jv16 PowerTools 2006 RC5

Registry Finder and bad lines -- here: http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=4120#4120 is fixed in RC5.

Disk Wiper -- a full device wipe ...

I pointed DW at a USB-connected flash drive. It is a 488 MB device. According to windows explorer, there are 235 files and 32 folders on the device. I told DW to wipe it all and the free space. Used space = 65 MB; free space = 423 MB It seems to be doing that ... I'll add a thumbnail screenshot when it finishes.

Maybe it is never going to finish. It has been running over an hour. Explorer shows 1 file with size = the device capacity; used space = 488 MB; free space = 0 MB. Going to kill it after uploading screenshots ... oops -- it just ended.

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Disk Wiper does free space only wipe ...

I pointed DW at a USB-connected flash drive. There was 423 MB of free space. I told DW to wipe only the free space.

It seems to be doing that ... I'll add the ending screenshot when it finishes.

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Disk Wiper free space only wipe is no easy quitter ...

I pointed DW at a subdirectory on a USB-connected flash drive. There was 423 MB of free space. I told DW to wipe only the free space.

Let it run for a while, then clicked "Abort" (testing the Abort function) ... What happened?

1. The Disk Wiper window disappeared.

2. Xed the Main PT window...it minimized to the task bar and would not restore.

3. Task Manager showed jv16pt.exe using very little cpu

4. A large file (jv*.dat, about 200 MB) could not be opened through a context menu because the file was in use.

5. Explorer "properties" included the space of the big file.

5. After 15-20 minutes, the jv16 task went away.

6. It took a few more minutes before the big file went away and "properties" gave a correct answer.

I had to crate this post to bring this topic again to the top because members continue to post their feedback at the wrong places :

Disk Wiper ...just doing a directory structure ...

I pointed DW at a directory on a USB-connected flash drive. Properties were 94.2 MB, 235 files, 32 folders. It wiped the contents of the directory completely. It was a little slow (almost 15 minutes). File wiped count was 236.

The progress indicator was useless, showing 100% for the duration of the run.

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I still have to test the program more thoroughly, but both Software Manager and the Registry Manager seems severely broken (particularly, the latter, as it doesn't display anything in the "Add/Remove" tab). The final bug report, on Monday

Strange ... I have no problems with those program parts

Try to activate the "Age" system to reproduce the bug. Maybe it's a bug caused by the fact that I'm using Win98SE. I don't know really :)

Lashiec wrote

I still have to test the program more thoroughly, but both Software Manager and the Registry Manager seems severely broken ...

redseujac wrote

... Strange ... I have no problems with those program parts ...

Stranger still --- look here: http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=4183#4183

My Software Manager has software name in the author column, date/time in the software column, a registry key in the Installation date column, and an apparent uninstall path in the comments column.

redseujac, does your list really look normal?

I was able to install RC5 after I performed a clean install of my operating system. Will post with observations after I have some time to check it out.

When my firewall pops up the warning when running Registry cleaner, the window disappears and has to be relaunched.