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1. Home ......................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.1 System health score compare ............................................................................................................. 4
1.2 System Health ..................................................................................................................................... 4
1.3 Privacy ................................................................................................................................................. 4
1.4 Registry Integrity ................................................................................................................................. 4
1.5 System Startup Times ......................................................................................................................... 4
1.6 Check for vulnerable software ............................................................................................................ 4
1.7 About jv16 PowerTools ....................................................................................................................... 4
2. Main Tools ................................................................................................................................................. 6
2.1. Clean and SpeedUp My Computer ..................................................................................................... 7
2.1.1. Settings ........................................................................................................................................ 7
2.1.2. Additional safety ......................................................................................................................... 9
2.1.3. Additional options ....................................................................................................................... 9
2.1.4. Search words ............................................................................................................................. 10
2.1.5. Ignore words ............................................................................................................................. 10
2.2. Uninstall software and leftovers ...................................................................................................... 11
2.3. Control which program starts automatically ................................................................................... 12
2.4. Speed up my compute's startup ...................................................................................................... 13
2.5. Immunize My Computer .................................................................................................................. 14
2.6. Pictures AntiSpy ............................................................................................................................... 15
2.7. Windows AntiSpy ............................................................................................................................. 16
2.8. Check for vulnerable software ......................................................................................................... 17
2.9. Startup Timer ................................................................................................................................... 18
3. Registry Tools .......................................................................................................................................... 19
3.1. Registry Cleaner ............................................................................................................................... 19
3.2. Registry Finder ................................................................................................................................. 19
3.3. Registry Find & Replace ................................................................................................................... 21
3.4. Registry Manager ............................................................................................................................. 22
3.4.1. Add/Remove menu ................................................................................................................... 22
3.4.2. File types ................................................................................................................................... 23
3.4.3. Shell extensions......................................................................................................................... 24
3.4.4. IE context menu ........................................................................................................................ 25
3.4.5. Open with Menu ....................................................................................................................... 26
3.5. Registry Monitor .............................................................................................................................. 27
3.6. Registry Information ........................................................................................................................ 28
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3.6.1. Summary ................................................................................................................................... 28
3.6.2. Data stored by root key ............................................................................................................ 29
3.6.3. Stored data types ...................................................................................................................... 29
3.6.4. Details (full details)/ (32-bit registry)/ (64-bit registry) ............................................................ 29
3.7. Registry Compactor .......................................................................................................................... 30
4. File Tools ................................................................................................................................................. 31
4.1 File Cleaner........................................................................................................................................ 31
4.2 Duplicate File Finder ......................................................................................................................... 32
4.3 File Finder .......................................................................................................................................... 33
4.4 Find and replace data inside files ...................................................................................................... 34
4.5 File Organizer .................................................................................................................................... 35
4.6 File Recovery ..................................................................................................................................... 36
4.7 File Tool ............................................................................................................................................. 37
4.8 Directory Finder ................................................................................................................................ 37
4.9 Directory Tool ................................................................................................................................... 38
4.10 Remove files on reboot ................................................................................................................... 38
4.11 Merge files ...................................................................................................................................... 39
4.12 Split files .......................................................................................................................................... 39
4.13 Wipe files ........................................................................................................................................ 40
4.14 Easy mass rename files ................................................................................................................... 41
4.15 Mass rename files ........................................................................................................................... 42
5. Privacy Tools........................................................................................................................................... 43
5.1 Check for vulnerable software .......................................................................................................... 43
5.2 Pictures AntiSpy ................................................................................................................................ 43
5.3 Windows AntiSpy .............................................................................................................................. 43
5.4 History Cleaner .................................................................................................................................. 43
5.5 Immunize my computer .................................................................................................................... 44
5.6 Service Manager ............................................................................................................................... 44
5.7 Disk Wiper ......................................................................................................................................... 45
5.8 Automation tool ................................................................................................................................ 45
................................................................................................................................................................ 46
6. Configuration .......................................................................................................................................... 46
6.1 Settings .............................................................................................................................................. 46
6.1.1 User interface ............................................................................................................................. 47
6.1.2 User interface details ................................................................................................................. 48
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6.1.3 Installation ................................................................................................................................. 49
6.1.4 Advanced.................................................................................................................................... 50
6.1.5 Security ...................................................................................................................................... 51
6.1.6 Backups ...................................................................................................................................... 52
6.1.7 File wiping .................................................................................................................................. 53
6.1.8 Abbreviation ............................................................................................................................... 53
6.1.9 Preference saving ....................................................................................................................... 54
6.1.10 Integration with Windows ....................................................................................................... 54
6.2 Backups ............................................................................................................................................. 55
6.3 Action History .................................................................................................................................... 55
6.4 My account ....................................................................................................................................... 56
6.5 Find my license .................................................................................................................................. 57
6.6 Calibration ......................................................................................................................................... 58
6.7 Discussion Forum .............................................................................................................................. 59
6.8 Maintenance ..................................................................................................................................... 60
6.9 Technical Support ............................................................................................................................. 61
