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:
Screenshot 2025-01-08 082909.png
Screenshot 2025-01-08 082935.png
Screenshot 2025-01-08 082953.png
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.
Zwischenablage_10-22-2024_01.jpg
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.
about window.png
Buttons not aligned on configuration window.
configbuttons.png
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
powerarc_2023-09-18_17-00-19.png
powerarc_2023-09-18_17-01-05.png
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.
Can't edit user information
-
Unable to edit any of my forum user details. In fact, even though I am logged in I get a dialog box saying I don’t have permission to access the page. :mad: WTF!!! They’re MY user details and settings so why is it I don’t have permission to view or edit them? Here’s the screenshot:
-
you cant edit it because spammers use them to enter their info… and that wont change anytime soon, sorry.
-
That has got to be the lamest excuse I have ever heard. If they are spammers then why not close their account and deny them access? Your response implies that you know who is and isn’t a spammer so why not just stop them? What if my email address or other profile info changes and I no longer have access to the email address used here? There is no way for me to update it? Then what’s the use of even creating a user profile in the first place?
-
That has got to be the lamest excuse I have ever heard. If they are spammers then why not close their account and deny them access? Your response implies that you know who is and isn’t a spammer so why not just stop them? What if my email address or other profile info changes and I no longer have access to the email address used here? There is no way for me to update it? Then what’s the use of even creating a user profile in the first place?
you can email us for help with that, or anything else.
What exactly were you going to change on that profile page? Email? send us the info via support page and we will help you out.
-
Please understand - and this goes for everyone - it is not like we like to moderate forums.
We would love to have it all open and easy for everyone to post pics and everything else they want. However, there are very sophisticated bots going on forums right now that can automatically break any automated check during signup.
What happens after that? If it is all left open, we end up with 100 porn threads posted in a minute. And while we moderate forums, and we have our long time users moderate them as well, there is always time in the dead of the night where it takes 2-3 hours for someone to see spam/porn being posted and to delete it. It is 2-3 hours too much for us.
We are only compression company that I know of that have public forums. We dont want to close them because we have to spend hour a day just deleting spam/porn.
It is unfortunate but thats how it is right now when it comes to forums. Whatever automated way there is to detect spam bots, it does not work. Only thing extra we can do is to approve every user or even every post manually and we dont want to cripple forum like that.
-
I can appreciate the spambots problem as I went through that experience several years ago with a forum I moderated and eventually closed. Back then there was no Captcha or other verification system like there is now. If your particular forum software doesn’t provide the necessary security features then maybe it’s time to look for an alternative. Thanks for answering my question about changing the email address in the profile.
I do have a question regarding the email notification of your response, however. Can you explain why the email I received had a line that is NOT in your response above? Here is the quote from the email: “What exactly were you going to change on that profile page? Email? You only registered today.” According to your own forum records I joined on 11-02-2007. Maybe it’s just me but there seems to be a world of difference between 6 years and one day.
-
I can appreciate the spambots problem as I went through that experience several years ago with a forum I moderated and eventually closed. Back then there was no Captcha or other verification system like there is now. If your particular forum software doesn’t provide the necessary security features then maybe it’s time to look for an alternative. Thanks for answering my question about changing the email address in the profile.
I do have a question regarding the email notification of your response, however. Can you explain why the email I received had a line that is NOT in your response above? Here is the quote from the email: “What exactly were you going to change on that profile page? Email? You only registered today.” According to your own forum records I joined on 11-02-2007. Maybe it’s just me but there seems to be a world of difference between 6 years and one day.
I checked your user info afterwards :-).
We got few people complain before that were not actual users of PA, just ppl who wanted link backs to their sites via profiles… PA.com has high PR rating on google so it is beneficial to do that. So they would come in with 1 post and ask why they cant edit profile.
We use one of the most popular forum software out there and all the security addons there are, and everyone basically has same issues… most “solve” them by manually approving users which I think would be extremely annoying - because you would have to wait to post your question.
In any case, we are always on forums, on support ticket system, on phone support or on web chat on your bottom right. We try to provide support in every way possible.
Many forums closed due to all the spam, it has became crazy in past 2-3 years because they break any automated verification system within minutes.
