jv16 PowerTools 2006 RC2

jv16

jv16 PowerTools 2006 RC2 released. You can download it from:

http://www.macecraft.com/downloads/betas/pt2006/jv16pt_setup_rc2.exe

Don't install it over any old version.

Release notes:

* This software is a Release Candidate, it's not the final product version - do not uninstall jv16 PT 2005 because of this version!

* This release does not contain all the latest updated translations, nor any documentation.

* Everything should work (except that there still are a few known bugs left unfixed) but use common sense and be careful.

* The language interface (English.lng) was again changed a bit. This should be the last modification.

Changes:

* Fixed many bugs of the History Manager and the Cookie Manager

* RC1's Registry Cleaner still sometimes listed non-existing bogus registry keys, this problem is now fixed

* The Remove button of the Registry tools (Reg Cleaner, Finder etc) now actually works

* The RC2 resets your trial period, in other words, you get a new 30 days trial even if RC1 ended your existing trial

* Improved the Registry Cleaner engine to be fully compatible with the Windows Vista

* Fixed dozens of other bugs, but still a few known bugs are unfixed

You can send your bug reports and feedback to: jouni.vuorio@macecraft.com, or write them here with the Reply button. Please send your translations to files@macecraft.com

nogard

Read the fixes and didn't see the fix for the Registry Compator error, but I still get errors when I try to compact my reistry. The errors are "Error! Failed to compact "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE"!" the other error is "Error! Failed to compact "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM"!"

That's all I tested so far. I'll be testing more as the day goes.

redseujac

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tatooine

Hi -- is there a central location for known issues? Not the slew of reported items in this forum category, but acknowledged bugs (especially those that have a reliable way to duplicate them)?

mastercb

COOKIE MANGER:

Situation up to (including) 2006RC1: IE-cookies: O.K., Firefox: not O.K

Situation 2006RC2: Firefox-Cookies: O.K., IE-Cookies: not O.K

The IE cookies are now NOT removed : (I tried to move them to the "remove-tab" and then press START,

and I tried to select context-menu "Remove" directly from the "unknown-tab". But they remain permanent.

THE FIREFOX cookies are now removed successfully !! Thanks for that, JV16 :)

tlstevens

If you click on the tool window, both windows minimize to a single taskbar item, wouldn't it be more useful to have them appear separately so that the main window can be minimized while still using the tool window.

In regards to the programs showing multiple entries, I clicked on more information and they did show different info. One shows the installation path,etc while the other is the registration code for the program.

The cosmetic bug with my hp scanner name in software manager still exists. It puts{Tahoma8} in front of Hewlett-Packard.

tullik

Test candidates:

Planned tests completed ... looks to me like RC3 could be the final ... :)

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Legend:

BT=Backup Tool

CF=Custom Fix

CR=Custom Restore

FF=File Finder

MW=Main Window

RC=Registry Cleaner

RF=Registry Finder

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ufe=Useless file extension

ose=Obsolete software entry

oarme=Obsolete add/remove menu entry

fod.dne=File or directory "path" doe not exist

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All tests done on a Pentium 4 (HTT) with XP Home unless otherwise noted.

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Resolved in RC2

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=3634#3634

-- Tool=Setup -- Area=Target -- Main issue=Target string

-- Fixed ... no longer appends an extraneous string to the target. Just had to change a 1 to a 2

-- Worked differently on XP Pro ??? -- but only a trivial problem ...

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=880

-- Tool=Many -- Area=Preference saving -- Main issue=Replace warning - (jv says fixed)

-- Fixed

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=3456#3456

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=3741#3741

-- Tool=MW -- Area=Taskbar -- Main issue=Tools as tasks - (future objective?)

-- Tools not on task bar -- made it a feature request

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=862

-- Tool=RC RF -- Area=window -- Main issue=window persistence - (jv says fixed)

-- Fixed

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=862

-- Tool=FF -- Area=Memory -- Main issue=Search by date - (jv says fixed)

-- Fixed

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=3566#3566

-- Tool=RC -- Area=pgm logic -- Main issue=Bad keys - (jv says fixed)

-- bad HKLM/HKCU keys fixed

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=878

-- Tool=RF -- Area=bkp -- Main issue=Remove (case of 1) - (fixed in RC2?)

-- Fixed (could not recreate possible error)

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=3514#3514

-- Tool=RC RF ... -- Area=Function -- Main issue=Remove - (jv says fixed)

-- Fixed

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=3597#3597

-- Tool=RC -- Area=CF -- Main issue=Window resize (usability) - (jv says fixed)

-- Fixed

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=887

-- Tool=RC -- Area=CF -- Main issue=Scroll list (usability) - (jv says fixed)

-- Fixed

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=870

-- Tool=BT -- Area=BT -- Main issue=Status count line - (jv says fixed)

-- Fixed

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=3634#3634

-- Tool=BT -- Area=CR -- Main issue=Refresh - (jv says fixed)

-- not fixed but f5 key is an acceptible workaround

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=879

-- Tool=BT -- Area=CR -- Main issue=Status count line - (jv says fixed)

-- Fixed

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=3666#3666

-- Tool=FF -- Area=Date Columns -- Main issue="All" option

-- (Feature request)

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=884

-- Tool=RC -- Area=Fix -- Main issue=What changed?