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1. Home
1.1 System health score compare Choose any previous health score and compare system health with current state.
1.2 System Health Displays the current system health status of registry, system files, startup system.
Check “Summary” status information about your system health status.
Depending on the status if necessary run recommended features that jv16 PowerTools offers
you (Clean and SpeedUp My Computer, File Cleaner).
Visit “Main Tools” section for more details.
1.3 Privacy Displays overall privacy level based on Windows AntiSpy and Pictures AntiSpy levels.
Both mentioned features must be enabled in order to keep high your privacy level.
Visit “Privacy Tools” section for more details.
1.4 Registry Integrity Displays the current registry integrity level.
Check “Summary” status information about your registry integrity status.
Depending on the status if necessary run recommended features that jv16 PowerTools offers
you (Clean and SpeedUp My Computer, Registry Compactor).
Visit “Main Tools” and “Registry Tools” section for more details.
1.5 System Startup Times Displays System Startup Times comparison in differnet times. A smaller bar means a faster
system startup.
Check “Summary” status information last startup time, average startup time, and Startup
Optimizer and Startup Time enabled/disabled status. For better optimizing both features must
be enabled. Depending on the status if necessary run recommended features that jv16
PowerTools offers you (Startup Timer, Startup Manager).
Visit “Startup Timer” and “Control witch program start automatically “ section for more details.
1.6 Check for vulnerable software Displays general status of your software vulnerabilty. The tool scans your compuer for
softwares with known vulneralilites, sofwares that are not up to date.
Visit “Privacy Tools“ section for more details.
1.7 About jv16 PowerTools Displays information about software version, operating system version, RAM capacity and disk
space occupied by the program.
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2. Main Tools
2.1 Clean and SpeedUp My Computer
2.2 Uninstall software and leftovers
2.3 Control witch program start automatically
2.4 Speed up my compute's startup
2.5 Imunize my computer
2.6 Pictures AntiSpy
2.7 Windows AntiSpy
2.8 Check for vulnerable software
2.9 Startup Timer
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2.1. Clean and SpeedUp My Computer The Clean and Speedup My Computer tool has been designed to make your
Windows computer start up faster and run smoother.
2.1.1. Settings Solution for fixing registry errors and system errors in general, cleaning registry leftovers, and unneeded files such as old log files and temporary files.
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Set recommended or personalised settings and press
“Start” button.
Wait for data to be loaded.
After data is loaded, analyse, check the files you want
to clean and press “Fix”.
Next a window will appear asking you to
create backups for selected items. It is
recommended that you anytime you use
this function to create backup files.
If you press “No” the clean will go on
without backup. This will create your Backups file.
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2.1.2. Additional safety By checking all boxes, you allow jv18 PowerTools to ignore files that belong to Anti-Virus, Anti-Malware, Firewall, Server and Backup software when scanning computer files. Any change in the files from this type of software might affect their functions.
2.1.3. Additional options You can check any of the options you fell fits your needs although we don’t recommend automatically process of erroneous data. If you choose to use less CPU power the scan time might take more time to complete.
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2.1.4. Search words Allows fixing your registry and system errors in general, cleaning registry leftovers, old log files and temporary files by a specific keyword. The scan steps are the same as the ones described in “Settings” section.
