@pirrbe if you cancel via task manager, then file could stay locked, depending on luck… because you forced quit PA.exe, it can not release the file. I assume there is no powerarc.exe left in task manager? Then restart would “solve” the issue.

Mili will try reproducing the folder cancel issue.

thanks!

@spwolf said in Graphic oddity on toolbar.:

it might need to work like that…

Some things you just can’t change.
If it’s the expected behaviour of toolbar buttons, then that’s the way it has to be.

no, because in that case it would mean that it is possible for files with same filename end up missing from backup, since there could be only 1.

if you need to extract them as with no path, you can do that.

thanks!

One thing I noticed … after deleting in TS, when I go to re-add it in PA, it remembered 10pm as start time, but had Wednesday not Thursday???

@skypx that’s even faster :-) and if you don’t use shell commands, you don’t even have to fix your registry :-)))))))))))))))))))

@ckit said in Direct Extract in C:\Program Files folder:

You need to run PA as Administrator for that

we had uac elevation for zip format since 5-6 years or more :)

@bigmike sounds smart, i wrote it in…

Finally, I was able to reproduce it. It seems to appear when first changing the destination folder in the very first screen, then clicking the browse button in destination media screen.

thanks very much for the details @pirrbe !!
We have logged it in

On my desktop it got a bit muddled up because, I think, I checked manually for updates at the same time as it was updating itself. On my laptop I let it do it’s stuff and it seemed to work well, I think it updated when I closed PowerArchiver after using it.

Fixed\Changed in Build 91, Thank you!

@spwolf ok, it’s operational again, thx.

Fixed in Build 91, Thank you!

Problem in original post fixed in .91
Thank you.

Fixed\Changed in Build 91, Thank you!

Fixed in Build 91, Thank you!

test uploading scr_prints after new upgrade communic.package :
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@pirrbe it should be checked there too, if you checked it in config.

as to original report, we could reproduce the progress window being in the back, so i wrote it in…

@pirrbe interesting, i reproduced it on add window.

Actually I have just discovered that this only happens if I have “Add to Queue” selected in the profile so it may in fact be unrelated to what type of archive is chosen.

Fixed in Final build 90, user gets a “Please select files\folders in the main file list window”

We found one issue with 7z engine and fixed it in .90. Let us know if it is better for you. It was dependent on special circumstances and very hard to reproduce. Thank you!

more info on update system here:
https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/5801/slow-ring-powerarchiver-2017-17-00-90-final

thanks!

thanks for sending it @pirrbe
We tested and confirmed it occurs when Queue/testing it turned on

logged in for fixing. thanks again!

I extracted and recompressed…

Just the WD_Apps_2.0.0.12.dmg to another 7z with same parms, tested fine

Just the WD_Apps_2.0.0.12.dmg with parent folder “WD Apps for Mac” to another 7z with same parms, tested fine

“WD Apps for Mac”. “WD Apps for Windows”, WD Apps Setup.exe" and locks up on “dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe” when testing so I’m thinking PA has trouble with multiple “WD Apps*.*” items (yes I’m wrong about the DMG theory)

PA 2017 RC2 build 87
Windows 10 Pro x64 RS2

Fixed.

Though I had to import my settings for it to take effect.

@Mili It seems to happen when either Macrium Reflect or Acronis are running; I suspect the former.

Fixed in 17.00.85.

Yeah now it has gotten way faster :) . And yeah their customer support is very responsive and supportive. And great security app. Hope to have PA a really swift utility app. … precisely the context menu / shell extraction.

@spwolf Most of the time 1sec maybe a little less.

My PA 2017 install is on a Samsung 950 Pro M.2 NVMe
My testing was on a Samsung 850 EVO drive though

Confirmed

Thanks for the info. are you also getting the screen in the screenshot and PA just stays there?

Is your Tar file a .tar.gz or a .tar?
It seems like the archive is being updated once a folder inside is deleted, and given that you’re working with a large large archive, it could be taking a while to update.

In our tests here, once a folder inside is deleted, PA takes a few seconds(or more depending on the archive size) to update the archive.
If possible now, try deleting a folder and let PowerArchiver update the archive. It eventually should update it and return to archive(without the progress/delete dialog that is in screenshot.

Let us know if that helped and thanks for the info!

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@winter said in PA 2017 issues with ACE format (not extracting and not opening file in default app):

https://app.box.com/s/ndk9rswh7mdmdtk67xakwutyy311rjye

ACE is old format that was popular in early 2000’s, very similar to RAR I guess… it stopped being updated some 10 years or so ago… archives can be encrypted or not.

