Zentimo is intended to manage the USB devices connected to your computer. It is meant to substitute Windows built-in tool, as Zentimo has many more features, like the possibility to access and modify a device´s properties as well as perform speed tests. Fortunately, the program is not difficult to use at all.
The program lets you stop any connected USB device. Perhaps you are arguing that you can do the same with the default tool and it is true. However, Zentimo is much better at forcing devices to stop when given processes are preventing this action. Moreover, if you do not wish to do the “hard way”, you can always have the program display the list of processes to find where the problem is. Another advantage of Zentimo is that it actually allows disabling some kinds of external devices (hot-plug devices), which you would normally need to do via the Device Manager. Moreover, if you have stopped a device but it is still plugged, you can start it again without the need for the usual operation of disconnecting and reconnecting it.
The tool is quite advisable in terms of automating your work. In this respect, Zentimo lets you define what your system should do on an event such as connection and removal. This way, you can set a given application to run or create a backup of the contents of the USB device before stopping it.
Other worth-mentioning features are that the program can prevent autorun viruses to start from your portable drive as well as manage encrypted partitions. Moreover, it lets you manage drive letter and conduct speed test on your devices.
In a nutshell, Zentimo is certainly one of the best tools of its kind. The product is sold in three licenses: personal, commercial and unlimited site (supporting all the computers in an enterprise). However, you should know that there are similar programs available at no cost, although they may not have so many features.
v1.9.7.1258 [Oct 20, 2016]
October 19th, 2016:
We are happy to announce the new release Zentimo 1.9. It’s a major upgrade that includes support for High-DPI monitors, usability improvements, improved command line, a huge bug-fix and extended encrypted volumes support (former ‘TrueCrypt integration’ feature, now includes support of VeraCrypt and CipherShed).
Usability improvements:
- Press “Tab” key in the menu to show hidden device list.
- If the program icon is in the ‘additional icons’ area of the systray the menu is displayed above this area (not in front of it).
- Warning dialog is displayed on attempt to return USB3.0 device back, because this action leads the USB 3.0 hub to a temporarily disabled state.
- Multi-monitor support improvement: program dialogs are now displayed on the same monitor with the device menu.
- Hotkey to stop all devices is displayed in the tray context menu.
- The option “Notify about connected devices on system exit” is now off by default.
- The option “Save device properties on all storage devices” is now off by default.
Command line improvements:
- Forced return command is added.
- Extended logging added.
Bug fix:
- Sometimes the program didn’t display the menu or display it in an incorrect place.
- An error could be displayed after successful device stopping.
- An error could be displayed when the program is running in background.
- Program didn’t delete sent error reports.
- An error could be displayed while searching for locking processes.
- An error could be displayed on device forced stopping.
- In some cases an error displayed when calling the device menu.
- Some PNG images can crash the program when loaded as device icons.
- Installer option “Don’t create icon in the Start menu” were ignored.
- On white-and-black Windows color scheme some dialogs were displayed incorrectly.
- ‘A’ and ‘B’ drive letters were never assigned automatically to devices, it causes the external storage may not have a drive letter at all.
- An error could be displayed when selecting device context menu item.
- An error could be displayed on ejecting media (card reader’s card or CD-ROM’s media).
- An error displayed when clicking to some parts of the device menu.
- An error might be displayed after ejecting of a card reader’s card.
- The program assistant service can silently crash in some cases.
- Forced return didn’t work in some cases (handles to neighbor devices weren’t actually closed).
- Could not see locking processes for devices with folder-only mount point(s).
- An error was displayed when the program cannot write portable settings file on write protected\access restricted media.
- Settings of encrypted volumes (TrueCrypt) weren’t portable.
- In some cases encrypted volume (TrueCrypt) wasn’t mounted automatically.
- Encrypted volume (TrueCrypt) settings might be reset on restart of the program.
- Fixed drive letter settings can be reset for devices with portable settings enabled.
- Portable apps menu didn’t display in the skin’s color scheme.
- Program weren’t able to run an encryption software (TrueCrypt) from the device.
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