2.1.5. Ignore words Allows fixing your registry and system errors in general, cleaning registry leftovers, old log files and temporary files ignoring a specific keyword. The scan steps are the same as the ones described in “Settings” section.
When any type of scan will return an empty list, everything should run smoothly.
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2.2. Uninstall software and leftovers The Software Uninstaller can uninstall almost any software, as well as detect and
remove any left-overs other software can’t!
The Windows Add/Remove Program feature in the control panel has its limitations
and can be quite slow. The Software Uninstaller tool included in jv16 PowerTools can both list
software not even detected by the Windows Add/Remove Program feature and uninstall
software Windows or other software can’t.
This Software Uninstaller tool doesn’t simply rely on the uninstaller of the software you want to
remove but instead it uses a custom uninstallation engine that quickly scans your entire system
to find all the possible leftover traces of the software you want to get rid of.
The Software Uninstaller is designed to do one thing and one thing only: to uninstall software –
any software…even those with their own uninstaller application that failed to do the job.
You can choose to follow step by step uninstall process or you can use one-click uninstall
feature. For programs with uninstall
issues use “Force uninstall with
reboot” function. See the bottom left
corner for uninstalling status.
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2.3. Control which program starts automatically Startup Manager allows you to see which programs automatically start with your
computer and disable the ones you don’t really need.
Another aspect you will like is the displaying of not only executable files which run
at the startup, but also the dynamic libraries being loaded (.dll files). If this option does not
interest you, you can simply disable it and display only the .exe files. When a new piece of
software is installed, it might not even ask you permission to start at the same time as the
computer. You will see the consequence of this when the start time increases. You can go
through all of your programs one by one and find the option within the settings which stops the
program from automatically starting and use many hours to do so. If you are not very familiar
with how the computer and the programs on it works, this tool will help you to do what is
needed to ensure your computer works more efficiently. Many professionals also prefer to use
this tool because it saves them time to do more important things. Automatically starting
programs are one of the main culprits in slowing down your computer. The Startup Manager
offers a wide range of features which allow you to detect which programs really need to start
automatically and which ones can be disabled.
If you are not sure of something, searching for more information on the Internet is advisable.
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2.4. Speed up my computer's startup The Startup Optimizer has been designed to improve the speed of Windows
startup to make your computer boot up faster.
Simply open the Speed up my compute's startup and click to enable it and click
OK. The next time you start your computer, you will see it start up faster and more efficiently!
Enabling the Startup Optimizer integrates the Startup Optimizer code to the Windows startup
process to make it faster and smoother. Using the Startup Optimizer doesn’t remove anything
from your computer. All the software still starts up with your computer and no software is
uninstalled.
You can also choose to manually set what software to be optimized.
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2.5. Immunize My Computer The Immunize My Computer allows you to prevent your system from visiting
known malicious websites.
Prevent ads and malware with Windows hosts file
There are many nasty sites around the Internet. These sites are known for having malware and
spyware are capable of spreading them around. The best way to avoid going to these sites is by
not giving the browser authority to go to these sites. You can block these addresses by adding
them to the hosts file.
Editing the Windows hosts file for safer online use
It can be a long and tedious job to find and add all the malicious sites to the hosts file. This is
where the Immunizes my computer becomes handy. The tool picks up an updated list and by
clicking Immunize, the tool will then update the information to your computer’s hosts file. If the
feature has blocked a site that you visit often, you can undo it from the Backups tool. Remember
to add the site to the ignore list before immunizing again.
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2.6. Pictures AntiSpy The Pictures AntiSpy tool allows you to remove privacy threatening metadata from your picture files.
The Pictures AntiSpy tool does not edit your picture files (i.e. the visual contents) or delete any files, it only removes the metadata from picture files, such as when and where the pictures were taken.
The feature to clean metadata from the local computer picture files can be used manually or it can be set to run automatically.
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2.7. Windows AntiSpy The Windows Antispy tool helps you to turn potentially privacy threatening features
present in various versions of Windows ON or OFF.
The Windows Antispy tool helps to improve your privacy by offering various ON / OFF switches
for potentially privacy threatening features that are built into the Windows operating system.