This is the CD track 2 info :
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These are the results of different soft Rippers <> PA (same track)

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Conclusion : it seems that there’s no compression, despite different param selection, given the result of PA Size is equal to the original CD track size, 43 MB…

I have a lot of created batches and want to organize them back into folders or rename them with more logical names, I will have problem :
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In case of rename/move your .pbs files are erased from the dashboard…

Hereby a visualisation of the effects when you rename a .pbs batch :
Actual status : two files in explorer/two in dashboard, syncrone.
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I rename a file in explorer (not a function in dashboard). And now I have 2 files in explorer, 1 in dashboard. The REFRESH has no impact… and the renamed is erased…
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To have the renamed file in the dashboard, I have to run it once in explorer.

Question : if you open the dashboard for ARCHIVES, PA opens an explorer where you have all functions. Why not the same technic in BACKUP ? This will avoid this kind of problems (I suppose).

Suggestion : Why not in configuration/Folders create a ‘Backup Batches’ location that is filled up with a default but that can be personalized, such as for Temp/Startup locations.
This in combination with the ‘explorer window’ as used in ARCHIVES will avoid the above mentioned manipulations…

@spwolf I went back to the explorer shell commands. Aaaah, somewhere there’s allways a solution in PA ! My case : the file was already encrypted, but I forgot to ‘manual’ add the ‘enc’ in the filename. Renaming is for the moment not a good idea (discussed in chat, but still to report). But of course, in explorer you select the encrypted file, then in shell command ‘Power Archiver’/‘Encrypt’ and there you can select the suffix ‘_enc’. Cool, my encrypted file is encrypted again but now with the desired encrypt indication !
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(the context of my request was in the case I use PA as an ordinary Zipper to quickly compress/encrypt just one file. So not a real archive).
Ok, given the possibility to adjust it trough PA itself, my problem is solved :-)

Fixed in 17.00.77

@spwolf great, selecting files/folders_subfolders works now in the Dashboard pop-up explorer. Status : solved :-)

@pirrbe thanks to those files i discovered that it creates .7z archive 2nd time around, hence it cant be opened as .pa… it works if you rename it to .7z… seems like something simple in gui that we should be able to fix quickly… thanks a lot!

@pirrbe great, thanks for letting us know!

Confirmed, Thank you very much!

@spwolf Yes. I think it’s better. I wish I could remember the exact folder I was using before, but I can’t. It seems fast enough now anyway.

@FreakRob thanks a lot. 2 more bugs and free license or extension, just a reminder!

@kingmi1 Please check with PA 2017, I know this is an older thread, but just making sure:
https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/5747/fast-ring-powerarchiver-2017-17-00-67-68-69-70-71-73

@pirrbe please check with latest release:
https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/5747/fast-ring-powerarchiver-2017-17-00-67-68-69-70-71-73

check with large D with new release:
https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/5747/fast-ring-powerarchiver-2017-17-00-67-68-69-70-71-73

@nikkho you can now set advanced options for optimized modes, just check the checkbox next to the option:
https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/5747/fast-ring-powerarchiver-2017-17-00-67-68-69-70-71-73

Options also preset for your selected strength. Keep in mind that if changing C, set it to 4x dictionary level (C is chunk size for mt thread)

thanks!

Build 73 has fixed this bug.

@spwolf I never use Windows Refresh, I do image backups with Paragon HDM Suite 15 twice a week

@RobertM said in RAR4 and RAR5 Issue:

If it had been a snake it would have bit me! Thanks for pointing this out! I missed entirely the Options tab.

maybe we need to move solid option… and move queue to the options tab.

@spwolf looking forward for the files. Also please, take a look at TLabels that even if enough available space on screen, are not wide enought. Maybe you can use Delphi Autosize or something in that cases.

@spwolf indead, .pa is incredible in compression. And by adding the txt control message the picture is complete. Thanks.

@nikkho ah, ok. Yeah, keep in mind portable is there to be used on anyone’s computer without changing their PA installation. So they are kept completely separate.

Portable can be use from usb and it will save settings to usb, and you should have same settings no matter where you use it.

Thanks!

thanks! logged in

I have compressed full PowerArchiver x64 portable in my SSD disk, so it is easy for you to reproduce.

