May 18th, 2012· Bug fix: The program can show an error "data.xbin corrupted" when starting.
· Bug fix: Registry Compactor can show an internal error while doing the second phase of compact.
· Bug fix: History Cleaner can report "failed to access" error when run in non-English version of Windows.
· Bug fix: Running the Registry Cleaner (or Clean and Fix My Computer) can cause the list of accounts to disapear from Windows 7 login screen. The problem can be solved by restoring the backup created by PowerTools.
· Bug fix: Removing specific kinds of data with the Registry Cleaner or any other registry tool of PowerTools can cause the program to crash to Access Violation at address 006C13A4.
· Bug fix: Program can show "The application seems to be frozen." error message while running the Registry Cleaner (or Clean and Fix My Computer) with specific data in the registry.
· Bug fix: Creating a desktop shortcut for specific tools might not work correctly.
· Bug fix: Backup tool can show a backup in the wrong section, for example a File Cleaner backup under the Registry Backups tab.
· Bug fix: Some tools, such as Mass Rename Files and Remove Files on Reboot had too little space for translated button captions.
· Bug fix: The program can ask permission to check for new immunization data twice in a row.
· Bug fix: The Action History menu item in the main window´s File menu does not work.
· Bug fix: Cannot translate the Delete item in context menu in the Mass rename tool.
· Bug fix: Cannot translate the "Tag" item in the Startup Manager.
· Bug fix: The program can crash to Access Violation after closing the History Cleaner.
· Bug fix: The captions of the following tools cannot be translated: File tool, Immunize my Computer and Directory tool.
· Bug fix: System Optimizer can in some systems show up as a blank window without any content.
· Bug fix: The desktop shortcut for each of the tools has the jv16pt.exe icon, not the icon of the specific tool.
· Bug fix: History Cleaner backups are displayed in the wrong tab in the Backup tool (they should be displayed under Other backups)
· Bug fix: Hungarian translation is always installed, yet it doesn´t show in the Setup´s list of available translations.
· Bug fix: Some tool windows, for example the Settings window, do not show the currently active tab selection rectange.
· Bug fix: The user interface of the Registry Cleaner (and Clean and Fix My Computer) can get confused with 64 bit registry data and this causes the Open in RegEdit feature to sometimes open an incorrect key.
· Bug fix: Uninstalling PowerTools can leave the "Buy jv16 PowerTools" shortcut to desktop.
· Bug fix: Uninstalling PowerTools can leave PowerTools´ tool shortcuts to desktop. These can be created from the main window´s Tools > Add shortcut to desktop... menu.
· Bug fix: Settings Integration with Windows feature doesn´t work properly.
· Bug fix: Fixed a few typos from the English user interface (English.lng).
· Bug fix: Immunize my Computer can ask the permission to connect the Internet two or three times in a row.
· Bug fix: It´s not possible to translate certain texts of the File Encryption feature by editing the English.lng
· Bug fix: Decrypting a file can crash the program to Cannot focus a disabled or invisible window error message.
· Improvement: Added a command line switch "-Immunize" to start the Immunize My Computer tool.
· Improvement: Made the "Undo Immunization" feature easier to find from the Tools menu of the Backup tool.
· Improvement: Added a recommendation for the user to restart the program after disabling or enabling the Tag System, as its settings are not updated on-the-fly to already opened tools.
· Improvement: Made the GUI of the program more responsive.
· Improvement: All the found items are now automatically checked when uninstalling a software with the Software Uninstaller.
· Improvement: Updated most of the user interface icons.
· Improvement: Added Settings, Backups and Action History to Main Window > Tools > Add shortcut to Desktop.
· Note: The implementation of Settings > Integration with Windows has been changed.
February 2nd, 2012· Bug fix: SetAppID.exe can show an error message or crash after jv16 PowerTools has been installed.
· Bug fix: Backup Tool: The Abort button of all three icons does nothing. Also, it stays red after clicked.
· Bug fix: Immunization tool doesn't show the number of lines to be added correctly.
· Bug fix: Tip in the Anti-Malware´s window should be moved down and it should be changed to plural ("... directories to these boxes.").
· Bug fix: Go to main window ->settings -> 'Integration with windows' -> Icons in Jump/start menu -> check item -> click OK. After the "specified path not found" application error the application can now be 'continued', 'restarted' or 'closed'. However the checked 'icon item' is now unchecked and that item is not added to the Jump/Start menu.
· Bug fix: Open the Immunization feature and then closing it. Upon reopening the Immunization feature it generates an repeatable Access Violation error.
· Bug fix: Go to main window ->'settings' -> 'Integration with windows' -> 'Icons in Jump/start menu' -> check the 'Backup' item -> click Ok. Only after the sequence close+start+close of jv16PT the Clean and fix my Computer icon shows up in the Jump/Start menu. Clicking on this CFMC icon however starts the jv16PT Backup function!
· Bug fix: File Recovery: all the boxes (rectangles) must contain some numbers or text, even with "Look only for files of specific size" disabled, if not you get the warning I mentioned in my original post and the tool does not work.