This tool automatically adjusts its features set regardless of the operating system that you run
jv16 PowerTools on and will save you the time of adjust all these properties manually.
Choose your options to improve privacy, system’s performance and usability using Windows
AntiSpy.
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2.8. Check for vulnerable software 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.
Software with known vulnerabilities put your computer at great risk, as they can allow malicious
software or other local users to take control of your computer, such as steal your personal data
and destroy your important files. Check For Vulnerable Software will detect and inform you of
such installed programs so you can then decide what to do.
Many common cyber security exploits can be prevented with a regular Check For Vulnerable
Software. It is recommended that you periodically check for vulnerable software.
If you don’t have vulnerable software intalled on your computer your search should return no
result.
When the search returns vulnerable softwares installed choose to unistall or update them.
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2.9. Startup Timer If enabled from „Options” tab, the feature record a history of your operating system’s average startup times and you can choose to compare results or delete them if you don’t need them anymore.
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3. Registry Tools The Clean and Speedup My Computer tool has been designed to make your
Windows computer start up faster and run smoother.
3.1. Registry Cleaner This is the same function as The Clean and Speedup My Computer tool and has been designed to make your Windows computer start up faster and run smoother. (see “The Clean and Speedup My Computer” for details.
3.2. Registry Finder The Registry Finder tools allows you to search a specific registry file by filename, by date modified, by owner or you can choose to ignore a filename in your search.
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From “Options” menu you cand choose root keys to scan and more advanced options for better
results.
The results can be displayed in different groups, depending on preferences.
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3.3. Registry Find & Replace The Registry Find & Replace tool allows you to search and replace specific registry
files. You can search by filename, by date modified, or you can choose to ignore a
filename in your search.
First you choose searching criteria and then you must specify the replace word. If you want from
search result not to be renamed you can remove them from entries with right-click menu.
To replace registry files, after you set up all your parameters click “Replace”. You will be asked to
create a Backup file, it is recommended that you create one before each modification.
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3.4. Registry Manager The Registry Manager tool allows you to delete specific registry files, remove the
association of installed programs with specific type of files, software’s association with
Windows components.
3.4.1. Add/Remove menu Add/Remove menu is related to “Uninstall software and leftovers” feature.
The installed sofwares are displayed in components that can be uninstalled or
removed separatelly.
You can choose to uninstall or remove the
whole program or partial components that you
do not use inside the program.
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3.4.2. File types You can delete file extension association with specific softwares installed. If you
don’t want a program to open a specific type of file, find it in the displayed list the
desired association between extension and application and press “Delete”.
You will be asked to create a Backup file, it is recommended that you create one before each
modification.
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3.4.3. Shell extensions Shell Extensions are in-process Component Object Model (COM) objects which
extend the abilities of Windows operating system. Most shell extensions are
automatically installed by the operating system, but there are also many other
applications that install additional shell extension components.
If there are a lot of unused shell extensions or shortcut menu items that are not needed, it’s
possible to remove and delete the shell extensions handlers or context menu handlers. If you
want to delete a shell extension, find it in the displayed list press “Delete”. Beware that this is an
advanced menu and if you are not sure of what to delete you better not delete the shell
extension.
You will be asked to create a Backup file, it is recommended that you create one before each
modification.
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3.4.4. IE context menu Over a period of time, like it may happen with File Explorer, many items may get
added to the context menu of Internet Explorer too. While you may use some, there
may be some which you may have just no use for. Having a large Internet Explorer
Context Menu, can make it slow and clumsy and look cluttered. If you want to remove items
from Internet Explorer Context Menu, check the box associated with the context and press
„Delete”
Once done, you will need to restart the browser and check the context menu to find unwanted
options removed from it.
You will be asked to create a Backup file, it is recommended that you create one before each
modification.
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3.4.5. Open with Menu A file association is a relationship between a file type and a supporting application.
In Windows, file associations are defined in the registry.