Uncompressed size: 176.473.679 bytes. 7-Zip 17.00 Ultra LZMA 128MB fb273 myx=9: 28.330.063 bytes. PowerArchiver 7z 17.00.69 LZMA Ultra: 29.060.624 bytes. 7-Zip 17.00 Ultra LZMA2 128MB fb273 myx=9: 28.323.572 bytes. PowerArchiver 17.00.69 7z LZMA2 Ultra: 29.062.095 bytes. PowerArchiver 17.00.69 7z Optimized Ultra: 41.579.382 bytes.

Take a look at the bad results with the Optimized profile, and also at the equivalent PA implementation, being slightly worse than the one in 7-Zip, meaning that the library used or its parameters, are subobtimal.

By the way, same with PA format, excellent results:

PowerArchiver 17.00.69 pa Extreme Optimize Strong: 27.114.421 bytes.

this has been fixed in .68…

Hello!
Thanks for the report. While we send the debug version out, would you please send us the PBs script that reproduces it, to support at conexware dot com and we will try reproducing it here
thanks!

patchbeam one has to be correct or it wouldnt work, so always look for PB for correct version if there is doubt… sorry about the about window, should be fine in next build. Thanks!

@Carlos-Martin-Moreno said in inno/windows hangs during C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe” /s "C:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\pashlext64.dll:

Experiencing the same thing when trying to deploy PA 2017 with SCCM.
If i run the cmd file locally on the computer it runs the installation smoothly, but when io try to deploy it the deployment crashes.
I have about 600computers that i need to deploy this program to so it would be nice if you could try to fix it.

keep in mind that PA 2017 is Beta 1 still… by final (in May?) there will also be MSI installation that will be easier to use for business/enterprise installations.

I have replied to the thread in alpha forums, but will do so here since it is open forum - please check with .64 if you still get installer hang. Thank you!

@drteeth can you let us know if it is still happening with .64 and lets troubleshoot why. Thanks!

@Mameluke Please check .64 release:
https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/5738/fast-ring-powerarchiver-2017-17-00-64

Secure AES is now only option and you can use encrypted filenames…

@spwolf You are wright ! The whole hocus pocus is due to the explorer I use. It’s Directory Opus 12 Pro. When I use the explorer from Win10, no problem at all. As my remark in the forum is not relevant for PA users, please can you delete it from the forum. Thanks, and next time I will double check observations with ‘classic’ software :-).

@bigdog said in OpenPGP Support:

I believe you always have to sign a file to encrypt it. That is part of the PGP standard.

No, I can perfectly encrypt files using GnuPG without signing. Even in strict OpenPGP mode.

@pirrbe

many thanks!
It’s not appearing here as well so we have logged it in for fixing.
Thanks very much for letting us know!

@IkarusOfGreece i am sorry to be annoying, but we need them in separate threads, or at least posts, that way I could move them to another thread manually, since it is 2 different problems, they need to be troubleshoot separately.

Thanks again and I apologize for making you work extra.

@Tyjen007 said in Windows 10 pro - Explorer crashing:

I’ve been checking event viewer, and have seen no crashes related to PASHLEXT64.DLL for nearly a week. I’m running PowerArchiver version 17.00.63 (03/17) 64bit and have recently upgraded to windows 10 1703 (Build 15063.rs2_release.170317-1834). What ever work that was done by ConeXware, seems to have addressed the crashing issue. Unless anything changes I would say, we can assume the issue (as far as my situation) is resolved. Thank you spwolf for your prompt responses.

thank you for the feedback.

Not fixed 63

@drteeth said in Virtual Drive - Long running problem:

Hi Spwolf,

Please accept my sincere apologies for misunderstanding your comments.

With kindest regards,

DrT

not a problem at all, no need to apologize, thank you for being with us!

I know it is not a major bug but one that has existed for well over a year so hope it will get resolved at some point soon. Any ideas as to when PA 2017 will be available?

@spwolf ah, solved it, thanks.

Thanks. I’ve solved this problem now.

Because I could not uninstall PA, I’ve used “Revo Uninstaller”.
I’ve deleted all registry entries and files. After this I have started
with PA 16.02.04 and then installed all versions up to 16.10.24.

Best regards,

Thomas

@PA_Fan said in SharpShell errors in Win 7 Event Viewer:

@spwolf
Certainly I will post into separate thread. I included them here because the Sharpshell errors seem connected with icon management and creation, and, given that the screen problem seems to be icon-connected (at least in some way), I wasn’t sure if there might be a connection.

with link to shellexview, you will be able to manually disable various different shell extensions, and you will certainly find the issue since you wont have that many non-microsoft ones.

as to the screen issue, it is a backup bug, it doesnt have anything to do with icons in any way, it is just that backup writes wrong values in PA registry once completed and causes issues…

Hello,

Thanks for the info. Can you provide some details about how you are creating the archives exactly?
We will then perform the same steps and try to reproduce the issue

Have been asking one for OS this program is much better then stuffit.

