jv16 PowerTools 4.2.0.1811

jv16 PowerTools

jv16 PowerTools is a PC System Utilities Software that works by cleaning out unneeded files and data, cleaning the Windows registry, automatically fixing system errors and applying optimization to your system.

Main tools:

The Clean and SpeedUp My Computer tool allows you to run the History Cleaner and File Cleaner simultaneously, displaying their results in a single results window. Other tools such as the Startup Optimizer, Registry Compactor and Windows AntiSpy can be activated at once while using the Clean and SpeedUp My Computer tool, depending on your preferences.

New tools:

Software that contain security vulnerabilities put your computer at great risk, as they can allow other malicious software or users to take control of your computer, which may lead to loss of important files or identity theft. The Check For Vulnerable Software tool scans your computer to look for installed software as well as left-over traces of old software containing known security vulnerabilities.

Windows AntiSpy allows you to disable Windows features that might have implications on your privacy. The tool is designed specifically for Windows 10 but many of its features are also available with other versions of Windows, make their use more private. In addition to privacy relating features, it also allows you to improve the user interface of Windows by adding or removing specific features as well as apply performance related tweaks.

Startup Timer measures the time your computer takes to start up. This tool also measures the impact that all of your automatically starting software have on the system startup to allow you to see exactly what is causing your computer to start slowly.

Pictures AntiSpy allows you to remove private metadata from your picture files. Using this tool you can safely remove private data such as camera model name, GPS location and time and date when the picture was taken and more relating private data from the digital photos for which you do not wish to store this information.

jv16 PowerTools 4.2.0.1811 bug fixes:

Fix: The Initial Setup or the Clean and SpeedUp My Computer may show an Access Violation error message, or get stuck into an eternal loop on some systems.
Fix: Starting the Clean and SpeedUp My Computer can cause the software to show an error message of Internal Error CAFF.
Fix: Directory Finder's Options tab incorrectly contains data from Registry Finder's Options tab.
Fix: Software Uninstaller cannot correctly detect certain popular software titles, such as Spybot Search & Destroy.
Fix: Software Uninstaller doesn't list software in the case multiple software share the same main executable with different command line parameters, for example Google Docs, Google Sheets etc.
Fix: The Mass File Renamer could add "(2)" at the end of filenames even if files with the same name did not exist.
Fix: Registry Information can show wrong numbers in some systems due to integer overflow issue.
Fix: Using the Clean and SpeedUp My Computer in the most aggressive scan mode can show an error message about an Access Violation.
Fix: After jv16 PowerTools is installed, it can sometimes open its main window without any system health data.

Improvements

Improvement: Major stability improvements to all the main tools of the software.
Improvement: Greatly improved the accuracy of the Software Uninstaller in detecting installed software and left-overs from the system.
Improvement: Improved the safety and accuracy of the unused font scan module of the Clean and SpeedUp My Computer.
Improvement: Major speed improvements in Clean and SpeedUp My Computer.
Improvement: In the Tutorial screen, if you enter an email address but not any name, to subscribe to our newsletter, the data was ignored.
Improvement: Improved the accuracy of the Software Uninstaller.
Improvement: Improved the accuracy of grouping errors in the Clean and SpeedUp My Computer.
Improvement: Added more safety and accuracy checks to the registry cleaning engine.
Improvement: Added an option to ignore Microsoft Office with Clean and SpeedUp My Computer, which is enabled by default.
Improvement: The Global Ignore List feature is now better documented within the user interface.
Improvement: If you attempt to start jv16 PowerTools (or it is automatically starting) while you are uninstalling jv16 PowerTools, the software will now automatically close.
Improvement: Reduced screen flickering during Clean and SpeedUp My Computer scan.