Hi,
I try to archive many folders over night. I add them to queue. In the morning I wake up to find out that it stopped with some message dialog because of some error or other issues.
For example something like:
1. The folder is in use. Enable volume Shadow Copy. (???)
2. Some unidentified Extract jobs appear in queue which I don’t know from where appeared. I did not explicitly add them to queue. Of course they fail for some reason
3. Maybe by mistake I added same job twice. (I need PA to prevent adding to queue identical jobs)
4. Some folder paths are too long.

This drives me crazy.
I need an option for jobs to run silently with no dialogs just skip to next job.
Also when I minimize job to tray it pops again when a new job starts from queue.
If I minimize to tray I want to stay put to tray and execute silently. Only a tray notification can appear if a job fails. The job should remain in queue with a Fail status.
Also I’d like for PA to create zero size TMP archive file immediately I add job to queue in order to have a indication it’s gonna be created and rename it to final name after job finishes.
Also for failed and skipped jobs I want to see reason in a log window.

I would like to beable to save to zip file from any program just as you now can with the pdf format and the best option is via the print route

@iampedro:

If there is repetition type of jobs such as copy to one folder and then zip and send it up to a website it would be great if you could have a scheduler built in that would do this without being at your computer or with gui for setting up the scheduled task.

Your still going to need to sit at your computer and set up the scheduled task even if it was simplified. :)

I’m sure there would be ways in the backup tool PA has that can instruct a copy, move or deletion of a folder, sub folders, files for all files before the next step of Archive and FTP, Burn.

Just a question of the paramators required before hand.

When you get an error on an archive it would be nice if you would record the steps you did to get the error and what is running on your computer at the time, this would dramtically cut the time for solving faults with pa.

I am using the image builder to make ISOs. Could it be possible to make it remember that last folder in which the ISO was created? I am busy trying to fix some corrupt linux ISOs and it is unecessary to have to keep changing to the desired destination folder.

Also, I find myself looking instinctively for the ‘close’ button to be on the lower right, where it is frequently placed.

With kind regards

DrT

I think the problem is the example in manual is wrong since it doesn’t use the {p} option but is supposed to be an example of how to use the {p} option.

I found this incredibly hard to decipher, and really don’t understand why SFX wouldn’t run the command line in the root extracted folder, especially when you set something like the default extract to temp folder.

This could do with a lot of improvement, and better documentation.

Hi Guys,

Can you update the Auto Update Screen within configuiration so it is disabled “greyed out” when Patchbeam has been uninstalled.

Maybe have a message instead explaiing that Patchbeam has been uninstalled please download it via “destination” or speak to your administrator.

Also create a msgbox for when the user selects “check for new version” and patchbeam isnt available it pops up with a similar message.

something people dont know is that when powerarchiver was free yes when it was known as a differnt name it had this feature so why not reinstate it please

i would like to beable to use sfx files as setup files so that i can install things. instead of having to use specific setup programs to do this. i would like windows install to recognise the files.

Hi Team,

Within the configuration - FTP Profiles - “Options” Screen I find myself flicking between Manager & Profile options & settings regulary even more so now with the speed issues I am experiencing.

Having the options available in the config screen via the options section at the bottom ie Manager detail would change on each selected FTP Profile listed. This would by far save a user time when creating, editing or testing settings.

What would also be handy much like in the Backup window of powerarchiver is a tick box near password to view it.

I have given an example as to what it may look like below.
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not right now, but we will make one i guess :-)

I agree, i need it to. How to change that?

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I wanna have it too, the recovery thing! Thanks in advance…

All about Diet , Beaty shop , Health and wellness store , slimming Products

we need to back up log so it will not be deleted!

Lose weight , weight Lose , Reduce weight , weight Reduce

if its not the main, can you post the other so we can see it!

Acne Treatment , Skin Softener ,Acne Vanisher Mask, Pore Astringent Conditioning Lotion ,Tava Tea Anti Acne ,Skin Cleanser Solution,Anti Acne Solution

i plan also to build wiki but im locking some information here, anyone can help?

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kgb website has been suspended.

i would like to see a dedicated section on plugins how to create them specifically for pa and more plugins available that actually work with pa.

hi, currently it is not possible - html is actually built into exe and written on the demand… but we have it on our wishlist for some future version.

thanks!

I cant see why not, even if Xobni doesnt all the program is is a Plugin to Outlook just like POAP.

ConeXware could create a basic webapp with Xobni giving stats on email attachments size & what it could be with PowerArchiver Outlook Plugin then via xobni download a special free version with limits.

