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Introduction
The settings window allows you to customize jv16 PowerTools to better fit your needs. You can also directly edit the settings file (settings.dat).

Sections
Main
Flat scroll bars - Specifies whether you want the scroll bars to be with 3D effects or not.
Grid Lines - Specifies whether you want to see lines between each item to help you to read the lists.
Start as: Normal window - This options starts the program as a normal window and by default it shows the main screen.
Start as: Tray Icon - This option starts the program as an icon to the tray (next to the clock in the lower right corner of your screen) and you can access all the same functions as from the main screen just clicking the icon.
Column Policy: Size automatically (method 1) - Sizes the columns automatically. The size is determined based on the amount of data.
Column Policy: Size automatically (method 2) - Sizes the columns automatically. All columns will be same size and the amount of data doesn't matter.
Column Policy: Size manually - You can define the column size yourself.
Environment
Backups - Specifies the directory to where the program saves the backups.
Settings - Specifies the directory from where the program looks for the settings files.
Users - Specifies the directory from where the program looks for the user accounts.
Scripts - Specifies the directory from where the program looks for the script files.
Temp - Specifies the directory to where the program stores its own temp files.
Advanced
Console Pre-Filter: None - Disabled the filtering in the console
Console Pre-Filter: First letter upper case - Converts the first letter you write to upper case.
Console Pre-Filter: Capitalize All Words - Converts the first letters of all words you type to upper case.
Console Pre-Filter: eLiTe STyLE - Converts all consonants to upper case and all vowels to lower case.
Default file viewer - Default file viewer is the program you want to be used for viewing text files, such as the content of a backup file. By default it's the Windows Notepad.
Default Date Format - This option defines the default date format. jv16 PowerTools will format every date information based to this setting.
More advanced
Save Windows' positions - Saves each windows' so when you next time use it it will show up to the same place where it was when you closed it.
Register .jvb as a jv16 PowerTools script file - Allows you to run jv16 PowerTools script files (.jvb files) from anywhere by just double clicking them.
Save user defined sort styles - Saves each tool's each section's sort style so that next time you use it the data will be sorted just like the last time you used it. You can sort data by clicking the Columns.
Automatically show the main window - Specifies whether to show the main window when you close the tool you used. If enabled the main window is shown, if disabled the program will close.
But not if started with command line - If you start the program with command line so that it shows only e.g. the Registry Tool. If checked the program will close when you close the Registry Tool, if not checked the main window is shown when you close the Registry Tool.
Full row select - If checked you can select items by clicking the line, if not checked you must click the check box to select an item. This option doesn't affect tools which don't use check boxes, such as the File Tool and the Backup Tool.
Colour blind mode - If checked, the symbols by the check boxes in the Registry Tool are better suited for colour blind people.
Double buffered windows - Allows smoother show of the windows. This might cause some problems, such as flickering, with some video cards but in most cases checking this option ensures smoother graphics in the program.
Use Windows' file properties window - Defines what kind of file properties window you will see when you right click a file in the file tool. Enable this option if you wish to see the Windows' default file properties window instead of jv16 PowerTools' own file properties window.
Conservative error message policy - If checked the program will only show critical and important error messages, if not checked the program will show all error messages.
No confirmations in the Backup Tool - If checked you won't see any extra confirmation when you try to remove backups.
No confirmations in the File Tool - If checked you won't see any extra confirmations in the file tool.
Maintenance
Flush temp - Removes all temporarily used files from the program's own temp directory (by default: \jv16 PowerTools\Temp\).
Flush age data - Resets the age settings you have made in the registry manager.
Flush comments data - Removes all the comments you have added in the registry manager.
Optimize cache - Optimizes the programs internal cache structures. This procedure will reduce the size of the cache files by removing empty and duplicate data.
Uninstall jv16 PowerTools - Totally removes jv16 PowerTools from your computer. Please notice that everything is removed, including the backups.
Shortcuts
jv16 PowerTools supports user-definer keyboard shortcuts. You can modify them in here. The commands you can use are the same console commands you can use everywhere, you can see the list from here.
Tools Menus
jv16 PowerTools supports user-defined menus in the Registry manager, File tool, Directory tool and in the Backup tool. You can modify the items in here. The commands you can use are the same console commands you can use everywhere, you can see the list from here.

Language
jv16 PowerTools supports a true multi-lingual user interface. This list contains the list of available languages. You can change the language by selecting it from the list and clicking the upper "OK" button.

You can translate jv16 PowerTools to your language quite easily. Just open "English.lng" in your favourite text editor (such as Notepad), follow the instructions and start to translate.

If your language is not in the list visit www.macecraft.com to see whether the latest version contains it.


Advanced information
The Settings window is just a graphical user interface to the Settings.dat which contains all the settings. You can also edit the file manually from the console or with any text editor, such as Notepad. Notice that the file contains more options than the normal settings window, these settings are only for advanced users and that's why they can only be changed by directly modifying the settings file.

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