-- ("by design," don't test)

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=883

-- Tool=BT -- Area=CR -- Main issue=Missing question

-- ("by design," don't test)

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=881

-- Tool=BT -- Area=Main list -- Main issue=Refresh option

-- (jv provided workaround)

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=3638#3638

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=872

-- Tool=Show -- Area=show/hide -- Main issue=Tool set

-- (Feature request)

Unresolved in RC2

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=845

-- Tool=R Compact -- Area=Function -- Main issue=Error messages

-- No change

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=3537#3537

-- Tool=FF -- Area=Limits -- Main issue=Very large list - (future objective?)

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http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=3634#3634

-- Tool=RC -- Area=bkp -- Main issue=reliability - (jv says fixed)

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=3606#3606

-- Tool=RC -- Area=CF -- Main issue="synonym" handling - (jv says fixed ...)

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=3636#3636

-- Tools=Registry -- Area=all -- Main issue="synonym" handling - (jv says fixed ...)

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=882

-- Tool=RC -- Area=CF -- Main issue=Bad backup - (jv says fixed)

-- RC2 fix confirmed here: http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=3880#3880

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=889

-- Tool=RC -- Area=CF -- Main issue=variations - (fix pending?)

-- Bug fix is nearly there -- still a few problems ...

Case 0: 37 lines, unsorted, select all, remove (no CF) -- 37 lines dropped off list -- 24 items in backup -- they restored the registry state

Case 1: the selected lines were only " Useless file extension" and "Obsolete Add/Remove" types (there were also 26 "File or directory "path" does not exist" lines) ... CF cycles through selected list lines correctly and removed selected lines with entry-name/value creating correct backup -- however, if the line showed only a key, it did not take the requested action (line stayed on list, no registry change occured, the line was not placed in backup) -- when CF came to the last such line, it stayed there and "OK delete" did nothing -- closing CF and hitting Fix or Remove purged the lines from the list and made a correct backup

Case 2: same registry state with different sort on the RC list -- similar behavior, same end result ...

Case 3: the 26 selected lines were only "File or directory "path" does not exist" types (13 HKCU and 13 HKUS "synonyms") -- CF took 12 lines off the list and backed up 14 items before it stopped doing "OK delete" -- closing CF and hitting Fix or Remove purged the remaining 14 lines from the list and backed up 1 item (the 15 items in backup restored the registry state) -- there is still a synchronization bug in the "remove/backup/list purge" processing in this case ... there were 15 items in the two backups, there only needed to be 13 (there were apparently duplicates, but the registry state could be restored)

Case 4: the 37 lines in a different sort -- CF took 16 lines off the list, wrote 17 items to backup, then stopped responding to "OK, delete"; closed CF and used Remove in RC -- dropped 21 lines off list, wrote 8 items to backup (registry state was restorable with the two backups) -- essentially the same problems as Case 3 ...

Note: in Cases 3 and 4 while CF was cycling through the list, instead of removing one of the lines, it just blanked out the value for that line ...

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Tests below done on a laptop Pentium 4 (no HTT) with XP Pro

Case 5: 45 lines (2 ufe, 1 ose, 22 oarme, 20 fod.dne), unsorted, select all, remove (no CF) -- 45 lines dropped off list -- 38 items in backup -- they restored the registry state; without closing the RC tool, restored the backup, started RC again, got 51 lines (6 were exact duplicates (HKUS fod.dne types)), closed all PT windows, relaunched PT & RC, got the original 45 lines -- some sort of PT buffer or cache not being flushed?

Case 6: same 45 lines -- used CF -- select all with no column sort -- removed 28 lines with "OK delete" (a time or so, the line that CF showed was not the one that dropped from the list) 27 items in backup -- 17 lines left on list (11 key only lines, 6 fod.dne lines (HKUS)) -- removed with RC Remove -- 11 items in backup; started RC without prior close, showed 0 lines; restore and RC start did not show the original state -- otherwise, case 6 behavior was similar to Case 3. I did not notice "blanked out value" situation, but it may have happened -- the laptop screen is too small.

Note: at the end of Case 6, the status line failed to show the selected and highlighted count; closing and restarting RC did not help -- had to close all tools and PT -- that helped.

