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 2011 Disc to Disc Copy
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I’m having an issue with the Disc to Disc Copy in the PowerArchiver 2011 burner. When I use the Disc to Disc Copy in PowerArchiver 2011 burner it grabs the source disc and then asks for the destination disc and says image burn complete without writing anything to the disc. The write to destination disc is not working at all and only says Image Burning Complete with nothing being written.
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is your destination disc writable?
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Yes, it’s a DVD+RW.
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ok, Mili will test with RW… I think he tested Disc to Disc only few days ago and it was fine on his computer, so it might be something specific.
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After inserting the destination disc when prompted and clicking OK, the only immediate message in the log window is image burning finished. I even tried the full disc erase option but nothing worked. I have both the DVD-ROM drive and the DVD+RW drive. The source drive is DVD-ROM and the destination drive is DVD+RW. I tried both a two-drive copy and a single-drive copy and it’s the same issue.
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Have you found the problem with the disc to disc copy feature yet?
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Keith, as stated in our live chat, it has been logged in and developers are aware.
Many thanks again for letting us know!
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When is RC2 due? That should fix the Disc Copy.
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we are working on it non stop :-)
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please check with 12.00.38 RC2, get it via patchbeam….
thanks!
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I’m getting an error when I try use disc copy from different drives. I have the source disc in the dvd-rom drive and the destination disc in the dvd-rw drive and when I try to copy from dvd-rom to dvd-rw it reads the entire source disc and prompts me for the destination disc and then when I click OK I get an error writing to the disc and then the source disc ejects from the DVD-ROM drive. The error occurs because disc copy was attempting to write to the DVD-ROM drive. Copying using the same DVD-RW drive for both source and destination works OK.
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Please check with this interim release:
http://www.powerarchiver.com/test/alpha120/powarc120039.exe -
It did solve my problem with Disk to ISO.
Thanks.
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Perhaps this should go in the wish list. But since it builds on this thread . . .
Small tweak.
I would like to be able to set a default folder for my ISO files I grab from disk.
It defaults to my documents folder.
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would it be good to use last location?
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basically same as PA folders setting for archives, use same setting as that?
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A glitch . . . or I misunderstand the commands.
I wanted to create an ISO file from a different disk.
I opened Explorer, located the DVD drive, highlighted it, right clicked, choose the PA 2011 submenu, and then clicked “Compress to ISO.”
According to the task bar, It opened a window. But I could never open said window.
So I had to burn the ISO via the regular PA interface.
Then I had to force close the first window via the task manager.
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I would prefer to set a specific folder. But it’s a small thing.
I have created a special ISO Files folder. It would be nice to default to it.
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A glitch . . . or I misunderstand the commands.
I wanted to create an ISO file from a different disk.
I opened Explorer, located the DVD drive, highlighted it, right clicked, choose the PA 2011 submenu, and then clicked “Compress to ISO.”
According to the task bar, It opened a window. But I could never open said window.
So I had to burn the ISO via the regular PA interface.
Then I had to force close the first window via the task manager.
compress to iso is same as compress to zip, except that creates ISO files… it is not Disc to ISO tool.
So when you start it, i guess it might end up being slow since it has to read DISC first which is… slow.
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I won’t do that again.
But would it be possible to have burn iso image an option in the Shell?
I thought that’s why I was adding. I now see that I had best change my shell extensions.
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This may mean nothing.
But after the problem I mentioned earlier, PA took 25 seconds to open.
It is probably a quirk or a spin-off in my trying to burn the ISO.
I suppose, though, that it could be a feature of the interim update.
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I won’t do that again.
But would it be possible to have burn iso image an option in the Shell?
I thought that’s why I was adding. I now see that I had best change my shell extensions.
burn iso is there - right click on ISO image, and option will show up.
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This may mean nothing.
But after the problem I mentioned earlier, PA took 25 seconds to open.
It is probably a quirk or a spin-off in my trying to burn the ISO.
I suppose, though, that it could be a feature of the interim update.
did it happen next time you opened PA?
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Thanks for the clarification
PA opened slowly even after I closed and reopened it. I check TM to make sure that no other elements of PA were running when I reopened it.
BTW, I may not be able to respond again for a couple of days.
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does the DVD spin up then? maybe it was left as “last used folder”.