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 2012 - Context based Preview tab…Pretty!
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Preview tab that is context based (if PA supports preview for that extension, Preview tab will show up) - how do you like it? Looks pretty :-).
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Implement now please…:D
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Implement now please…:D
I thought I’d insist before Richard does…:DNicely done Moles. :D
I like it too, that’s two good things that have been revealed this week. :)
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Who needs a new kitchen?
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Err…
What a “PowerArchiver Gzip file” - no need for TAR any more?? -
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What a “PowerArchiver Gzip file” - no need for TAR any more??just an website backup… GZ is still one file max format :)
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Implement now please…:D
I thought I’d insist before Richard does…:Dit works but it is buggy right now… has delayed PA 2012 Beta actually :P
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it works but it is buggy right now… has delayed PA 2012 Beta actually :P
Looks nice! and far better than the way we would preview pics now.
And i am sure i posted a while back about wanting a better preview tab and a developers tab for users who want to customise the interface more.
Could we alphas have a feel for it? or are these bugs really that bad?
Because i want it now! :D
So does moles and luxor -
whatever changes we made to incorporate tabs, it all crashes all the time now, so no :-)
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whatever changes we made to incorporate tabs, it all crashes all the time now, so no :-)
ROFL! Erm dam! well look just stop and make my developer tab with Preview being a feature within that.
That way you kill two birds with one stone… and I get what i want x2!
:D
Im sure it will work great! Hows things going on the PAF front??
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PAF: doing something else that using parts of PAF. Related to AC… will see soon :-)
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just an website backup… GZ is still one file max format :)
PA compression of single file :confused:
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PA compression of single file :confused:
http://www.powerarchiver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4941it wasnt compressed by PA, some gzip on unix :-)
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PAF: doing something else that using parts of PAF. Related to AC… will see soon :-)
So does that mean you are pulling out of a new compression format for example to compress with .paf and not zip?
Or are you just adapting it for something else to buy you more time and test it in multiple situations?
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@Sir:
So does that mean you are pulling out of a new compression format for example to compress with .paf and not zip?
Or are you just adapting it for something else to buy you more time and test it in multiple situations?
something else that uses parts of paf… still a lot of work left with paf, this way we get another product and develop paf at the same time.
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Thought as much, something i would have adapted if i felt confident in its framework but wanted more time to develop the core further.
Well, i am looking forward to the next build… whenever that will be? ;)
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@Sir:
Thought as much, something i would have adapted if i felt confident in its framework but wanted more time to develop the core further.
Well, i am looking forward to the next build… whenever that will be? ;)
in few days… paf simply requires a lot of specific codecs, we have done general one, we are almost done with pdf/png/zip recompressor, next is jpeg and then parts of paf.
If we work only on paf it would be done in 6-7 months… but we are not working only on paf, we promised some things last year and it is coming soon :-)