· Bug fix: Action History does not show adding a new startup item in the Startup Manager.
· Bug fix: The Immunization tool can add duplicate items to the hosts file if the hosts file already contains data.
· Bug fix: The Registry Finder (and Registry Find and Replace) does not always find data which is stored in the default value of a registry key.
· Improvement: It's now possible to tell the Immunization tool to not to block certain websites, like Google ads.
· Improvement: You can no setup the program to run the Immunization tool automatically every time PowerTools starts.
· Improvement: The Registry Cleaner should now find a few more errors, due to a bug fix inside the engine.
August 1st, 2011· Bug fix: The program doesn't start in some systems, usually this occurs under a non-English Windows.
· Bug fix: Registry Cleaner's Custom Fix feature can crash the program.
· Bug fix: The program's main icon has jagged edges in some Windows.
July 18th, 2011· Bug fix: Open in RegEdit feature does not open in some non-English versions of Windows.
· Bug fix: Clean and Fix My Computer can crash if used with the Tag feature disabled.
· Bug fix: The files ...\Cache\ProgramDirs.dat and ...\Cache\SearchDirs.dat can contain empty lines.
· Bug fix: If you change a backup's description in the Backup Tool the change shows in the list immediately. However, if you close the tool and start it again in the same session, the change no longer shows. It will show in a new session.
· Bug: The tooltips of Main Window's health gauges are not correct.
· Bug: The program can display items of certain Anti-Virus products even if the option to ignore all data relating to Anti-Virus products has been selected under Additional Safety tab.
· Bug fix: The program can access the floppy disk drive while performing the registry scan.
· Bug fix: The main window's health gauges are not always correctly updated after an operation such as a registry cleanup.
· Bug fix: It's not always possible to start the File Recovery tool using the Search by size feature.
· Bug fix: The program can crash or freeze while fixing certain types of registry errors.
· Bug fix: File Finder's Find By Content feature doesn't always work properly.
· Bug fix: The Tag column doesn't always show, even if the option to use Tags has been selected from the Settings window.
· Bug fix: Aborting a Custom Uninstall Software operation can crash the program to Access Violation.
· Bug fix: Startin the program as the registered, full version, doesn't always delete the created Buy jv16 PowerTools web link from the desktop.
· Improvement: The program will automatically search for a license during the Initial Setup.
· Improvement: Improved the startup time of the program.
· Improvement: Improved the program's ability to find temp files.
· Improvement: Main window's Help menu no longer shows the Report Bug feature if you are running a beta level software. For beta level software, you should use the Report Bug feature under the Main window's Debug menu.
· Improvement: The program's debug features such as the generation of the Debug Log has been greatly improved.
March 30th, 2011· Bug fix: Encrypting a file with the File Encrypter can in some cases delete the file, instead of encrypting it.
· Bug fix: Disable feature of the Startup Manager does not work if the user has never used msconfig.
· Bug fix: Even with A:\ in Global Ignore List, the floppy disk drive is being accessed when using the Fix feature of the Registry Cleaner or Clean and Fix My Computer.
· Bug fix: Using the Registry Cleaner or Clean and Fix My Computer can cause the program to crash to error "Cannot create file. The system cannot find the path specified."
· Bug fix: Using the Registry Cleaner or Clean and Fix My Computer can cause the program to crash to error "The application seems to be frozen."
· Bug fix: File Cleaner and Clean and Fix My Computer can remove empty folders that are required by Norton Internet Security.
· Bug fix: The second part of the Registry Compact process still says jv16 PowerTools 2010 instead of 2011.
· Bug fix: Error messages displayed by the File Encryptor close automatically with the tool window.
· Bug fix: Removing items from a result list can cause the program to crash to EAccessViolation.
· Bug fix: Some tools do not honor the Global Ignore List if the list was modified during the same program session.
· Improvement: Registry Cleaner and Clean and Fix My Computer now better support the Global Ignore List (the tools no longer suggest error fixing options that match the Global Ignore List, e.g. fix a broken reference to point to a disk drive ignored with the Global Ignore List).
· Improvement: Improved the Registry Cleaner's ability to fix registry errors (instead of deleting the data).
· The release also contains updates to most translations. The program at the moment comes with the following translations: Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Slovak and Swedish.
February 18th, 2011· Tag System allows you to place tags to individual lines of most of the tools. This feature is very useful for adding comments about specific items. It's also possible to add a special Important tag. If you attempt to remove an item with the tag, PowerTools will show you an extra confirmation dialog before the item is removed. This can be used to add an extra layer of protection for important data.
· User Action History feature allows you to see exactly what you have removed with the program and locate the backup relating to the item. For example, you can see a list of files deleted on a specific date using PowerTools, or the list of registry errors fixed.
· Improved Clean and Fix My Computer feature will also scan for broken shortcuts and for unneeded empty folders from the Start Menu and Desktop.