Note: after Case 6, repeated runs showed different total line counts even though no actions were done (51, 45, 50, 44, 50, 44, 44) -- have scan report screenshots for the bold numbers -- keys analyzed was different in all four; values analyzed was equal in just two. Because the RC line count varies for no apparent reason, the red statement in Case 6 may not be true. (Screen shots at end ...)

Note: "mediumizing" the full screen RC window throws it partially off the screen -- you have to drag it back.

Summary of registry engine bugs (imho):

1. CF is not handling "key only" lines properly

2. CF is not handling the second line of "synonym" type lines properly

3. CF has a problem synchronizing "remove/backup/list purge" processing

4. RC occasionally displays duplicate lines (which can complicate item 2)

5. RC displays a different number of lines in consecutive runs, even if nothing changed (may be the same problem as 4)

Added note (28 Feb 2006): jv16pt 2005 has the same behavior as item 5 in the summary

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Newly noticed bugs in RC2

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=822

-- Tool=Shortcut -- Area=parameter -- Main issue=Error message

-- Message gone but ... -FileTool parameter in a shortcut calls File Cleaner tool

Items with unknown status in RC2

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nogard

Sorry redseujac. I'll post all my bugs and feedback in 1 post from now on.

Starting now.

Cookie Manager is working with firefox now but it's not with IE. When I say it's not working I mean when I remove the cookies from IE through cookie manager, close the cookie manager and reopen it, the cookies are still in unknown for IE.

Everything else beside the registry compactor seems to be working for me here with windows XP home SP2

sofabuddy

I initially posted this message as two different posts under Beta Testing (I'm learning the ropes here)...

START MENU FIXER

Greetings,

I had a problem with the Start Menu Fixer (SMF):

SMF will not delete an invalid shortcut entry when I choose to create a backup for the invalid entry.

When I choose "No" when asked if I want to create a backup, SMF does delete the invalid entry.

Has anyone else had a similar problem with SMF?

Sincerely,

sb

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jv16 PowerTools 2006 1.5.2.323

WinXp Home SP2

REGISTRY CLEANER

Greetings,

I'm beta-testing 1.5.2.323, and I have a GUI-related request for the Registry Cleaner:

When choosing to fix (and backup) registry errors, a dialog box appears with a default description for the backup.

In one instance the default description was (approx.) ", @, @, @, @, @, @". the nest time it was "{KEY} : Obsolete software entry"

I believe a more useful description would simply be date and time, e.g., 20060222092359 (YYYYMMDDHHMMSS). From this start point, a user could add if needed. Either way, the user will have a chronologically ordered set of backups from which to select if needed, which is more useful than ", @, @, @, @, @, @"!

Any thoughts on this idea?

Sincerely,

sb

REGISTRY COMPACTOR

I've had the same problems with error messages regarding RC as noted above.

One bit of info for you: The very first time I used RC, I received NO error messages during/after compacting.

However, after reading some of the posts here, I decided to try compacting again, resulting in the errors. I hope this information is helpful.

sincerely,

sb

tullik

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tullik

SofaBuddy wrote
... I've had the same problems with error messages regarding RC as noted above.

One bit of info for you: The very first time I used RC, I received NO error messages during/after compacting.

However, after reading some of the posts here, I decided to try compacting again, resulting in the errors. I hope this information is helpful.

It may be ... many of us did the compact in beta4, repeatedly without the error messages. The messages appeared in RC1 (and now RC2) the first and every time we did it ...

jv16

FYI: The bugs of the Registry Compactor are still unfixed in the RC2, they will be fixed for the next version. There are also a few other unfixed known bugs in RC2.

redseujac

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tullik

You are (of course) right, redseujac.

CF is better than in RC1 but still has some significant problems.

This is from http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=3718#3718

tullik wrote
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Summary of registry engine bugs (imho):

1. CF is not handling "key only" lines properly

2. CF is not handling the second line of "synonym" type lines properly

3. CF has a problem synchronizing "remove/backup/list purge" processing

4. RC occasionally displays duplicate lines (which can complicate item 2)

5. RC displays a different number of lines in consecutive runs, even if nothing changed (may be the same problem as 4) ...

Added note (28 Feb 2006): jv16pt 2005 has the same behavior as item 5 in the summary

Once these are fixed, we are close to a release.

redseujac

Oops ... :

Hadn't seen that "summary", Tullik ...

Guess I have focussed too much on those pictures of Scan report just below :

At first sight, I didn't see any difference, you know, but very soon I did ...

tullik

redseujac,

No need for "oops" ... you did not see it because I just added it ... to give some focus to all that testing detail ...

redseujac

Hey

I was wondering ...

So, well, I'm not so foolish as I thought myself :

Now I can going to sleep in all conscience ... :

Have a nice weekend ...

redseujac

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redseujac

This is a "fake" post with the only purpose to bring the original RC2 betatesting topic of jv16 again to the top of the topics : : :

tullik

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