If you want to remove a program from “Open With” menu, check the box associated with the
context and press „Delete”
You will be asked to create a Backup file, it is recommended that you create one before each
modification.
https://techterms.com/definition/file_typehttps://techterms.com/definition/applicationhttps://techterms.com/definition/registry
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3.5. Registry Monitor You can use the Registry Monitor to detect the changes made to the registry since
the creation of the registry snapshot. You can run a full snapshot or only with specific
roots.
You can compare a previously created snapshot with the current contents of the registry or two
snapshots each other.
The result will be a list of all registry modifications that accrued between the dates of the two
snapshots. You can choose to restore to previous version, delete the modifications since last
snapshot or you can keep current registry settings.
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3.6. Registry Information The Registry information tool shows you the size of the registry structure, or how
much data the registry contains. These storage files are usually much larger than the
actual data the registry contains because the storage files contain a lot of metadata, such as the
registry structure, security settings and so on.
3.6.1. Summary In this to view is displayed how much data is stores in Windows registry, both from
Windows System data and third-party software’s.
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3.6.2. Data stored by root key In this to view is displayed how much data is stores in Windows registry divided by
root key category.
3.6.3. Stored data types In this to view is displayed how much data is stores in Windows registry divided by
data type.
3.6.4. Details (full details)/ (32-bit registry)/ (64-bit registry) In this to view is displayed how much data is stores in Windows registry in full details
or divided by 32/64-bit registry).
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3.7. Registry Compactor Reduce the size of the registry without removing any data, by rebuilding the registry
database in a more efficient manner. Virtually all Windows programs, and Windows
itself, store a massive array of information inside this database. These thousands of entries
control the behavior and appearance of virtually everything on your system. Use Registry
Compactor to improve system performance, reduce the amount of time it takes your system to
boot and save memory.
Select registry files you want to compact and press “Compact…”. A computer restart will be
required to apply the registry compactor.
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4. File Tools The Registry Manager tool allows you to delete specific registry files, remove the
association of installed programs with specific type of files, software’s association
with Windows components.
4.1 File Cleaner The File Cleaner finds and allows you to delete temporary files with ease.
Many programs leave files behind after being uninstalled.
They sneak in piggybacked on the original software, leaving behind remnants that can be a pain
and load down your computer. After a while, this causes many unneeded files to build up to your
system. Many software products also leave behind temporary files that have been used but may
no longer be needed. Explore Additional safety, Options, Ignore words and Grouping for more
personalized and scan.
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4.2 Duplicate File Finder The Duplicate Finder allows you to scan your computer for duplicate files.
In “Search in” menu you can choose where to look for files. In “Ignore words” you can
add a keyword in your search to be ignored by the scan. See “Options” menu for more scan
options.
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4.3 File Finder The File Finder helps you to search files your computer depending on search criteria.
You can search by filename, by contents, by file sizes, by dates created, by attributes
(read only, hidden, system file, archive), by owner and you can choose to ignore specific
filename. See “Options” and “Grouping” menu for more scan options.
You can choose to delete the files found ab selected or explore more functions on the menu bar
where you will find many features that you can easily apply to your files.
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4.4 Find and replace data inside files With this feature, you can find and replace content inside the files.
First select file or directory and press “Find and replace”.
In “Search words” write the content you want to replace. In “Replace with” write the content
that needs to be replaced with.
After content replacement, a note of
confirmation will appear.
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4.5 File Organizer The File Organizer allows you to easily organize similar files into their own
directories. This tool has been design to organize large number of files in one
operation, for example, organizing of photographs, movies and music files.
Select source files, specify the destination folder and press “Simulate”
Select the files you want to copy to the new location and press ”Apply”.
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4.6 File Recovery The File Recovery tool allows you to easily recover deleted files.
It’s amazing how fast a single mouse click can change your life. One false move, and
an hour’s, day’s, or even a lifetime’s work can be deleted from your computer.
Even if a file is deleted, it is first simply marked as free space on your hard disk. The data is still
there and can be restored, if that area of the disk hasn’t been overwritten (many times) yet.
In File Recovery tool, select where the file was located and click Start. The tool will list all found
deleted files from the given location(s). Explore options and discover more searching criteria.
Select the files you want to recover and press “Undelete”.