Strange?? I dont get this?

On Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit. Have never seen that option.

ok, cool.

why not just have one installer for everyone but your reg code sorts out the extra features

too many icons and too little flexibility for the ribbon options, other than 3 different themes already existing, or 20+ real skins for classic menu.

there is also an fact of 80% using classic and 20% using ribbon (of PA users).

basically you wnat pa to handle everything you can create your own plugins to do this.

@spwolf:

list is so long, we have only so much time… right now for future, PAF is the priority, because… it changes… everything :-).

And there is already list of smaller features for .1 release for instance…

I’m not suggesting that you guys should do it for 2011’s version. We are to far to go back now and with the website etc I can understand time is short.

However, once PAF has been developed and rolled out into 2011’s version. that would be a great time to start working on an advanced Internal Search Engine as it will encourage the user to Archive more knowing they can locate files as they would uncompressed.

If a user has the confidence they can archive loads more files using PAF & PA 2012 and still find things via an inteligent interface with little to no impact to their time then demand should increase.

:) Normally my idea’s pan out for the best dont they?

Thank you for your answer! Just for correct understanding: fips = Federal Information Processing Standard?

One feature I would like to see: the ability to create a folder within an archive.

Sometime an archive gets very large. The ability to create folders within it would make organizing the archive’s contents easier.

interesting idea :-)

while we would like to have it tomorrow, when you develop new things such as codecs, things almost never go as planned :-).

But we did mountain of work already.

Hi Guys,

Can you please make it possible for users to move “Compress To Formats” into the “Compress With Options Item”

Thus When the user right clicks they can access to the “Compress To…” Sub Menu then they can see the “Compress To Options” and their additional Compress To formats.

It would also be a fantastic ability for users to create their own Sub Menus within “PowerArchiver” shell extention.

ie; I would love to have the ability to create a new shell under PowerArchiver for both Compression & Extraction called “Security” within that I would have

Decrypt Options…
Encrypt Options…
Compress & Encrypt
FTP Options… ie contains ssl to a secure server.

These unique shell menus could be customized towards any user’s or administrators needs then saved and rolled out throughout.

ie ConeXware could have “PowerArchiver 2011” -> “ConeXware Backup” -> Add to backup Script, FTP it… etc etc

Hi Guys,

I would like to bring forward a request but exclusive to Toolbox Edition!

An Additional Tab within the Configuration screen but Named possibly “Admin”.

This would enable to owner or Administrator of the software to set the Application exactly how they require it then lock down or disable specific settings within PowerArchiver’s Config & Main Screen.

An Example of some of the options this New Tab could bring would be;

1. Set & Lock Config Settings, Tab’s such as Misc, Auto Update etc
2. Password Complete Access to Configuration Screen
3. Automatic Config Source ie the ability to set a default location of an Administrators Config File so multiple Versions of PA can instantly be updated with the latest changes to their settings.

Number 3 would be ideal for Office environments where by multiple users accessing powerarchiver are all forced to use the same format, options and shell menus as everyone else. Should the administrator receive an update to the application they can install it 1st on one system test it then save their approved config file and PA would then for each user update with those settings.

With patchbeam this could be possible further if settings can be tweaked.

well if the makers of powerarchiver could tell us how to add commandline versions of archivers to the plugin system i would be more than greatfull as it has to be specific to pa

makes sense… seems more important than other things actually :-). But we have to make it not as confusing for novice users.

@Socrates:

One other wish list option (assuming I haven’t missed this and it is already there).

It appears the option rename the extension has to be chosen for all attachments – or for none.

I would like to be able to choose it case by case – so if I know someone has a compression program, I can just zipx it, while if I am unsure, I can send a self-extracting file.

That could fall nicely under Adaptive Type Options, something I have asked for in the past. But you have raised a very valid point so thank you.

ow just a quick request on top of the above… it would be nice to have in the Shell extensions along side that feature would be “Merge Archives…”

Therefore, a user could just highlight lets say 10 Archive formats in any number of folders then on the last one then right click and Select “Merge Archives” to Zip, 7zip, rar, cab etc etc and possilbly extra shell’s such as;

Merge & Encrypt
Merge & é-mail
Merge & FTP It!
Merge & Burn

kept this separate as it could be considered a program update as well.

For a new format or pa program to allow recovery of archives by using a similar system to rar recovery.

what does everyone think.

