Which format files are you looking to preview?
Alt+P enables and disables preview in explorer.
If possible, please send us a screenshot of how it looks, we’ll do our best to assist.

Thanks BigMike,

I hate to say it , VM has a wide range of documentated cases like these the one’s i know of doing what i suggested helps, but not in all cases.

Then your talking more time to investigate, which is when the question is raised why not do a rebuild seeing that this isnt an issue being replicated on other VM’s.

But, it’s not a PowerArchiver problem as i’ve seen this across many other platforms and dll’s.

Sorry i couldnt help further buddy, if you do manage to figuire it out please share we would love to hear from you again.

Kind Regards,
RJWaring

Actually I think deleteing the file from the archive before adding the updated version again may not be working quite right either. The resulting .pa file seems to get larger!

For now I will just delete the whole .pa archive and re-create it. It’s probably quicker in many cases too.

For starters.

checkmark on a different line then the buttons Wider buttons remove a lot of frames.

move the label with the text "bestandsnaam: above the textbox. Sorry, normally my arrow points to the wrongdoing. Not this time.
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thanks @guido !!!

@spwolf I just tested it

Extracted it 4 more depths inside folders (7 folders in total) than the last try, which was 3 folders in depth. Same settings

The program was not executed. It seems that the fix has worked :D

Thank you all for your involvement in fixing this bug!

@GiovanninettiR I assume this was simply PA format compressing pst file really well? I think we have even some special settings for PST and quite large dictionary which leads to great compression. Thanks!

Hi.

On the mobile version of the forums, in the options from the left side ‘Search’ appears twice.

Illustration here

Thank you!

hey @bigdog

are you referring to the Add option being the only option in the Action dropdown in the Add screen?

finally got it reproduced and logged in, thanks all!

@JoeS said in Searching for the specific Regkeys needed to default new installations in Modern Windows 10 not dark view:

When I push PowerArchiver 2019.00.50 by MSI, new installations come up dark. I know that I can put the registry keys I need to control user settings in firstrun.reg, but I haven’t been able to isolate the ones that I want. Specifically, I don’t want to open up in Dark Mode.

So far I have tried “MySkinDir”=“C:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\SKINS\Light Solitude\”

Thanks

It is best to wait for next build where windows ribbon will be default… we will also have a new gui tool for commonly used settings out very soon. Thanks!

@spwolf I am afraid that I will not be able to correctly understand the question, because I speak English badly. I will try to summarize my last post. I switched to using the Classic Simple (fastest) skin and now I do not have such a problem. But if I switch to the Light Solitude skin, then I begin to experience this problem. All of the above is also true for version 19.00.50.

P.S. I apologize. After I gave the answer, I realized that the message was not to me. Now I understand everything.

@moles42 said in Missing or ugly SFX-Icon:

I think that pixelated icon has been around a long time if memory serves.

yeah, ZIP SFX has been around forever… we were rewriting it last year but the main problem we had is that today, new SFX’s are considered in many cases as false positives. So no matter how hard we tried, we had at least >10 false positive warnings for new SFX.

@Mili

Thanks a lot. I could finally have a single archiving app on my system after all those years.
Keeping fingers crossed!

I’m trying running with the Indexing Service disabled on both my PCs now because it’s useless and just sticks on certain files which there is no easy way to identify.

I don’t think I’m going to miss it because I already tend to use WHERE /r from the command line to find files since it usually gets results much quicker anyway.

thanks!!

Hi @joakim_46
We have improved the extraction and the file should now be extracted fine.
Extracted fine in our tests here.
Here it is:
https://powerarchiver.cachefly.net/2019/powarc190048.exe

Please let us know if it works Ok for you as well and thanks for reporting it.

@spwolf said in PA 19.00.47 spurious messsage when extracting particular .pa file.:

@Brian-Gregory please check this release:
https://powerarchiver.cachefly.net/2019/powarc190048.exe

and see if it works properly… @Mili and I didnt have much time to test yet. Thanks!

