<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Tech Support]]></title><description><![CDATA[post any issues or problems you have experienced with latest version of PowerArchiver]]></description><link>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/category/4</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 03:45:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forums.powerarchiver.com/category/4.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 06:56:29 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Website ideas]]></title><description><![CDATA[I do like the new website though I would like to have support tap to include in its menu the community forums.  As at first I thought you got rid of them until I accidently went to bottom of support form page.
It would be nice to have a menu for approved plugins for powerarchiver.   I would be willing to test them for you.
]]></description><link>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6680/website-ideas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6680/website-ideas</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[davidsplash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 06:56:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open source]]></title><description><![CDATA[@davidsplash anything can be opensoured but it depends on who owns the code and overall business.  What happens to funds etc
Its sad to see that there has been no update on pa for years. Looking at the market only Winzip appear to be rolling updates every year but they do have corel bank rolling them.
]]></description><link>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6679/open-source</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6679/open-source</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[RJWaring]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 20:23:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[BETA: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.10.02]]></title><description><![CDATA[@BigMike Ah, yes - difference between old shell extensions and new handler. We will check it out, i forgot was there a reason for it. Thanks!
]]></description><link>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6678/beta-powerarchiver-2023-22-10-02</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6678/beta-powerarchiver-2023-22-10-02</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[spwolf]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:11:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Windows 11 Shell Extension crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[Copied the Take Command shortcut, changed Target to be wt.exe -p “Take Command” and saved it. Right-clicked to get to properties and Explorer crashed. (wt.exe is the Microsoft Terminal program, which I have installed from the Microsoft Store.)
The Target path had changed to: C:\Users{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\wt.exe -p “Take Command”
Created a new shortcut in a Start Menu folder and set the command line to the same, and it crashed the same.
Created a new shortcut and set the command line to mspaint.exe (also a Windows Store app) and Explorer crashed on right-click on the shortcut.
It appears PowerArchiver shell extensions doesn’t handle Windows Store apps in shortcuts properly. Perhaps it needs better defensive coding around checking the Target of shortcuts, or just ignoring shortcuts altogether.
Running PA 22.00.11 on Windows 11 24H2 Build 26100.6584
]]></description><link>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6675/windows-11-shell-extension-crash</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6675/windows-11-shell-extension-crash</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[wilsonp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 23:46:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Affected by winrar&#x2F;.rar vulnerability?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi,
I’m glad to hear from you and welcome back!
Any translation needed?
Phil
French translator (I’ve been doing this since 2003, time flies!!)
]]></description><link>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6674/affected-by-winrar-rar-vulnerability</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6674/affected-by-winrar-rar-vulnerability</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[mallet]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 05:15:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[End of Powerarchiver]]></title><description><![CDATA[@davidsplash
I am, in November 2025, being asked to pay a modest $15 fee for “continued support and updates”. I have no idea whether this is bona fide, a scam or whatever.
If it is indeed a genuine offer/service from Conexware/PA, I think that it should be offered in the context of a detailed an comprehensive statement, published here in full, as to what exactly is happening with PA, its future and answers to all the obvious questions about it. I have supported it almost from Day One, and it isn’t very acceptable to see it disappearing away in a cloud of Radio Silence.
Peter
]]></description><link>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6673/end-of-powerarchiver</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6673/end-of-powerarchiver</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[PA_Fan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 08:07:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ultimate zip was made by powerarchiver]]></title><description><![CDATA[From google search
AI Overview
Yes, that’s correct. UltimateZip was indeed a product of the same company that developed PowerArchiver, and it was essentially a rebranded version of PowerArchiver. It was discontinued and replaced by PowerArchiver.
]]></description><link>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6672/ultimate-zip-was-made-by-powerarchiver</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6672/ultimate-zip-was-made-by-powerarchiver</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[davidsplash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 08:04:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[updates]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yep. As Bones so famously said… “He’s dead, Jim.”
]]></description><link>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6671/updates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6671/updates</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[trparky]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:00:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[BETA PowerArchive 22.00.11 - Windows 11 Context Menu duplicated&#x2F;additional tier]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just uninstalled, fully cleaned all registry using Registry Finder to search for and remove all PowerArc and Connexware entries, and then reinstalled - and now showing just the one, correct menu.
Something was duplicating the installation of the handlers, so maybe something that can be done in the installer.
]]></description><link>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6670/beta-powerarchive-22-00-11-windows-11-context-menu-duplicated-additional-tier</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6670/beta-powerarchive-22-00-11-windows-11-context-menu-duplicated-additional-tier</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[TheAndyMac]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2025 08:31:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Icons for SFX-Archives]]></title><description><![CDATA[@Mili said in No Icons for SFX-Archives:

