file recovery products. An unique feature of this new tool is that jv16 PowerTools can generate fake data to further obfuscate any recovery attempts. For example, let's say you want to delete "cat.jpg" from your Pictures folder. If you use File Wiper to do that, the file is removed in a way it cannot be recovered, but also the File Wiper is going to generate files called "copy of cat.jpg", "cat.zip", "secret file.jpg" etc filled with fake data and then also removed. This will provide an additional layer of protection against file recovery and plausible deniability.

2) File Deleter to allow you to delete locked files in Windows. If it cannot unlock the file and delete it right away, it can also attempt to delete the file upon the next system restart.

3) Web Blocker to allow you to block ads and/or specific types of websites, such as social media, news or gambling websites. This feature works by editing the Windows hosts file and therefore it will work with all apps and browsers without the need to install any browser extensions or anything else constantly running and using system resources.

There are also major improvements, such as entirely re-implemented temporary file detection in System Cleaner, massive speed and accuracy improvements in the Software Uninstaller and many smaller new features such as support for password protecting a jv16 PowerTools installation and changing the app's language from the Settings.

This is what I am talking about:

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This version is now available for download for a selected number of people and the official version will be released later in this month.

If you received the download link, you can send your feedback either to this forum thread or directly to me via forum private message or email. Thank you!

Here is the full Change Log:

Fixes: 1) Fix: Cleaning the system with the System Cleaner could cause the cleaning process to complete so fast you cannot uncheck the 'Restart computer when done' option in the progress screen, leading to an unwanted system reboot. The process going to fast bug is now fixed, plus the Settings now contain an option to disable the restart altogether. 2) Fix: Changing the search options in Finder, Big File Finder and Duplicate Finder did not always update the screen contents correctly without having to resize or maximize the application window. 3) Fix: The dashboard could show an empty CPU usage value inside the circular element when the app starts. 4) Fix: Going from Software Uninstaller to Uninstall Software screen and then clicking the Back button could cause the app to remain in 'Please Wait' stage until any new tool is opened. 5) Fix: The program could start without properly initializing its main user interface until any tool is opened or the app window resized. 6) Fix: Using the Dashboard's Finder Panel's top right corner button Right Click > Finder option to open the Finder tool, caused the tool open but with the UI incorrectly initialized. 7) Fix: Scrolling the Dashboard's list up and down immediately after the program had started, could cause the scrolling not to be smooth and the CPU usage to be high for a few seconds. 8) Fix: In the My Account tool the Buy Now and Apply buttons could both sometimes display the default button frame, when naturally only one button should ever be the defined default button. 9) Fix: Starting the Software Updater could have shown the Finalizing step too early, causing it to remain on screen for a long time while the tool is loading. 10) Fix: The translations menu did not show the name of some languages, such as Japanese and Korean, in these languages, only in English. 11) Fix: The UI of the Big File Finder did not scale very well for small app window sizes. 12) Fix: System Cleaner results might not get automatically selected in some systems, even if the option was checked from Settings. 13) Fix: The program could display an 'integer overflow' error message if the program was run in a system that had been running for over six days. 14) Fix: The program could display an 'access violation' error message when started. However, this was a very rare bug and it was not system specific, meaning simply starting the program again would allow you to use the app. 15) Fix: If you pressed Ctrl + S before the main program window was fully loaded, it could cause the app to display an Access Violation error message. 16) Fix: It was possible to double click the Clean And Fix All or Uninstall button of the Software Uninstaller while a confirmation message window was visible and this could lead to unexpected outcome, such as an empty software uninstallation confirmation screen. This bug was entirely cosmetic. 17) Fix: If the program was started on a non-English Windows, it would first start automatically in that language, then convert back to English and then back to the system language only when the main dashboard was shown after the Initial Setup. 18) Fix: Software Uninstaller could list the same app twice, if it had special character in its name. For example, 'Forté Agent' and a duplicate entry as 'Forte Agent'. 19) Fix: If you clicked the top right X button of the message box to restart jv16 PowerTools after changing its language, the app wouldn't close or restart, but instead it remained on screen with possibly half translated UI. 20) Fix: Clicking Software Updater from the main menu did not open the tool. 21) Fix: Quickly clicking between Task Manager and some other tool could make the app to display only a blank screen and without any way to continue to use the app other than restart it. 22) Fix: Fixed some typos from the English user interface. Improvements: 1) New tool: File Wiper allows you to delete files in a way the files cannot be recovered with data recovery products. 2) New tool: File Deleter allows you to delete locked and otherwise write-protected files. 3) New tool: Web Blocker allows you to block ads and websites of specific types, such as social media websites. 4) New feature: The program now supports password protection. You can now define a password in Settings and if you do so, the program will require a password input before it can be used. 5) The temporary file cleaning feature of the System Cleaner has been fully re-designed and implemented. You can now choose exactly how you want temporary data to be cleaned within Settings > System Cleaner. 6) Major improvements for the performance and accuracy of the Software Uninstaller. 7) Major improvements to the overall user experience for example by having the user interface to better communicate to the user what is happening. 8) Improved the user interface of the File Finder, Big File Finder and Duplicate File Finder for easier and faster use. 9) Improved the overall responsiveness of the UI. 10) Improved the way the category selection works in System Cleaner. Before, selecting or unselecting a category could cause a long delay with 'please wait' box covering the screen. This is now much smoother and there is no 'please wait' screen needed. 11) Added an option to disable all tips and warnings from the app. This is now available in the Settings. 12) Added an option to hide the navigation panel category texts. This is in Settings > General. 13) Added an option to change the program's language to the Settings. Previously, it was only available in the app's main menu, but a key setting like this should also be available in the Settings screen. Now it is. 14) Improved the support for smaller window sizes in the Settings screen. 15) Changed the default configuration of the Software Uninstaller not to list built-in Windows apps or any Microsoft related products. This greatly improves the scan speed of the Software Uninstaller and in most cases, there is no need to list these anyway. The setting can be adjusted from Settings > Software Uninstaller. 16) Improved the way the program works with smaller screen resolutions. 17) Added support for scroll bar for the navigation menu. It will be visible only when needed, that is, the app window size being smaller than the space required to show all the navigation icons. 18) Added an option to keep completed modules in the scan progress screen. This is now enabled by default. Previously, completed modules were removed from the screen which could have made following the progress of the scan more difficult to follow. 19) Double clicking a results row in System Cleaner now opens the item's registry key in RegEdit or folder in Explorer. 20) Improved the sizing and scaling of the System Cleaner's category selector. 21) Improved the way the program communicates what it is currently doing to the user. 22) The program now explains better if the Initial Setup needs to be run again. This needs to be done if the system configuration has changed too much since the time Initial Setup was originally run, for example, after a big System Cleaner cleaning session. 23) System Cleaner's category listing now uses the same font as the rest of the UI. 24) Duplicate File Finder now supports finding duplicates of specific size and/or duplicate files that have not been modified within a given number of days. 25) Improved support for systems with multiple monitors. 26) Finder, Big File Finder and Duplicate Finder now remember the previously used search from paths. 27) Dashboard's CPU and RAM usage areas now display a color key legend in every screen size. 28) The program now starts with a fade-in effect.