Seems to work fine so far.
Thanks.

This is the return of a previous issue. With an archive open and the file list longer than the window display, typing the first letter of the file in the list to jump to the first entry does not work. It will work if a file name starting with that letter is visible in the list window, but not otherwise.

I am using version 19.00.47 64 bit.

This happens when I log in as a Standard User without administrator rights and run the PowerArchiver as an administrator.
If I log in as an admin, there is no such problem. If I log in as a non admin and run the archiver as a standard user account without administrator rights, then this problem also does not exist.

hah! those darn weird bugs :)
If it happens again, please do let us know.

@Brian-Gregory said in PA 19.00.43 Queue re-enabled every Windows reboot:

Hello? Are there any intelligent lifeforms out there?

Maybe… Enable PA 2019 Queue starts Starter when you check it (it asks for it)… but it will not start Starter at computer restart unless you check Start… box.
Reason for this is for people not have to look for starter in Program Files folder when they want to see what is it.

Thank you, now it works! The message is gone.

thanks for the updated information @Michael72
Yes, any time Extreme method is used, it is unrecognized by windows explorer extractor on xp when extracting.
We’ve logged it in, let’s see what can be done.

Thanks @Michael72
gonna test this out to confirm as well and log it in.
We’ll reply with further questions if needed.
thanks again!

:thumbs_up:

Hi @Michael72

thanks for the details!
We have confirmed both issues and both are logged in for fixing/addressing.
Not sure if PA will be able to set share setting to On, but the dev team will check it out.
Thanks for letting us know.

@spwolf Doesn’t make a difference when use the view option.

Should appear fine now in version .43
https://powerarchiver.cachefly.net/2019/powarc190043.exe

thanks for the help @Merowinger

Thank you for sharing the information it was helpful.

@ckit fixed yesterday, thank you!

haha, nice to hear!
thanks for the assist :)

Should work better now in version .41, please let us know and thanks for the report
https://powerarchiver.cachefly.net/2019/powarc190041.exe

I just saw, that there would be a matching string already:
pas.resourcestring.Info: Password matches the Password Policies

So using this resource string would result in an already translated replacement.

tx @guido
logged in

Hi @ValhallaWarrior

Which version of PowerArchiver are you using?
Also, does it happen with all mounted ISO files or a certain one?

Tested the latest 2019 version and unmounting worked, so it could be something specific.
Let us know.

afraid don’t have the link as the ad keeps changing

@qrti said in Gigantic Titel bar:

Version 19.00.33

If I set ‘quartz violet’ skin, PA title bars get real big, requesters also inherit these title bars. They were of normal size in the previous version.

quartz violet.png

‘Classic’ skin title bars are of common system size.

classic.png

we noticed it too, we working on large dpi changes. Thanks for the report.

Method: Optimize Strong
Compression: Extreme
Threads: 2 (Automatic = UNCHECKED)
Add to queue: UNCHECKED
Low priority: UNCHECKED

I shouldn’t have to lower compression settings.
PowerArchiver should adjust to the memory I have available.

@spwolf

Ok, can we have a pinned topic so others know as well?

basically we had to clear some bad cache and rename the file… nothing to smart or exciting.

You cannot drag and drop folders into Archive Converter window when you start PowerArchiver with Admin rights.

If you start PowerArchiver without Admin rights, you can drop and drop folders into the Archive Converter window correctly.

thanks for the suggestion, we’ve logged in an improvement to show a notice

awesome! thanks for helping us find the incorrect nag screen for non adv codec pack licenses, logged in for fixing. :)

glad it worked out @aruzinsky
please write whenever we can be of assistance.

thanks @wilsonp
We were able to reproduce it and it’s logged in for fixing. thanks for the help.

Thank you very much. The Setting was 3pt, which is very small. After Setting it to 9pt everything looks fine.