· Improved Registry Cleaner feature will show more detailed information on why a specific piece of registry data was listed as error.
· Improved Settings window now uses scroll bars in order to display all the settings with smaller window sizes.
· Improved Startup Manager is now fully compatible with msconfig. This means that you can use jv16 PowerTools to enable items disabled with msconfig, and vice versa.
· Remove on reboot feature in the File Tool allows you to delete protected or locked files during the next system startup.
· Rewritten Software Uninstaller. Both its ability to find software from the computer, and its ability to uninstall software have been greatly improved.
· Accuracy and safety improvements to the Registry Cleaner engine.
February 10th, 2011· Tag System allows you to place tags to individual lines of most of the tools. This feature is very useful for adding comments about specific items. It's also possible to add a special Important tag. If you attempt to remove an item with the tag, PowerTools will show you an extra confirmation dialog before the item is removed. This can be used to add an extra layer of protection for important data.
· User Action History feature allows you to see exactly what you have removed with the program and locate the backup relating to the item. For example, you can see a list of files deleted on a specific date using PowerTools, or the list of registry errors fixed.
· Improved Clean and Fix My Computer feature will also scan for broken shortcuts and for unneeded empty folders from the Start Menu and Desktop.
· Improved Registry Cleaner feature will show more detailed information on why a specific piece of registry data was listed as error.
· Improved Settings window now uses scroll bars in order to display all the settings with smaller window sizes.
· Improved Startup Manager is now fully compatible with msconfig. This means that you can use jv16 PowerTools to enable items disabled with msconfig, and vice versa.
· Remove on reboot feature in the File Tool allows you to delete protected or locked files during the next system startup.
· Rewritten Software Uninstaller. Both its ability to find software from the computer, and its ability to uninstall software have been greatly improved.
· Accuracy and safety improvements to the Registry Cleaner engine.
November 25th, 2010· Bug fix: If you start the Clean and Fix My Computer using a command line paramter or a desktop icon, its Search Words box could contain "memSearchWords"
· Bug fix: The Explore function under the More Functions menu of the Directory tool works on the first selected item of the list, while it should work on the highlighted item.
· Bug fix: The Filename field of Startup Manager's top panel always says "N/A".
· Bug fix: Closing a tool window with the filter panel visible, causes the program to crash to "Cannot change visibility in OnChange" if the same tool window is opened again.
· Bug fix: Double clicking the line between two columns can cause sorting to occur, even as it should only resize the column.
· Bug fix: Clicking the Start button in the Anti-Malware sometimes checks the "Scan the following download directories" option, even if the user had it unchecked before clicking Start.
· Bug fix: The drag and drop of directories only works with the Anti-Malware the first time you open the tool, opening the tool again causes the drag and drop support to be disabled.
· Bug fix: Using the Right-Click > List Control > Remove from list feature can cause the program to crash to an Access Violation if the same tool is used again.
· Bug fix: Opening the Debug Tool can cause the program to crash to an Access Violation.
· Bug fix: Attempting to open the Debug Tool shows the "Debug Tool not available because you are not running a beta build" error message twice.
· Bug fix: Opening the Registry Info many times in a row after clicking Abort can cause the program to crash.
· Bug fix: File Tool's "Always show these columns" feature does not always work, e.g. with File Cleaner.
· Improvement: The Registry Cleaner no longer reports keys relating to Norton/Symantec products as errors, these keys are protected against modifications by the Norton/Symantec product.
· Improvement: It's now possible to resize the very last column of the result lists.
· Improvement: Date format selection box of the Settings now uses "HH:NN" notation instead of "HH:MM" in which "MM" was difficult to distinguish from months.
· Improvement: Reduced the size of the Registry Compactor (RegCompact.exe) by about 50%.
· Improvement: Reduced the flickering of the File Tool during list update operations.
· Updated translations: Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Czech, Japanese, Russian
April 15th, 2010· The program can crash to External Exception when started
· The program can automatically close and show an Invalid Pointer Operation error
January 26th, 2009Main changes since RC1:
· Fixed many bugs from the new Scan Report, most minor
· Fixed a bug that could have caused duplicate items to be listed in the Registry Cleaner (nothing serious)
· Fixed a minor GUI problem from the main window, the caption of the "Registry Health" indicator wasn't draw to the screen properly
· Included the updated Handbook to the distribution
· Fixed a bug from the Settings tool that caused the font of the Settings tool sometimes to change even when the user didn't change the font.
Release notes:
· Some changes were had to be made to the English.lng, so all translators must update their translations. Sorry!
· You might get an EInvalidPointerOperation error message when closing the program, this is normal and nothing serious.
May 5th, 2006· Fixed a bug that caused the product not to start properly on certain system.
· Improved the overall startup time of the product.
· Fixed a bug from the registry cleaner engine that caused the MRU scan module to list non-MRU items as errors. However, the bug only occurred on a very special sets of data, therefore the bug is not considered to be very serious.
· Fixed a bug from the Duplicate File Finder that caused the tool sometime to hang.
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