jv16 PowerTools 2.0.0.686 - PORTABLE

jv16 PowerTools 2.0.0.686 - PORTABLE | 5.96 MB

The jv16 PowerTools was designed to be a full Windows optimization utility suite containing 27 different main tools. Each of these tools is carefully crafted with the experience of 10 years of extensive Windows utility and registry cleaning experience to form a solid foundation to a smoother and faster system.


jv16 PowerTools allows users to remove all traces of previously uninstalled software, to clean the computer's Windows registry for optimal performance and stability, and to fix many registry-based problems with a single mouse click.

With this powerpack you can:
· Instantly make your Windows run faster and smoother, by disabling certain features which have no useful function and by modifying a few key aspects of the system's behavior.
· Automatically clean your Windows registry from obsolete and unneeded data.
· Automatically fix many kinds of registry errors, such as broken file references.
· Easily uninstall leftover traces of software you have thought you have already uninstalled ages ago.
· Detect and remove unneeded history data and MRU (most recently used) lists that can contain sensitive information about you.
· Locate and delete unneeded files, including temp files and duplicate files.

Key features of "jv16 PowerTools":
· Software Uninstaller
· Startup Manager
· Registry Manager
· Registry Cleaner
· Registry Finder
· Registry Find and Replace
· Registry Monitor
· Registry Compactor
· Registry Information
· File Finder
· File Cleaner
· File Organizer
· File Recovery
· Duplicate File Finder
· File Tool
· Directory Finder
· Directory Tool
· Disk Wiper
· Service Manager (New!!)
· System Cleaner
· System Optimizer (New!!)
· Start Menu Tool
· History Cleaner
· Automation Tool

Bugs Fixed (since Beta1):
1. Registry Cleaner could show a false positive in a rare case the filename contained specially formated additional data, such as "foobar.HTMLgroup=123" wasn't correctly analyzed to be a file reference to "foobar.HTML".
2. Closing one instance of PowerTools also closes possible other instances of PowerTools.
3. Anti-Malware tool: the “Update Anti-Malware” Abort and Close buttons stay red when clicked
4. Registry Info: bottom part of the lists below the pie charts are not visible.
5. If a list contains only one item, the Select features such as Select All, do not work.
6. Registry Find & Replace: the results window cannot be resized.
7. Automation Tool: message "x0x and xyz" run succesfully! should say "... ran ..."" (not "run").
8. Global Ignore List implementation is full of holes, it is, for example, possible to delete files with the file tools even if the files are listed in the Global Ignore List.
9. Start Menu Tool lists everything under the caption of "Found broken shortcuts" even all the empty directories, which in fact are not broken shortcuts.
10. Registry Finder and Registry Cleaner can show duplicate data, especially under 64 bit Windows 7.
11. If you start to write while a list is in focus, it pops up the Filter Panel but there is a short delay before the panel actually shows. The delay sometimes causes the one or more typed character to be lost. If you wait until the panel shows before typing the second character, it is OK.
12. Many tool lists: hitting the refresh key (f5) brings up the filter panel filled with a single "t" character.
13. Sometimes when using the Filter Panel you can see the filtering in action, lines being hidden etc.
14. Sometimes when using the Filter Panel the list can just show a few lines, yet still there is a scroll bar visible.
15. An item fixed from the Known Issues list: Checking list items by clicking directly their checkboxes can cause unexpected results.
16. Program Maintenance Tool can start with the scroll bar automatically scrolled at a random position, it should always start in a way the first button is visible.
17. When running Registry Monitor's "Create snapshot" it can sometimes run but produce no snapshot whatsoever.
18. Registry Monitor doesn't always delete a corrupted or incomplete Registry Snapshot file.
19. The SafeyNet can allow the user to delete registry keys and values critical to the system.
20. The Settings item in the Main Window's Tools menu does not work.
21. The Settings and Backups features are inconsistent in the Main Window, at one place "Settings" comes first, on another the "Backups".
22. After a tool window is shown, its status bar can remain empty and only updated after the list is clicked.
23. The Font Scan module of the Registry Cleaner can produce False Positives in a rare case the registry contains incorrectly formatted data.
24. The lists are sometimes in random order, that is, if the user hasn't sorted the list by clicking a column the lists do not always have a default sorting applied.
25. The lists do not remember the last used sort setting.
26. Uninstalling a software using Software Uninstaller's Custom Uninstall feature causes the Custom Uninstall to freeze until Software Manager has re-populated its screen.

Other Improvements (since Beta1):
1. New Main Window GUI look and feel.
2. Better button positioning in Quick Tutorial.
3. Better looking Message Windows.
4. Better looking Hint popups.
5. Live Support window now stays on top of other windows.
6. Removed one limitation of Beta1: The Averages section of the Registry Info Tool is not yet implemented.
7. If a list has only a few items, a progress panel will no longer be shown while a selection operation (e.g. Select All) is running as the operation will only take a second. The progress panel will only be shown with long lists where the operation can take a few seconds to complete.
8. Greatly improved the GUI of the Settings window.
9. The File Tool and the Directory Tool now report if some items were not listed because of the Never Show Again feature or the Global Ignore List. (message shown only if Show Extended information has been enabled from Settings)
10. The Show Extended information feature is now disabled by default for users of the Basic user interface and enabled by default for users of the Advanced user interface.
11. Greatly improved the way Software Uninstaller and Registry Manager handle and report the execution of the uninstaller application.
12. Added a warning to let the user know that PowerTools cannot undo any actions done by running the uninstaller application of a third party.
13. Improved the speed of the Registry Finder and Registry Cleaner.
14. Improved the look and feel of the Quick Tutorial.
15. Registry Info's 64 bit registry features are no longer visible under 32 bit Windows.
16. Added a neat looking Warning panel to Program Maintenance Tool, clicking the Warning panel closes it and it will not be shown again.
17. If the Registry Monitor crashes while creating a snapshot, the incomplete snapshot will be automatically deleted by the Registry Monitor. Starting from the next version, the user is shown a message when this happens, before no message was shown.
18. Added features to test the Safety Net from the Main Window's Debug menu.
19. The File Tool and Directory Tool no longer show the Top Panel if the list is empty.
20. Removed Match Criteria tab from the Duplicate File Finder, the feature was more confusing than usefull.
21. The "you are running the program in debug mode..." tip no longer shows with these Beta Testing Releases.
22. The Startup Manager now starts with the filter panel invisible, before the panel was visible by default and this could be quite confusing for new users.
23. Empty lists now show a text, for example the Backup tool shows "(No backups found)" if there are no backups to display.
24. "The registry scan is now finished. All the items listed in the Registry Cleaner window are errornous should be safe to fix ..." message will no longer be shown if the Registry Cleaner scan doesn't find any errors.
25. Fully redesigned File Cleaner.
26. File Cleaner no longer shows "These files were found..." message if no files were found.
27. The program could check for Live Support status within the first program run, this is not needed as the program needs to restart.
28. The first non-group item of the list is now automatically highlighted after an operation.
29. Initial Setup doesn't cache directories that look like backup or temp directories.
30. The System Cleaner is no longer visible for users using the Simple User Interface, the tool is the most dangerous tool of the entire program and therefore will not be shown to novice users.
31. The System Cleaner now shows an info message when started to let the user know what the tool actually does.
32. The Top Panels of different tools are no longer visible if the tool's list is empty.