@Minotaur said in Preview of archive contents in Win10 explorer:

Hi there.
Back in PA2016, I used to be able to select a zip/rar/etc. file in Windows Explorer and I’d see the archive contents in the Windows 10 preview pane. However no version since this has had this feature. Is this a big, or something that was intentionally removed, or am I missing a setting to enable it somewhere?
Thanks.

It has returned with PA 2019 Preview… do you have access to it?

Yes, it was version 19.00.26

@nsd3 said in UAC elevation required whenever I start PowerArchiver 2019 toolbox:

I’ve just upgraded to the Toolbox version of PowerArchiver, and following the email invitation, downloaded and installed PowerArchiver 2019.00.26.

UAC elevation kicks in whenever I start the application. Anyway to prevent this happening, it’s really annoying.

Uncheck all users option from the warning window and click ok… does it happen again? Do you have any other software for compression installed? Let us try to fix the root of the problem in next build.

thanks!

@The_PurSpyk said in Context Menu Icons (right click in File Explorer), general comments:

Hi

I know this was an issue in the beta version of 2018, and it seems to be the same in 2019, the right click menu icons in File Explorer are red, the uninstall icon ion Control Panel is also red?

When using the new Windows 10 theme, there is a lot of inconsistency between the different modes, in the burners, you have large colourful icons on top of the scree, in ftp mode you have very small icons, seems a bit of a mess at the moment.

If you select Modern Toolbar, and have the dark theme on in Windows 10, the toolbar has a black background while the rest of the application is white, the 2018 version never had this issue.

red is on purpose for beta versions being improved, but we also did some of it on purpose… in any case, we finished all the changes for next build, it looks tight IMHO. we can implement new windows dark skin for ribbon ui only for the ribbon part, not for the rest of the app as we cant skin only small part of the application while top ribbon is official windows ribbon ui and cant be skinned. You can change this option manually in under Skins> Modern Toolbar> Auto, Dark, Light.

thanks!

thanks @The_PurSpyk

Noticed the icon of the hidden folder/file is showing lighter but it’s still showing. Logging this in.

thanks for letting us know.

@south37 said in PA2019 1. Drag and Drop. 2. Toolbar icons:

@spwolf
version .26 has fixed the toolbar issue and the drag-and-drop issue as well.
Thanks very much.

thanks for letting us know, and if you find anything else please post it again.

thanks!

Thanks @spwolf , that was indeed the problem! Nothing was selected under “Font size” so I guess it just used 6 by default. Anyway, set to the desired size and all is good again!

@MDuss said in Power Archiver 20018 and Outlook 2016:

Hi Spywolf.

When you are in the add-ins menu from the option and you want to open the configuration from an other addin like for example “Microsoft-Exchange-Add-In” do you get then the windows which tells you that this add-in have no configuration settings or do you get the window from powerarchiver although you have selected for example the “Microsoft-Exchange-Add-In” Add-in?

MfG
MDuss

In the future update, we will remove separate add-in menu in options, so you will be able to configure it via toolbar only, as Microsoft wants. That way there is no confusion.

Let us know if you notice anything else, thank you!

:thumbs_up_light_skin_tone: Working fine… It’s solved, thanks!

@jra85 said in PA 2019: Small Folder Tree Icons on High-DPI Screens:

Hi, I’m using PowerArchiver 2019 on a 27" 4k display scaled at 200% in Windows 10, and there’s a minor issue where the icons in the folder tree are small: https://imgur.com/a/G29i1HZ

The icons in the archive content view appear to be fine.

we can certainly scale treeview icons better… thanks for the report.

@Luxor said in PA Virtual Drive update???:

@spwolf said in PA Virtual Drive update???:

@Luxor said in PA Virtual Drive update???:

It has returned in 19.

how annoying!

Things look normal in 24.

yeah, i updated it again last night on the server side

Hi @Chris-Steinbeck-Bell

There definitely isn’t a problem with your license, it just seems that it does not have the Advanced Codec Pack(.PA format) included. We did have a couple of earlier 2018 versions where the .PA format was unlocked while it was not supposed to and that was a bug. Upon solving the bug, it worked as intended, for PowerArchiver users who have the advanced codec pack.
You may renew your license through your account at www.conexware.com/shop, which will include the .Pa format as well.