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4.7 File Tool A general-purpose file tool: list files for other tools, file encryption, file wiping, batch
file renaming, search and replacing data within files, among other utilities. Select file/s
you want to work with and explore utilities to find the option you need.
4.8 Directory Finder Similar to File Finder, but for directories with a complete set of search file Tools
options. See ”4.3 File Finder” section for more details.
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4.9 Directory Tool Perform various actions on the listed directories. After selecting the folder/s, explore
options available for your folders.
4.10 Remove files on reboot The feature allows you select files or directories to be deleted on next reboot of your
computer. Some files may have restrictions or they cannot be deleted while an
application is using the them. Using Remove files on reboot the file is deleted before a program
or restriction apply.
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4.11 Merge files Merge files allows you to create a single file from multiple files with same extensions
and proprieties. Select the files you want to merge into one, choose a filename and
press “Merge”. Your new file contains all files selected in order selected.
4.12 Split files Split files allow you to divide a file in multiple parts with different extensions of
resulted files. You can split in archive files, choose various CD/DVD formats,
predefined size parts or custom size parts. Select output files location, choose filenames or
explore advanced mode for more options. Once the settings are done press “Split” and check
your files in the output folder.
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4.13 Wipe files Wipe file tool is a simple function that you can use to delete files from your computer.
Add files/directories you want to delete and press “Wipe”
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4.14 Easy mass rename files You can rename your files from your computer with this easy to use tool. Keep your
media, documents or any files in order. Select the files you want to rename, choose
destination and rename options you want and press “Start”. Go to “Advanced mode” for even
more options.
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4.15 Mass rename files Mass rename tools is the advanced mode of Easy mass rename files. Here you can
add new file name, add file counter, copy data from the original file, covert case in
different formats or replace a word from filenames.
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5. Privacy Tools The privacy tools manager allows you to improve your privacy of your software,
media files, delete browsing history, control programs that starts automatically
5.1 Check for vulnerable software 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. See 2.8 Check for vulnerable software section for more details.
5.2 Pictures AntiSpy The Pictures AntiSpy tool allows you to remove privacy threatening metadata from your picture files. See 2.6. Picures AntiSpy section for more details.
5.3 Windows AntiSpy The Windows Antispy tool helps you to turn potentially privacy threatening features
present in various versions of Windows ON or OFF. See 2.7 Windows AntiSpy section
for more details.
5.4 History Cleaner The History Cleaner keeps your computers history data clean and increases your
computers speed. Many things you do with your computer are recorded by the
Windows operating system itself and by many applications you may have installed. The privacy-
threatening data can be stored both in the system registry and in the file system.
History Cleaner helps you to selectively clean your computer’s usage history. This tool can run
periodically in an automatic way, if you wish to do so.
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5.5 Immunize my computer The Immunize My Computer allows you to prevent your system from visiting known malicious websites. See 2.5 Immunize my computer section for more details.
5.6 Service Manager List all Windows services and disable or delete unnecessary ones. You can use the
Service Manager to disable services you no longer need and remove left-over services
from software you have already removed. The Optimize feature quickly analyzes your system
and makes a suggestion what services could be disabled in order to improve the startup time of
your computer. Warning: Verify any actions before disabling or deleting any services.
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5.7 Disk Wiper The Disk Wiper deletes data from your hard drive to make it nearly impossible to
restore. It accomplishes this by overwriting the data before freeing the space. The
number of overwrites can be configured from the Settings window. The tool has three different
operating modes: wipe only the free space of the hard drive, wipe all files and directory
structures and wipe all data, free space, directory structures and files. Overwrite files before
deleting them to permanently remove a file from your computer. No file recovery program
should be able to reconstruct the contents of the original file.
5.8 Automation tool You can use the Automation Tool to run automated tasks you have already created,
or to create new ones. To create a new Automation Tool task, click the Create new
task... button. Select the actions you wish to be performed. Select the Start type. This defines the
way you want to use the task. For example, you can ask jv16 PowerTools to create an icon of the
task to the Desktop to launch it from there, or you can set the task to be automatically executed
when the system is started. You must also give the task a description and a file name in the
Options section. After you have filled both fields, click OK and you're done.
