just dl & run the s/w, no issue.
thanks, GOTD & Joep van Steen
win 10 x64 user.

Odd program. Doesn't install as native Windows program. Installs in the download folder and makes no desktop icon. I had to manually make a shortcut. I suppose I will have to move it manually to the Programs folder...

im having problems trying to register the program.any help please?

Near the top of the window it says "Please register @ www.disktuna.com" but I cannot find the registration page on your website. Where is it -- and this is the URL that you should quote (not the home page URL)?

Thanks, I just tried it out and fixed over 200 files that were sitting corrupted on my computer for close to two years (lost after I dropped my laptop).
Thanks again for giving me my vacation pictures back. I will definitely recommend.

A bit surprising (no real installation) but works well; no JPG file to repair for the moment but in case, I will try to repair it with this software ;-) And I agree with the few comments which thank the developer who shows to be very helpful with bit his answers and comments :-)

Norton wants no part of it and deleted the setup file

Sad to report Windows defender didn't want to allow the setup to run. When I bypassed the alert I got a runtime error and couldn't install. Windows 10 pro. I tried another computer and was able to get it to install. but the jpgs are on the machine where the install failed

PLEASE allow the program to be run at full screen & or put handles along edges to allow dragging to size. The program area & ESPECIALLY TEXT is just to GD small & hurts the eyes to use on a higher res screen. Bizarre program behavior IMO.

Thank you Joep for all the support you have given users here that have given you feed back. I am a professional photographer and had a few corrupted files from years ago. Worked like a champ! Will recommend to friends. Thanks for this GOTD!

Very cool looking software. Thanx for the give away. I will be running it through the paces, but Have a feeling it will pull thru with flying colors. :-)

Joep,
The window can't be resized or set to full screen, and the options on the right side remain hidden so I can't reach them. Would you give me a solution to this issue, please?
Thanks.

For what it is worth:
@Joep: if every developer or company were like you... the (ICT) world would be a better place! Thank you! "Goe bezig man" zoals ze hier zeggen ;-)

Looks like an interesting and useful program. I have a whole DVD of JPGs that I created, but they all appear to be corrupt (including thumbnails). These were shot with a Sony Mavica, which used floppy disks for "film" and more than likely the floppy drive I used to copy them was faulty.

This was from several years ago, so I've long since resigned to their loss. I tried this program on a few of them, and it didn't seem to do anything. I checked the online help, and I'm really not sure how I should proceed with them, even after reading the help.

Still, seems like a very useful program and good luck to the developer; it's great when you see the software folks responding to the comments here.

I find it very upsetting, and odd at same time, that User Comments up top have more negative than positive votes, especially for a GOTD giveaway where the developer has been so upbeat, upfront, helpful and wanting feedback. Most developer's who offer GOTD giveaways sit back on their laurels and offer little help in here. (that's where the good "deal" samaritan's step up and offer help, and for that I am grateful)
"Climbs off milk crate"

Joep, I just sent you an email with "corrupted" files to test your software.

This looks very interesting and I'd love to try it out - but it's been ages since I had a damaged JPEG.

"JPG-Repair Toolkit 1.8.83"

With the Setup the actual program starts.
Yesterday there was a GOTD-program to recover files. The JPG are all damaged.
After 2 sec the screen looks different:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vooup61ucof0q58/Testmap.png
I tried to load some JPG and got a warning. There should be a file sample.jpg, made with the same camera and the same conditions:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bwmqy87vqti4u1s/EerstePoging.png
I do not have that file and rename some other damaged file to sample.jpg.
Loaded some files and the program did some work. Not the best, but that was expected, because there was no good sample.jpg.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/u6b08g5asoxnnq5/TweedePoging.png
The files, org and processed, are in this folder:
https://ootjegotd.stackstorage.com/s/yzcQ0K76BVoRype
Ootje

Tried it and uninstalled it!
Sorry to say because I always like to give a chance to a "young" developer.
It looks like that this app was designed from the DOS era. The GUI is not user-friendly. The Load... Save.... Open menu is simply... well, horrible!

Simply to get a picture from my picture folder took me a long time. The (very) tiny menu on the left pane is not adjustable.

And, yes, I did test it with a (known) corrupt JPG file. It didn't work! Period.

Uninstalled... sorry Joep you seem like a good guy from what I read here!

Joep, the GOTD Version is 1.8.83. You mentioned that you just updated it to Version 1.8.92. Can I download and register this version as well with the given credentials?
In general, is it possible to activate new updated version as well or just for a certain period or will it loose activation once updated?
Thanks for clarifying and for this Software offered. Wolf

i didn't like the interface. sample photo? portable? not intuitive at all. despite what a software does, the look and feel is a large challenge, and doesn't have much to do with what the soft actually does. much like going from dos to windows. this one could use a big makeover and eliminate the need for a sample. does it work? I cant tell.

This actually seems like a portable program:
1. Extract the zip to a folder (I recommend a parent folder in one of your hard drives, Drive C or D or whatever as it shouldn't *need* to be on the OS drive), run setup and allow Internet connection, then register it but copy and pasting the license into the box provided. Program ran automatically after that and was registered (for me anyways).
I saw no files created except the license file in the extracted folder so it remembers that it's registered.
The program *seems* to work on my old test OS (Windows XP SP3). I don't have a "corrupt" jpg to test it with though so I cannot comment on how well it works..
Anyways, putting it on a flash drive (with the license) would theoretically work as I saw no other files or registry entries created running it or registering it (except for the before-mentioned key file).
One caveat though I should mention is that Internet is REQUIRED! It will not even run if it can't phone home. Checking license perhaps? All I know is that when I prevented it from phoning home, it produced an error:
Run-time error '-2147012889 (80072ee7)':
The server name or address could not be resolved

So if you're like me and don't like letting programs phone home, you might want to pass on this one..
My 2 cents (and observations).

So you run it after registration from the same setup.exe!
Have to click on each jpg to select it. Cant select folder or multiple JPG's.
On first clicking REPAIR button it errors as it needs a sample good jpg!
Clicking OK or X will not exit the error box!!!
Have to click OK as many times as number of selected jpg's!!!
Screen is fixed size!

I cant do any more with this as its too annoying.

Let me know when its useable.

Hi Joep.

Thanks for this offering for my toolkit.

I always check, once downloaded to see if I have the latest update and note that this version is 1.8.83 yet the latest version on your site is showing
Version: 1.8.37
Published: January 11, 2019

That has confused me a little.
One would expect the later version to have a higher number?

Register where? It disappeared. Not in programs anywhere

I'm a little bit confused, running the setup.exe from the downloaded archive (622,663 bytes) just seems to run the program, rather than install anything. However it doesn't ask for the serial number.

Running the version from the web-site does ask for a serial number, and after that the "setup.exe" version also says it's registered.

Download and install fine. But does not work for me! Followed instructions and tried a renamed corrupt jpg picture. Called it sample file as suggested. Application simply sits after asked to "repair".

If I can not open a jpg because it says corrupted, then this software promises that it will probably repair it?

Tried it on 26 corrupted jpg's, does not work.