29) Comes with improved Finnish, Dutch and Russian translations.

arctucas

My initial impression is it takes considerably longer to load and scan.

Also, there is a noticeable delay when clicking buttons and the application reacting.

More testing needed.

jv16

Arctucas wrote

My initial impression is it takes considerably longer to load and scan.

Also, there is a noticeable delay when clicking buttons and the application reacting.

More testing needed.

That's interesting. In our testing systems, the new build takes on average 77 seconds to run the Initial Setup (build 1320: 75 seconds), 83 seconds to run System Cleaner scan (build 1320: 106 seconds) and 33 seconds to run the Software Uninstaller scan (build 1320: 63 seconds).

So in all metrics that we have, the new version is either about same speed (Initial Setup) or a lot faster (System Cleaner and Software Uninstaller scans).

Which buttons have a delay when clicking? The navigation panel buttons perhaps?

arctucas

System Cleaner scan speed:

With all available options checked in System cleaner:

1365 = 1 1365 finds 13 results.

1320 = 2 1320 finds 35 results.

Unchecking File System options (which does not appear in 1365 options) in 1320 = 1.

After running 1365 System Cleaner, all options, and deleting all found items, running 1320 System Cleaner finds 29 items more and 13 temp files.

And, after all that, running Power Tools X v1492, it finds a useless empty key and a an empty folder the two newer versions missed.

arctucas

Software Uninstaller

1365 = 00 77 softwares, 4 new, 3 traces of old

1320 = 00 85 softwares, 4 new, 4 traces of old.

arctucas

Button delay:

I have not tried everything as of yet, but the one I have noticed is after running the System Cleaner in 1365 and deleting the found items, clicking OK, it takes one or two seconds for that window to close. In 1320, the window closes immediately.

jv16

Arctucas wrote

Button delay:

I have not tried everything as of yet, but the one I have noticed is after running the System Cleaner in 1365 and deleting the found items, clicking OK, it takes one or two seconds for that window to close. In 1320, the window closes immediately.

Does this delay happen with any other buttons, or just the buttons with the message boxes?

arctucas

jv16 wrote

Arctucas wrote

Button delay:

I have not tried everything as of yet, but the one I have noticed is after running the System Cleaner in 1365 and deleting the found items, clicking OK, it takes one or two seconds for that window to close. In 1320, the window closes immediately.

Does this delay happen with any other buttons, or just the buttons with the message boxes?

That is the only tool I have used.

Essentially, it is the only tool I ever use with Power Tools.

jv16

Arctucas wrote

System Cleaner scan speed:

With all available options checked in System cleaner:

1365 = 1 1365 finds 13 results.