@Merowinger said in No Icons for SFX-Archives:

Hello!
I’ve just created SFX-Archives both from ZIP and 7z-Archives and none has an Icon as it seems.
I use the new version 22.00.11.
[image: 1729594955632-zwischenablage_10-22-2024_01.jpg]

Hey, thanks for writing. I tested and got the resulting icon when creating an EXE from an existing archive.
[image: 1729699973726-iconssfx.jpg]
I did test adding a custom icon from the create SFX dialog and it did not work correctly, so bug found and added for fixing, thanks very much :)

Thank you!
]]></description><link>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6669/no-icons-for-sfx-archives</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6669/no-icons-for-sfx-archives</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Merowinger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2024 11:02:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zip extraction from windows 11 by windows]]></title><description><![CDATA[Basically I used powerarchiver context menus to zip up a folder then i used windows 11 own built in zip extractor via the context menu to extract all and this is where it throw up a fault. , I’m using windows 11 .
The file that was a problem in the zip that windows 11 could not extract was iva “babe” cotton.jpg
I know it has non standard quotes in it.
However I had winrar on the computer and tried the exact same method with their context menu compress to zip and then I extracted the file with windows own extract all context menu and it had no problems.  This indicates that powerarchiver is doing something different with iva “babe” cotton.jpg  compressing to zip.
Then I changed iva  “babe” cotton.jpg to iva babe cotton.jpg and compressed it with powerarchiver and then tried it with windows 11 extract all and had no problems.  It looks like powerarchiver is doing something to that one file that has quotes in it.
Please note that powerarchiver extracted both zip files with no problems, only windows built in zip extraction had the fault.  Reason I’m letting people know in case they send zip files with special characters in files names to people who do not have powerarchiver.
When will a fix be implemented?
]]></description><link>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6668/zip-extraction-from-windows-11-by-windows</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6668/zip-extraction-from-windows-11-by-windows</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[davidsplash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:18:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Installer problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have installed the latest beta on windows 11 pro and it work ok, I use mcafee.  If the file is in the folder, as I suspect it should be, then it could be a permissions thing on your system.  One way to test its’s not your antivirus doing this is to temporary disable it and try  loading / installing powerarchiver.  If that works its your antivirus.
Another solution is to install to a different folder to see if the program folder is locked permission wise.
I would suggest listing your windows 11 build and specs on computer.
]]></description><link>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6667/installer-problem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6667/installer-problem</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[davidsplash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2024 21:08:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[BETA: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.11]]></title><description><![CDATA[New version:
PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.11:
Download:
https://u.powerarchiver.com/pa2023/powarc220011.exe
New build for some bug fixes and issues - full list to come with new update. Please test and see if you have any issues.
Thanks everyone for your assistance!
]]></description><link>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6666/beta-powerarchiver-2023-22-00-11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6666/beta-powerarchiver-2023-22-00-11</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[spwolf]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2024 09:32:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Button alignment on config window.]]></title><description><![CDATA[@Luxor Fixed in 22.00.11.
]]></description><link>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6665/button-alignment-on-config-window</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6665/button-alignment-on-config-window</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Luxor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2024 10:30:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Button alignment. About window.]]></title><description><![CDATA[@Luxor Fixed in 22.00.11
]]></description><link>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6664/button-alignment-about-window</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6664/button-alignment-about-window</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Luxor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2024 10:28:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[BETA: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.10]]></title><description><![CDATA[@spwolf
New build here:
https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6666/beta-powerarchiver-2023-22-00-11
]]></description><link>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6663/beta-powerarchiver-2023-22-00-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6663/beta-powerarchiver-2023-22-00-10</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[spwolf]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 18:45:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE SSL CERTIFICATE FOR *.POWERARCHIVER.COM HAS EXPIRED.]]></title><description><![CDATA[They know and it’s fixed now.
]]></description><link>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6662/the-ssl-certificate-for-powerarchiver-com-has-expired</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6662/the-ssl-certificate-for-powerarchiver-com-has-expired</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Luxor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 11:24:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[News&#x2F;Update on PowerArchiver&#x2F;Connexion in 2024]]></title><description><![CDATA[@TheAndyMac glad to hear it and its as i expected. The war in ukcraine caused a number of unexpected blips for many and i believe PA had some key contributors from that way.
I’m hopeful to get back and help the devs with Alpha, Beta and RC testing &amp; brain Storming etc i’m medically retired now and have way more time on hands so i hope to help in due course.
Like with many, i await eagerly some update from ConeXware staff.
Kind Regards
RJWaring
]]></description><link>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6661/news-update-on-powerarchiver-connexion-in-2024</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6661/news-update-on-powerarchiver-connexion-in-2024</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[RJWaring]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2024 07:02:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[PA2023 22.00.09 trying to delete a directory from a tar file.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I tried it again. After attempting to delete a directory in the .tar (or .tar.xz) file I get this:
[image: 1720475479547-pa-del-err-1-fs8.png]
and then the file is truncated.
]]></description><link>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6660/pa2023-22-00-09-trying-to-delete-a-directory-from-a-tar-file</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6660/pa2023-22-00-09-trying-to-delete-a-directory-from-a-tar-file</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Gregory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2024 11:54:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[2024]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’ve managed to get in touch with Ivan, the main developer. See https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6661/news-update-on-powerarchiver-connexion-in-2024
]]></description><link>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6659/2024</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6659/2024</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[TheAndyMac]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2024 20:46:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[PA 2023: No portable version?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just wrote a reminder to the team to release the Portable version, if it does not appear in the coming update, it will in a future one.
Thanks!
]]></description><link>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6656/pa-2023-no-portable-version</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6656/pa-2023-no-portable-version</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mili]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2024 11:24:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[PA 2023 Toolbox - 22.00.09 - Remove archive encryption]]></title><description><![CDATA[@PA_Fan said in PA 2023 Toolbox - 22.00.09 - Remove archive encryption:

@davidsplash
Thanks. I’ve had a look at the Ashampoo Pro 4 version, but that seems to be minus a number of things that are in the current release of Powerarchiver.
For instance, there isn’t a “Remove Encryption” offering, the archive creation section doesn’t offer several of the options in PA such as Move/Update/Refresh and some other switches, there isn’t a Test Archive feature and so on. Whilst it does the job in parts, the Pro 4 offering is distinctly reduced from the PA version, although the prices seem to be the same.
Speaking of which, we haven’t seen any updates to PA 2023 since 22.00.09, and whilst I’m a firm believer in the “ain’t broke, don’t fix it” philosophy, it would be good for those of us who have bought and used PA for many years to have some small inkling of what PA may be planning.
Going back to the original problem of decryption, I think that it may have been just a temporary glitch (possibly process overloads) on my machine, as it has worked OK, albeit on smaller archives than that which gave problems.
Another interesting thing is that the Help for the Ashampoo version does list the same things as the Help for PA e.g. gridlines, comments etc. etc.

]]></description><link>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6655/pa-2023-toolbox-22-00-09-remove-archive-encryption</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6655/pa-2023-toolbox-22-00-09-remove-archive-encryption</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[PA_Fan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2024 08:48:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Updates]]></title><description><![CDATA[Any updates going to happen for the bugs reported?
]]></description><link>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6654/updates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6654/updates</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[davidsplash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 08:24:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bug extracting from ZIP etc using Extract here with PA 22.00.09]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well this is weird. This “bug” has gone away. I swear this is what was happening when I originally posted the bug report.
However today it’s working perfectly.
It must have been due to something other than PA on my PC, since the only things that have changed are things other than PA.
]]></description><link>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6653/bug-extracting-from-zip-etc-using-extract-here-with-pa-22-00-09</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6653/bug-extracting-from-zip-etc-using-extract-here-with-pa-22-00-09</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Gregory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2023 00:15:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[PA2023: Portable version missing?]]></title><description><![CDATA[@a-borque I’ve managed to get in touch with Ivan, the main developer. See https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6661/news-update-on-powerarchiver-connexion-in-2024
]]></description><link>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6652/pa2023-portable-version-missing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6652/pa2023-portable-version-missing</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[TheAndyMac]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Oct 2023 08:10:56 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>