I would like to be able to send a person a recovery file and then the file separartely.

something else to consider
For security you would need to have both files present inorder to open the file

what does everyone else think

it will be after official 12.00, but keep posting ideas when you think of them, dont let me discourage you :-)

I would be nice if Patchbeam also updated PAOP.

Good job I checked as TXT files are now okay! Damn computers.

DrT

usb version please been asking for ages. well worth it.

@TBGBe:

Coomand line version (PACL) can do all that

My request/wish was of course a request for the GUI…:rolleyes:

BTW, unfortunately, command line suffers :( from the same big limitation than the GUI: “-r” works only if we use . as file selection. It is not possible to use wildcards (for instance “*.log”) and “-r”

I’m currently doing all this via script and command line, but aggregate all this in PA would be nice and easier.

true but if it were intergrated it would be a lot better irfanview intergrates its command line version into its main program. So aign as you have implemented some of irfanview ldeas like program language changes via menus, i though you could do this.

strange but I seem unable to get the mount/unmount options showing together in any scenario…what I mean is in the same menu…lol…even if I have images mounted or unmounted.
I think I need more sleep…:)

I would very much like to see an option in the PBS wizard, probably on the Compression and Encryption tab, to omit empty folders during backup. This option is available via command line switch in, at least, RAR and PACL

@davidsplash:

I would like a two panel window so i can look at two archives side by side which would make it easier to update and keep them in check as you say

I would love this, especially when opening an archive from within another one. I do have ‘reuse windows’ UNchecked, but have never been able to get a 2nd instance to open. All I can do is Ctrl+L IIRC to go back to the parent archive.

I know my ‘wish’ is not the same as yours, but I think it is close enough not to be OT ;).

DrT

Could it be possible to automatically import the disc label for the multisession disc you are updating? Alot of times I forget that the disc label always default to the date and time……and the old disc label is written over.

@TBGBe:

Well you could always replace progress information with these as a start :cool:

what would be 100%? Happy ending?

:-)

true but if you just have a sfx program you dont want to make a plugin fr it then this option woul be of great help

Not sure about “inform the developers right away”, but maybe a debug/logfile output for the <test>function?</test>

Correct. Open PA. Have it set for explorer with folders.

Or the ability to create “Location Categories” where by when you go to extract or compress you can select a drop down this would contain custom titl’es that direct PA to the location… so

You could have “Torrents” and that would goto mydocs/Torrents/

That way you save time having to direct it to the location of regular directories…

You could even have a thing called “Smart Location” where by you could set PA to extract or compress files to a location dependent on their File Type… A handy feature for Admin and pro users.

@spwolf:

isnt the easiest to use silent update and you dont even notice it until you close PA? :-)

that way it is both automatic and you get it next time you use PA.

less excuses, more action ;) Customers rule in favour you know what that means.

Just set a link to run a script that opens PA and then the PatchBeam Command.

Im sure a man with you abilities can throw something togeather quicker than a brit drinks a cup of Tea!

i would like to beable to have a openoffice plugin so you can compress directly from open office via powerarchiver.

7zip is basically a new form of zip with better features and it can be repaired. One way is to use pa r onthe file as it is created to achive this though you can use the same method as zip repair as long as the programmers let you.

As they implemented by suggestion on change of languages of the program could they agian look at irfanview and see how they handle file extensions that are wrong ie people who rename a zip to something else bgut it is actually a zip

Powerarchiver has ftp and sftp connections. There is another program that I use called Cyberduck which is opensource, but it allows me to connect to multiple services such as; WebDAV, Amazon S3, Google Storage, Windows Azure, Rackspace Cloud Files and even Google Docs. I mostly connect to google docs but once and if it is added to powerarchiver then I wouldn’t need cyberduck and I can just use Powerarhiver. :D

we are thinking about doing special app for virtual drive archives, a bit different from virtual drive (it would be done as network drive, so no special drivers needed)

but keep in mind that rar files for instance are not the same as ISO - in some cases (depending on your player), you would still have to “extract” complete movie before watching it… while some smarter players like MPC would make it work.

I know this might have been asked before but would it be possible to move rar support to the rar commandline so i can purchase the rar commandline and get more features that pa can not hanndle for rar. however i would like to use pa’s interface

basically i would like to have the option to use more features if i use the command line version of rar with pa.

i know this can be allowed as long as pa adds a message / check to see if you are registered with rar comandline.

please can we have this

what does everyone think of this

logged in our wishlist, tx!

it is good idea, we need to complicate it a bit to make it work but it should be fine.

if you accidently delete an archive it would be nice to beable to recover them via pa

i know this is not really what an achiver should do but it would be of great help to people who use achives

its not a new format its an idea for powearchiver to decide what format to use on a file thats why i kept it separate.

