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.
PowerArchiver 2007 and Blue Screens
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Hey there, i’m new here, but i’m posting because i just downloaded the trial version of powerarchiver 2007. Problem now is that my computer is acting really strangely.
Everytime i run powerarchiver 2007, my computer goes into a Blue Screen of Death, and my whole system resets. I’ve tried running it in Safe Mode however, and it works.
My guess now is that perhaps there is a conflict with my other software running at the time… But i only have my firewall, ZoneAlarm Pro and my anti-virus, BitDefender v10 running. Apart from those i can’t see anything else that might be causing this. Any insight?
I’ve tried reinstalling over 5 times but i can’t get it working, so i have to stick to 2006 for the moment :( the gui for 2007 looks sweet though >.>
EDIT: Well, i’ve tried powerarchiver 2007 on my other laptop, and seems like the same thing is happenning. My guess would be that there is some software incompatibility since that laptop also runs similar software…
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same thing only my computer is set to restart just before a blue screen accurs and thus havent found a way to solve it…
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please email us via support form above, we are trying to find out what is the cause of the issue. We got 5-6 reports so far.
It doesnt seem to be the issue with external software so far, but email us and so we can get more info.
thank you
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I’ve sent my error report in. I’m quite stunned though, what else could be causing the error if not for 3rd party programs.
Considering other users might have gotten it to work on their systems, i think its safe to say its a conflicting software issue.
I’m running XP Service Pack 2 Professional btw. I’m pretty sure that no one else atm runs XP SP1, and that if XP has issues with it, so would Vista, considering its a mess at the moment
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I’ve sent my error report in. I’m quite stunned though, what else could be causing the error if not for 3rd party programs.
Considering other users might have gotten it to work on their systems, i think its safe to say its a conflicting software issue.
I’m running XP Service Pack 2 Professional btw. I’m pretty sure that no one else atm runs XP SP1, and that if XP has issues with it, so would Vista, considering its a mess at the moment
It is never that simple. We are trying to get several reports together to make sense of it and narrow down possible cause, so help is greatly appreciated.
I wish someone has reported it before final version though, we had several hundred thousands downloads of beta versions and nobody reported anything similar, althought it should have happened at that point. People always assume it will get fixed, somehow :D
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yeah, i was fairly shocked that a final release would be one with such a major bug. Oh well, I trust in the PA staff to get it fixed anyway :) you guys are an awesome bunch.
EDIT: I was keeping myself in contact with the support staff of PA, and they did some debugging with me. Managed to churn out an exe which doesn’t crash my system, so i guess you guys can expect an updated release coming out soon :D
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Download latest version (english only) via website or via web update and see if this issue has been fixed.
thanks,