1320 = 2 1320 finds 35 results.

Unchecking File System options (which does not appear in 1365 options) in 1320 = 1.

So, sounds like the new version is faster than before, sounds about right!

Arctucas wrote

After running 1365 System Cleaner, all options, and deleting all found items, running 1320 System Cleaner finds 29 items more and 13 temp files.

And, after all that, running Power Tools X v1492, it finds a useless empty key and a an empty folder the two newer versions missed.

This sounds normal. We did a lot of accuracy improvements for the new version. We focus on quality, not quantity, so the more results is not always better.

thomas-k

The problem with Leftover traces from old Software is not solved.

These programs are not leftovers.

Adobe Acrobat DC

Asmedia USB

ResidualVM

Epic Games Launcher

Glitch SBC Hyper Dot

Adobe Acrobat DC is one of my favorite PDF Reader. There are more than 100 of registry entries in the registry.

Epic Games Launcher is a game client like steam.

Or Hyper Dot. Hyper Dot is a Twitch Game, which exist and was is installed normally.

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jv16

thomas-k wrote

The problem with Leftover traces from old Software is not solved.

These programs are not leftovers.

Adobe Acrobat DC

Asmedia USB

ResidualVM

Epic Games Launcher

Glitch SBC Hyper Dot

Adobe Acrobat DC is one of my favorite PDF Reader. There are more than 100 of registry entries in the registry.

Epic Games Launcher is a game client like steam.

Or Hyper Dot. Hyper Dot is a Twitch Game, which exist and was is installed normally.

Thank you for reminding me about this issue and providing this information, but I'm afraid this is not a generic issue. I have tried to install these apps in many testing systems and in each and every system they are correctly detected and not detected as left-overs.

Could you send me the contents of the \Debug folder of the jv16 PowerTools installation so I could have a closer look why these apps are not correctly detected in your system? You can email it to me directly to: jouni.flemming@macecraft.com

thomas-k

Okay, i've send you an email.

siliconman01

Thus far, I am very pleased with this update. I find the Internet Optimizer to be very useful and the speed/accuracy of the System Cleaner is quite good on both Windows 10x64 Pro and Windows 11x64 Pro. I did e-mail Jouni concerning a couple of items, but they are minor.

Thanks for letting me test this new impending update.

jv16

thomas-k wrote

Okay, i've send you an email.

Received, thank you!

redseujac

Initial findings for private build 1365

- System Cleaner: 125 sec - results 4047

- System Cleaner: "Initializing the search" takes approx. 30 seconds. That's quite long :

- Message "Thank you for trying out jv16 PowerTools! We hope you like it..." cannot be Closed/removed when clicking on the .

- File Wiper: Tip at the bottom of the screen "Tip: Deleting a file normally means ..." is not translated, obviously because the string is missing in the English.txt file.

- File Remover: Tip at the bottom om the screen: "Tip: Deleting locked files ..." is not translated, obviously because the string is missing in the English.txt file.

redseujac

Dutch translation for Private Build 1365

Here is my Dutch translation file version 8.0 for build 1365:

arctucas

jv16 wrote

Arctucas wrote

System Cleaner scan speed:

With all available options checked in System cleaner:

1365 = 1 1365 finds 13 results.

1320 = 2 1320 finds 35 results.

Unchecking File System options (which does not appear in 1365 options) in 1320 = 1.

So, sounds like the new version is faster than before, sounds about right!

Arctucas wrote

After running 1365 System Cleaner, all options, and deleting all found items, running 1320 System Cleaner finds 29 items more and 13 temp files.

And, after all that, running Power Tools X v1492, it finds a useless empty key and a an empty folder the two newer versions missed.

This sounds normal. We did a lot of accuracy improvements for the new version. We focus on quality, not quantity, so the more results is not always better.

Is not the 'quality' of a product determined by the efficacy of the product?

A 'cleaner' that leaves dirt behind that another similar product removes is better?

jv16

Arctucas wrote

Is not the 'quality' of a product determined by the efficacy of the product?

A 'cleaner' that leaves dirt behind that another similar product removes is better?

Quality is determined by safety. It has been our policy for over 20 years that it's better to leave 100 items behind rather than delete 1 item that could cause problems for the user. The system cleaning engine has been updated for the new version to again be safer and that means it is not listing certain items that the previous versions listed.

jv16

redseujac wrote

Dutch translation for Private Build 1365

Here is my Dutch translation file version 8.0 for build 1365:

Received, thank you!

jv16

siliconman01 wrote

Thus far, I am very pleased with this update. I find the Internet Optimizer to be very useful and the speed/accuracy of the System Cleaner is quite good on both Windows 10x64 Pro and Windows 11x64 Pro. I did e-mail Jouni concerning a couple of items, but they are minor.

Thanks for letting me test this new impending update.

Thank you for your feedback!