Hi Mesamit,

We have replied through support, regarding the Select plan.
Please let us know if we can be of further assistance.

Thanks!

@ianac said in Error during extraction from self-extracting archive (v18.01.04 - 64bit):

Apologies for replying to my own post - hope i havent broke a forum rule.

It seems there might be an issue with that self-extracting file linked to in my original post because i’ve just created a temporary Win10 VM to run it in and the self-extracting file also generates zero length files too.

However i still think there is an issue with PA because an updated source archive was posted a few weeks later and can be found in this link… https://files.gpg4win.org/gpg4win-src-3.1.5-1.exe

Running that self-extracting file does not create any zero length files but when it is opened in PA they are still shown as being zero length and the same error occurs when extracting them.

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seems like NSIS installer latest release changed something and our extractor does not work anymore (properly)? Will check, thanks for the update.

@Nézih said in Can not open .nrg files:

hstgdhdqhstdhsgqhgds

Are you sure about that?

Looks like a spammer to me.

@Havokdan said in Viewing Archive Properties:

@spwolf said in Viewing Archive Properties:

@bigdog said in Viewing Archive Properties:

It is with the modern toolbar. I guess the default as I don’t remember changing that.

alt+tab to bring it out in modern…

It was not alt+enter?

Of course it is alt+enter, sorry about that, typing too fast 😁

@The_PurSpyk said in Adverts in PowerArchiver:

It was very quick and my program is registered, just thought it was odd. I could not replicate it.

let us know if it happens again, it was likely a nag screen, not sure why would it happen though? Not planned in any case. Thanks!

great, thanks for letting us know… Yeah, there is no auto update for portable obviously.

Forgot to mention that, the issue was with shell extension. Thank you.

Hi,

I’ve just noticed, that the localization of the shell extension doesn’t work in PowerArchiver.

My OS is Windows 10 x64 1803.
If I right click in the standard explorer the PowerArchiver shell extension is localized.
If I right click in the file listing insider PowerArchiver, the shell extension is English.

@guido said in Language Issues (Dutch):

ehh. I dont know. Let me check.

I sent 10/5 version again… should be the latest one.

@spwolf said in Dark skin, button not transparent.:

i wonder how this came to be

Gremlins probably.

@spwolf

so where did it not work? From previous .58? Thanks!

That is right. The issue was with .58 and with the latest version, no problems.
Cheers
DrT

Hi. Do you have some news my traduction problems ?

That’s better.

no sorry. Did a reinstall.

@BigMike said in [BUG] UAC support broken in PowerArchiver 2018:

Now I get error messages as expected.

thanks for your help Michael!

@bigdog encrypt filenames should work fine in 18.01.03 now… please check it out, thanks!

@spwolf said in No Move with Compress with Options:

@bigdog said in No Move with Compress with Options:

Just curious why disabled with 7z format but not others? Basically the process is the same no matter the format. Copy files into the new archive, verify validity, and then delete (wipe) the original files.

we have better access with other engines than with 7z/pa…

Interesting… well hopefully that can be resolved at some point.

Thanks

@bigdog said in Options to Save Password:

I found a new bug today when it is asking to save the password for encrypted archives. You can either hit Yes to save it or No to not only NOT save it but Never to ask again about saving it. The other option cancel should work where like it does on other apps. It cancels that current prompt but it may ask again later. Instead what cancel does it cancel the whole archiving process.

Thanks for letting us know, we will check it out for next build.

@guido said in Switching restarts PA:

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when pressing one of these buttons, makes PA close and reopen again with the selected section

yes, they require different interface when you have ribbon toolbar.

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@Mili

Hi there. I was using the latest drivers anyway, but did what your suggested and redownloaded them. No change. Right-clicking Unmount did not work but working in PA’s burner section, the unmount did.
Cheers
DrT
PS Worse issues in new install of Win 7 x64 as mentioned above.