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6. Configuration In configuration menu you have different settings, you can see your action history,
information about your account and license, link to discussion forum, technical
support and maintenance data.
6.1 Settings Most novice users can use jv16 PowerTools' default settings, and can skip this
chapter. Power users may use this chapter to help customize their setup
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6.1.1 User interface
The User Interface panel allows you to change the look of jv16 PowerTools. Choose
between view or hide gauges from home window, simple or advanced mode
interface and font options. Changing the font or User Interface Mode is not
recommended. These two settings are offered “as-is” and changing them can cause cosmetic
problems with the user interface, including problems that limit the usability of the program. For
instance, if user selects a font that is too big, some elements of the user interface might not be
fully visible and text overlapping can occur.
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6.1.2 User interface details
The User Interface Details panel allows you to change many specific items relating to
how the product's user interface works.
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6.1.3 Installation
The Installation panel contains information on which directories jv16 PowerTools
should use. Please make sure there are sufficient user rights to these directories if
the directories are located on a NTFS partition. Note that if you modify the directory
paths you must manually copy the directories' contents to the new location if you wish to keep
the directories' contents intact.
You cannot change where jv16 PowerTools will place its temporary data - the default system
temp directory is always used. By default, it is %TEMP%\jv16PT\. If it is not possible to create a
sub directory called jv16PT_X there, the root of the Temp directory is used (%TEMP%).
Installation Settings The relational paths, such as “\Settings\” are relative to the program's
installation directory. For example, if you have installed the program to “C:\Program Files\jv16
PowerTools” the “\Settings\” refers to “C:\Program Files\jv16 PowerTools\Settings”.
It is not recommended to change these settings unless you have a good reason of doing so.
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6.1.4 Advanced
The Advanced panel contains settings for default file viewer, registry editor, default
date format. You can choose to see more information regarding program’s activity,
set default system restore point creation on major changes applied to the system.
Changing the
Default file viewer and Registry editor settings are not recommended unless you know what you
are doing. Unchecking the option to create System Restore Points is not recommended.
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6.1.5 Security
The Security section allows you to password protect and restrict the usage of the
product. With the default setting, all users have unlimited access to the product and
there is no password on any level of the program. You can choose to set password when the
program starts, when graphical user interface (GUI) is opened (this option allows the use of
automated tasks and the Privacy Protector without the password), or before removing data.
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6.1.6 Backups
The Backups panel defines how the backup files will be created.
You can choose to always create backups automatically, to be asked before creating
backup file, never create backup. Same options for backup description.
Backup removal options define whether you want the backups to be deleted by normal file
deletion or by a safe file wiping procedure. Wiping a file writes over the file several times with
random data so that its contents cannot be reconstructed or recovered. You can control the
level of random overwrites in the File Wiping section of the Settings tool.
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6.1.7 File wiping
The File wiping settings allow you to define how many times the data should be
written over. The more overwrites the safer. As you increase the number of
overwrites, you also increase the time it takes to delete the file. All used file buffers
are flushed after each write to ensure all the data is actually written to the disk.
6.1.8 Abbreviation
With this tool, you can modify the way jv16 PT shows the root key. You can only
modify the root key or you can modify all parts of the registry path. This can
dramatically reduce the space needed to show the registry path information but
inexperienced users may find the abbreviated registry paths difficult to read.
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6.1.9 Preference saving
Preferences Saving allows you to save the search settings of File Finder for later use.
This enables you to perform multiple similar searches without the need to configure
the tool each time you use it. If enabled, the Preferences Saving feature adds a small
toolbar to some of jv16 PowerTools' windows.
6.1.10 Integration with Windows
Integration with Windows settings allows you to define in which ways jv16
PowerTools is integrated to the system. You can create (and remove) icons relating
to jv16 PowerTools to your Windows desktop, as well as to the Start menu.
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6.2 Backups The Backups tool allows you to see registry backups, file backups and other backups
that where created on your computer before making changes to your system. You
can choose to delete or restore the backups to the state before modification.
6.3 Action History Action History contains records of the actions and changes to the system you have
made using the various tools within jv16 PowerTools. The action listing is sorted first
by tool, then by date the action was performed. Additional information about each
action is shown in the Item column.