No new format could do all what i suggested only the program can as a format can not check routine within it for the best file archive format to use on a file. that would make the archive format too big and very slow.

this is an idea for powerarchiver to implenent as i have seen it on a few archivers out there and love it.

this is a program idea not a new format idea.

should i post every wprogram idea i have on new archive format then

files(as it compresses individual file) and total files
bytes per file and in total for all files
compressed(for individual file) and tiotal compressed
ratioand speed
time for individual file and total time

all this info can be added as some other archiver has added it and it is usefull

@TBGBe:

Why do you want a “license window” on an Archive?

It sounds like you actually want to create an installer not an archive.

I’m sure this i what Wandus want. To create a simple sfx used for installations like Winzip self-extractor (the separate product) and WinRAR can do. PA can create sfx as well, but winrar and the winzip self extractor are simply better for that purpose. It’s not a replacement for installshield and similar products that is a lot more advanced, but a simple sfx module to distribute software.

I agree with Wandus that a better sfx module in PA would be nice so i vote for this as well.

here is the thread for you twphoenix:
http://www.powerarchiver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4890

now i fixed it for you :)

(ie PA2011 is almost complete, we are solving last issues before public release candidate/beta)

We cant make compressing decompressing 7z files faster (it is as fast as in 7z), but we can add all formats that are already in 7z, and improve support for formats that we already have

There is nothing stupid about asking! Thanks a lot. Your comments make us create better software by understanding how people use PowerArchiver.

I am also glad you are not mad at us anymore :-)

Got you.

Regards

DrT

for alpha and beta versions of pa i would like to see the registry and computer as a whole snapshoted meaning a picture of what ios actually on the com,puter already so we can see if anything on the computyer is cauing the problem or bad programming. this can be done to save time asking questions that non technical people dont understand.

Sorry Brian, I am talking about the general introduction to picture compacting and resizing into PowerArhiver. Something that isnt currently available and is in other competitor vendors.

Have updated Thread Name to be more clear.

Hi Guys,

Winzip 15 Standard and Pro now have a Destop Gadget with simple options, so maybe PA can up the game as per my original above request.

NEW!Drag files onto the new WinZip Desktop Gadget to instantly zip/unzip them

final version will be, sometimes next week we hope!

Library is there. How about favorites?

@guido:

Just forget about 2010. 2011 rules!!!

Ditto!!

I was confused by your saying “like 7-zip” at one point then later “7-zip does with Zip”; thanks for clearing it up.

But I’m just another user like you - although I’ve been around here a bit longer :D

true but to tell you that it wiont beable to open an archiver is better than screen with no open archive. makes people think pa cant do the job and is rubbish

plugins so you can use powerarchiver from office 2003 and open office

basically i wnat to be able to save to zip option on my open office menu. it would save the file and zip it up.

@alextorex:

Hi I need this feature quite badly.
For example, I need to delete archives immediately after a archive is extracted so I can free up space for extracting another archive.
Also in case of creating archives I need to delete automatically files archived.
I don’t see how some other tool/script can do this since it does not know when Power Archiver finished an archive job in queue.

Please check “Extract Now” free software which supports this feature very well.

As a suggestion you could consider adding ability to run scripts triggered by events (archive job finished) and pass parameters to script with name of archive extracted (in case of extraction) or name of folder archived (in case of archiving).
I can understand that this feature can be quite problematic to implement but would give me some solution to write my own script.

Extract Now is truly the solution that I’ve been looking for… thank you so much for this recommendation!

Power Archive was such a good software to use for most things and for many years have been following its progress, but given that the most important thing we dont have these days is time, the feature that Extract Now gives for free is actually one of the top feature that I would have easily be willing to pay for… I’m so compelled to post this message because I feel strongly that this feature is a huge time saver and should be integrated into PA asap… the feature to ‘move’ original archive files ‘after’ its been extracted so that its not instantly deleted would have solved a lot of the concern people have of loosing something they’re not aware, it gives them the ability to double check that the extraction was successfull then they can just simply delete the ‘extracted archives’.