Using PA 18.00.58 (07/2018) 64-bit
I have a .7z archive with all files encrypted. When I select 1 file to delete from the archive, PA deletes all files from the archive and gives an error pop-up window that the archive is no longer a valid file.
I’ve submitted a ticket for this, but was wondering if anyone else is having this problem.

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Hello,

Please contact us via https://www.powerarchiver.com/support/ and we can help you out. Since we will likely need registry data, it is not for public forums… thank you!

we made sure it’s logged in for fixing, thanks for letting us know @guido

tx @guido
logging it in

@TheAndyMac said in Details List not displaying properly on Hi-DPI display:

The Details list of an archive is not displaying correctly on my Hi-DPI display (version 18.00.57). The others (including List and Small Icon) are working fine. The line spacing on the Details list is too small.0_1533988436651_snip_20180811125344.png

What is the dpi setting there? Thanks.

@brian-gregory

Brian,

“In a shop”? How quaint :slightly_smiling_face: .

It is difficult to buy a regular-sized mouse without them these days. Just look on Amazon.

It also irks me when there is a functionality in windows that I use, that many programs implement and a few do not :frowning_face: .

IMHO, not an unreasonable request.

@luxor said in Slow drawing of main window.:

@spwolf said in Slow drawing of main window.:

I will check if we can improve this. I dont think it was any different in previous builds.

In previous builds I’ve never seen the scroll bar out of position like it is in this build.
If it did occur it was obviously too fast for my old eyes to pick up on it. ;)

might depend on number of files in the folder, but i went back to .37 and if folders bar + skins + hdd browse is on, scroll bar of the folders bar will be seen changing size at startup.

I wrote it in… thanks!

The Malaware program I decided to test is vacating my pc as I type :D

@spwolf
That explains it then.
Thanks for checking.
have a great weekend
DrT

thanks @drteeth !

We were able to reproduce and are logging it in for fixing

Wrong version on Glary Utilities software update check, even if i have newer version installed. i have to install version from website not inbuilt powerarchiver update check to get rid of mglary utilites notifcation of powerarchiver update

Thanks very much @lbren
We have noted all of your suggestions and have logged them in for the dev team to see once they start working on it.

@drteeth said in PA 18.00.53 tab opening:

Hi spwolf,

No worries about the late reply.

As for your problem with many tabs, just have a “close all” option.

What about my request to be able to use a mouse’s forward and back buttins to navigate the archive? I always press my back button first by instinct and only then realise that I have to use the cursor and my left mouse button.

I look forward to the tab enhancements.

Cheers

DrTeeth

opened up a new thread about that:
https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/5984/move-back-and-forth-via-prev-next-buttons-in-archive-folders

@bigmike said in Tabs, empty windows and extra closing.:

@spwolf said in Tabs, empty windows and extra closing.:

But good idea about something there if user is not using/browsing hdd? Maybe MRU archives? Or output from favorite archives window? @Alpha-Testers - i know @Brian-Gregory is using classic with folders, maybe he can give some input?

How will this work with your proposal here?

1st tab on opening with no arguments: Files and folders/folder pane shows “My PC” 1st tab on opening with archive: Archive content/folder pane shows archive folder structure opening an archive will open a new tab, folder pane shows archive folder structure opening a new tab by (+) will show MRU list/Favorites?

On the first guess, I would vote for “Favorites” to fill the empty pane :-)

Probably, that will make it pretty confusing for the standard user…
But the pane should never be empty. That is confusing, too.
Maybe restricting browsing “My PC” to explorer mode and using folder pane in archive mode consequently for Favorites/MRU and for archive folder structures, in case an archive is open, is smarter.

both folder panel and browsing hdd in archive mode are optional features, default is that there is no folder panel and there is no hdd browsing in archive mode.

So i dont think it will be too crazy for pro users… and it is useful for sure.