Additional information. I uninstalled PowerArchiver and ran Total commander 9.0a and WinRAR 5.40 both x64 version. They ran without any problems. Their were no parctmp.* files left in any of the folders during compression or extraction of files.

Hello,

What kind of an archive is it? As some formats do not support renaming, like RAR for example. But Zip/7Z/PA formats do.

Let us know.

Thanks!

@Kerry4444 are we ready to do some testing over holidays? Or should we wait? Thanks!

thanks for the prompt reply you never can tell especially with windows 10

@davidsplash said in purchased 2017 toolbox but 2017 but download button on page only downloads 2016 version:

can confirm this has been fixed

@cetko added correct link earlier today, thank you.

@davidsplash yes, but only when we stop changing it… so maybe this time next year? It is not a priority right now since there is a long list of things to work on to add to format, such as jpeg, mp3, faster rep, and many others.

i have changed your email so you can not get any notifications… if you (or anyone else) want to re-activate account later, email us at support at conexware dot com… quite possibly we might have linux and os x versions next year. Thanks!

Try Optimized Fast at Ultra and then at Normal… what do you get there? But do it on SSD, not regular HDD. And lower treads for more speed. Ultra can do 8t, but Normal do 4t max.

Any progress?

That one works fine. :)

Hello BigMike,

We have released Fast Ring update that added support for this archive:
http://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/5511/fast-ring-pa-2016-16-10-23

There was something wrong with the header, but we made workaround so it works properly now. Thanks for the report!

Hi, thank you for the info. At the moment I’m using my browser and a tool to easily handle all cloud storages would be highly appreciated.

Downloaded and installed new version, ran a backup of VM files, then did a restore … 0 file is zero! VM loads ok.

Thanks.

The choose a file location page of the installer has a minimize and restore button. the other pages don’t

see image
hmmm. I cant seem to add a image

@kefayatkhan:

hey dear
i need to know that is powerarchiver has released it’s new version of not
see my powerarchiver version here: powerarchiver
is this new version of powerarchiver?
thanks in advance

PowerArchiver offers fast and slow ring updates. Fast ring updates are smaller updates that appear more often than the slow ring updates which are larger updates.

You can keep track at the above link that Luxor posted or at the news section of our site here http://www.powerarchiver.com/news/

I have here an Virtual PC running with Powerarchiver 2015. So if someone wanted the Explorer Icons from 2015 I can pack them in an archive and postetd it here.

MfG
MDuss

Hello Fantoccio,

someone has sent us this request and we have added it to the wishlist for upcoming large update. Thank you for taking your time to write us here.

@ripefruit:

I have had to use 7-zip on 3 occasions today to first extract the contents of a TAR file, and then I was able to use PA to extract the files located within a sub folder so it looks to me like the issue is the downloaded TAR folder.

can you please update to latest release:
http://dl.powerarchiver.com/2016/powarc161014.exe

And let us know if it works properly. I remember we solved some issues with tar engine. Basically what is likely happening (cant be sure without example) is that unix filesystem allows more characters in file and folder names. They cant be extracted properly in Windows file system as is, that would return an “permissions” error. We have workarounds for these, but it is possible that some version introduced new issue, I remember us talking about something similar few months ago - so it is either fixed due to report or we re-introduced the issue in latest release.

Thanks for checking it out!

@Socrates:

I am not 7 or 8 wizard, but it seems as if I can avoid the constant prompts if I (a) on the PA icon on my desktop, I right-click, choose “Properties,” “Advanced,” and then “Run as administrator.” If that does not work with some programs, (b) I can find the main program.exe, and after right clicking, and choosing “Properties,” and then “Security,” and changing permissions there. Finally ©, it seems to matter if I run the exe installing the program by right clicking and choosing “Run (the installation file) as an Administrator.” It appears that that selection gets inherited somehow by the program itself.

If this is rotten advice, please say so. I have stumbled across these trying to avoid unnecessary conflicts and dialogue boxes.

The only problem is that you really only want to run something as with administrator privileges when you need to. On other occasions when you’re not expecting to need administrator privileges it’s safer not to have them.