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6.4 My account The My Account tool allows you to see the current license status of your copy of
jv16 PowerTools, as well as see what optional services are currently available for
you. If you have bought jv16 PowerTools, enter your full name (i.e. first name and
last name) and your email address to the My Account window to register your copy of the
software. The tool will automatically search whether Macecraft’s order database contains any
orders from you, and if a valid order is found, it will convert a trial version of jv16 PowerTools to
the full version.
If you choose to reset license information you will lose all previously created backups and license
information.
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6.5 Find my license The Find my license tool allows you to see the current license status of your copy of
jv16 PowerTools, as well as see what optional services are currently available for you.
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6.6 Calibration The Calibration tool allows you to see information about installed software on your
computer witch you can manually update, as well as the uninstalled software from
your system to calibrate jv16 PowerTools to optimally work on your computer. To make the
program run even faster you can select directories with file collections, such as music, movie,
photo, documents collections, backups and critical data and temporary files directories from
your computer. If you are not sure what changes to make, leave the areas as they are.
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6.7 Discussion Forum Here you find a direct link to Macecraft Software’s discussion forum. There you will
find various topics about jv16 PowerTools functions, versions, feature requests, and
many other experiences related by our customers. Join our forum and become a member of jv16
PowerTools community.
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6.8 Maintenance Here you find a maintenance tools for the program. You can delete unneeded
translations, old snapshots, old backups, temporary files, clear internal caches of
programs. You can remove registry backups, startup timer files, health data, also reset all
settings to default or reset license information.
No feature creates backups, so be careful what you choose, you can’t undo any actions later.
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6.9 Technical Support It is direct link to Macecraft Software’s Help Center
(https://macecraft.zendesk.com/hc/en-us). There you will find a list of frequently
asked questions about jv16 PowerTools functions, license issues, and other questions related to
the product.
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If your problem does not appear in the list you can create a ticket for our support team in order
to resolve your issue. In the upper-right corner press “Submit a request” and open a new ticket
for your problem.
1. Home1.1 System health score compare1.2 System Health1.3 Privacy1.4 Registry Integrity1.5 System Startup Times1.6 Check for vulnerable software1.7 About jv16 PowerTools
2. Main Tools2.1. Clean and SpeedUp My Computer2.2. Uninstall software and leftovers2.3. Control which program starts automatically2.4. Speed up my computer's startup2.5. Immunize My Computer2.6. Pictures AntiSpy2.7. Windows AntiSpy2.8. Check for vulnerable software2.9. Startup Timer
3. Registry Tools3.3. Registry Find & Replace3.4. Registry Manager3.4.1. Add/Remove menu3.4.2. File types3.4.3. Shell extensions3.4.4. IE context menu3.4.5. Open with Menu
3.5. Registry Monitor3.6. Registry Information3.6.1. Summary3.6.2. Data stored by root key3.6.3. Stored data types3.6.4. Details (full details)/ (32-bit registry)/ (64-bit registry)
3.7. Registry Compactor
4. File Tools4.1 File Cleaner4.2 Duplicate File Finder4.3 File Finder4.4 Find and replace data inside files4.5 File Organizer4.6 File Recovery4.7 File Tool4.8 Directory Finder4.9 Directory Tool4.10 Remove files on reboot4.11 Merge files4.12 Split files4.13 Wipe files4.14 Easy mass rename files4.15 Mass rename files
5. Privacy Tools5.1 Check for vulnerable software5.2 Pictures AntiSpy5.3 Windows AntiSpy5.4 History Cleaner5.5 Immunize my computer5.6 Service Manager5.7 Disk Wiper5.8 Automation tool
6. Configuration6.1 Settings6.1.1 User interface6.1.2 User interface details6.1.3 Installation6.1.4 Advanced6.1.5 Security6.1.6 Backups6.1.7 File wiping6.1.8 Abbreviation6.1.9 Preference saving6.1.10 Integration with Windows
6.2 Backups6.3 Action History6.4 My account6.5 Find my license6.6 Calibration6.7 Discussion Forum6.8 Maintenance6.9 Technical Support