Hi everyone, some good news about PowerArchiver… I’ve managed to get in touch with the original developer of PowerArchiver, Ivan Petrovic, and he has confirmed that the product is not dead or abandoned, in fact it is still very much alive! There has been a hiatus over the past months for various reasons, but that we should expect to see stuff coming through in the coming months (hopefully the next 2 months).
The Windows 11 context menu for PowerArchiver on normal files (to be compressed, etc.) is now showing multiple tiers with two identical menus. See attached captures of the issue:
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Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 24H2
OS build 26100.2605
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.
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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?
On installing the program I am getting the error message:
"Unable to execute file c:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\pashutil.exe
CreateProcess failed: code 2
The system cannot find the file specified"
This can’t be right!
I am using the latest official build of Windows 11
Buttons are not properly aligned on About screen.
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Buttons not aligned on configuration window.
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New version:
PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.10:
Download:
https://u.powerarchiver.com/pa2023/powarc220010.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!
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!
Just tried using the Modern (Windows 10) Icon set and seeing a few missing icons in both PowerArchiver Burner and PowerArchiver Encryption screens . They are all there in the Minimalistik icon set and the only difference I can see is the former is blue and the latter grey. In version 22.00.9
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I had a large .tar file (a backed up WSL) and I want to delete a few directories and their contents from it using PA2023.
PA just destroys the whole archive as soon as I try to delete a directory, leaving it in a state where PA2023 won’t even open it any more.
I tried several times and also tried compressing it to .tar.xz instead - same result.
This should either actually work, or it should say operation not supported and do nothing.
Hello!
The regular version of PA 2023 is out for over 6 months now, but there is still no sign of the portable release.
(When) will there be one?
Thanks!
Hello!
Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
(When) do you plan to release one?
Thanks!
Win 11 64 bit
I have some archives which have been encrypted, using the encrypt option either in pbs or when interactively creating a zip. When I open these, and look at files, I am asked for passwords, which I know, and then can view items or decrypt the files in the archive (tools>decrypt files).
However, when I use the Actions>Remove Archive Encryption (whether using the same zip or asking to write another), the routine shows progress bar to the end, but then just hangs i.e. “OK” never activates. All process information shows this stalled/hanging.
What can I do to sort this out?
For example:
Download this ZIP file: http://dslstats.me.uk/files/dslstats32W-6.5.zip
Everything in the ZIP file is in a directory “dslstats32W-6.5”.
However when I extract using right click “Extract Here” the name of the directory created is “2W-6.5” !
I am running PA 22.00.09 on Windows 11. I have seen the same happen with some other kinds of archive too.
Issue with RAR archive
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Hi,
It seem that there is a bug in handling rar archive:
please check in more details but
I have attached rar archive with one file in cyrillic and one english - currently I can’t extract it at all nor through shell extension neither from main window (exployer view) and also drag and drop function don’t work for it (if you try to move file from archive to desktop you can’t do it).
Further in progress bar cyrillic name are shown in incorrect wayAlexander
I use WinXP Home 2SP, PA 2007 beta2
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I have beta 2 and I was able to extract both files.
Archive also tested ok with both winrar and PA.Anyone have any trouble?
Mame
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Also no problem extracting.
Although I am unable to verify if the filename of the png is correct :p
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As stated below in Beta2, PA nor I found any problems with this archive. It opened fine.
Testing archive: test[1].rar – 02/11/2006 19:44
#####################################################Testing: â¥áâ.png
Testing: logo_phpbb_med.gif#####################################################
Done. – 02/11/2006 19:44
There were no errors in the archive: test[1].rar -
I must note, that file name: as stated by Sir Richard â¥áâ.png is incorrect - should be тест.png, but it may be because he has Windows w/o Cyrillic installed. If required I can make screen shot how the file should be named. Further does drag and drop feature work?
May be this because you all use non-Cyrillic versions of Windows => I’ll test on my work PC on Monday - it has WinXP Pro English as at home I use WinXP Home Russian.Alex
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…should be тест.png…
Well that is the filename I see when opening inside PA.
But not after extracting - hence my previous comment.
But I have English Windows - even with language pack it may not be correct.
Is the (incorrect) filename the problem you were having?
Note: There are known PA problems with Unicode chars in some cases.
@alex_rus:Further does drag and drop feature work?
Do you mean this problem
http://www.powerarchiver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1998 -
Thanks!
The issue with UNICODE files in RAR archive will be fixed in Beta 3. Beta 3 will do a lot of changes in support for special filenames inside archives (RAR and 7-ZIP are supporting UNICODE, others are supporting ANSI filenames), so please test carefully everyting you might think…
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please check now… thanks
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File name seems ok when opening the archive but when tested it looks like ??? still.
Here is a pic.
Mame
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The file is tested ok but this part of application still doesn’t support displaying UNICODE fully - like some other formats and some other parts of PA (shell. extensions and unicode archive names).
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This version added some more support for UNICODE but more and more every new version - 10.5 will fully supprot unicode, I hope:)
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Also, drag & drop will work in Beta 4.