If most of the feature from Extract now could be build into PA, Power Archiver will be indeed the archiving software that is truly powerful. Right now I can breath easier knowing that things are going to be better for me after I found Extract Now… a software I would have been willing to pay good money for, even if its free its worth supporting. Currently letting it go thru the whole folders of archives and doing stuff that I would have normally had to do manually that is, unzip and delete over and over again. (could have written a batch file in dos probably to take care of it, but couldnt be bothered)

Am not sure whether PA has been designed to replace specialized tools, like the one you mentioned.

Assume PA’s encryption will be sufficient in, by far, most cases. That aside, specialized tools, like Deslock have a different pricetag and may be less ‘userfriendly’.

It is a bit like with ‘wiping’ data: one can use a 1 pass wiping, or follow complex schemes like DoD 5220.22-M, that are taking a century to wipe a 1TB drive.

From what I have read, for the normal ‘day to day work’, a 1 pass wiping is sufficient, making it already extremely difficult (and expensive) to recover ‘wiped data’.

see: http://www.anti-forensics.com/disk-wiping-one-pass-is-enough

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well users do know the difference and they should know it… if they are sending archive to someone, they have to use zip with deflate and actually thats what they do :).

I’m sorry, this was a confused reply. I saw this email first and clicked the link in the email and answered thinking it was the other thread – the one about using %temp% as the extract folder

@JRM:

Im just trying your awesome program for the first time but im having a but of a frustrating problem, I like to queue files for extracting/compressing and i would like to keep the queue window open on top and move it to the side or the corner but it just stays in the center of the screen which is really frustrating. Any idea on how i can remove the screen to a different area?

Thanks!

you can not :). Pastarter.exe that handles queues has been built in assembler like language for minimum memory usage, hence some gui options are minimal as well.

if you write an wish in wishlist forums, who knows what might happen :)

Nonono, it would work /exactly/ as the current “Compress to <format>” options work, except you would see them in the context menu on existing archives. They would use the last selected settings for the specified format automatically.</format>

Hopefully if this is implemented it will include deleting as well as adding files within solid archives. That would be great :)

another idea stemming from this would be to have pa own version of rar protection on all marchives it can create if you wnat it to.

something like par format would be an idea simple easy to impliment and well worth it.

Gets my vote.
The ability to do that with audio CD’s would be great too then I wouldn’t need to have another burning utility wasting space on my HD.

i asked for this before and know its a program thing not a plugin thing.

I would like to beable to display the version number of the plugin i have in powerarchiver. If you take a program like irfanview, that uses plugins it can do this feature so why cant powerarchiver.

I would like to be beable to have a feature that allows the archive to be locked i.e non changable but you can still extract files from the archive.

Would it be possible to say force a zip not to be changable but allow people to use its contence

Or digitally sign an archive to prove its from the correct source

@Sir:

I suppose if a competitor has this as a feature then it would only be so wise to implement it. :)

And to me it sounds a good idea to have as i ofton download Torrent files that have split Rar files and I give up when PA tells me its broken! because I can’t be bothered to install yet ANOTHER application to do one thing that PA doesnt.

Yes this is a very good idea!

@gate1975mlm:

And don’t forget “Time Remaining” :)

Please add the Time remaining too :)

@alextorex:

using special minimize button just for the sake of having option to minimize to tray seems overkill to me.

The window without standard minimize icon seems weird. Please use a a standard window with normal minimize and you can add a check box for minimize to tray.

Also add in options default setting for the check-box.

+1

Same here I also use HJSplit very often and it would be great if some like HJSplit was added to PowerArchiver so I can then uninstall HJSplit :)

Up front: I usually donot work with PA in ‘Explorer-mode’, I normally use the context menu-items because
I think they are faster.
PA’s Explorer opens up another Explorer requiring me to select (source/destination) files, folders…

First: Set view to: View -> Display style -> Explorer with Folders.

Scenario:
1. ZIP: In the right window panel select one or more files, click on ADD + OK - done!
(by default, the zip is nicely placed in the same folder)

2. Encrypt: In the right window panel select a file, click on Encrypt …

A new explorer window is opened…
I have to browse to the folder and select the file.
Let’s assume it is a file in some sub\sub\sub\sub-folder.
When browsing you need to remember that folder…

Suggestion: same as 1

3. SFX: same suggestion as with Encrypt

4. Folders: In the left window panel: select a Folder.

Add/Encrypt/SFX the entire folder By default the foldername (same as “ADD” to zip) By default in the folder where the subfolder is located.

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i would like to have a recovery system like what rar can do on rar files for pa as it would greatly help

i would like to have the option to select any self extracting sioftware for use with pa like some other software we know can

I understand. I would not have been horrible though…honest.

DrT