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    BETA: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.10.02
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    New version: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.10.02: Download: https://u.powerarchiver.com/pa2023/powarc221002.exe New build with new signature so shell extensions in Windows will function properly. Thanks everyone for your assistance!
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    End of Powerarchiver
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    Powerarchiver is dead no updates to fix bugs no new features, no communication and errors in program update system with scripting errors. Duplicate context menus windows 11 no fixes no updates I declare that this is the last version.
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    Windows 11 Shell Extension crash
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    Copied the Take Command shortcut, changed Target to be wt.exe -p “Take Command” and saved it. Right-clicked to get to properties and Explorer crashed. (wt.exe is the Microsoft Terminal program, which I have installed from the Microsoft Store.) The Target path had changed to: C:\Users{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\wt.exe -p “Take Command” Created a new shortcut in a Start Menu folder and set the command line to the same, and it crashed the same. Created a new shortcut and set the command line to mspaint.exe (also a Windows Store app) and Explorer crashed on right-click on the shortcut. It appears PowerArchiver shell extensions doesn’t handle Windows Store apps in shortcuts properly. Perhaps it needs better defensive coding around checking the Target of shortcuts, or just ignoring shortcuts altogether. Running PA 22.00.11 on Windows 11 24H2 Build 26100.6584
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    Was Power Archiver affected by the WinRAR/.rar vulnerability discovered by ESET researchers recently? Not sure if PA is using their libraries for extraction.
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    anything planned for the future or is this software just dead now?
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    From google search AI Overview Yes, that’s correct. UltimateZip was indeed a product of the same company that developed PowerArchiver, and it was essentially a rebranded version of PowerArchiver. It was discontinued and replaced by PowerArchiver.
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    News/Update on PowerArchiver/Connexion in 2024
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    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).
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    Zip extraction from windows 11 by windows
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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?
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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!
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    THE SSL CERTIFICATE FOR *.POWERARCHIVER.COM HAS EXPIRED.
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    @spwolf @Mili THE SSL CERTIFICATE FOR *.POWERARCHIVER.COM HAS EXPIRED.
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    PA2023 22.00.09 trying to delete a directory from a tar file.
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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.
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    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!
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    • spwolfS Offline
      spwolf conexware
      last edited by

      this is an iso file, right?

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      • drteethD Offline
        drteeth
        last edited by

        Yes. I can delete smaller ISO files even from the same location., but this one is approx 4.5GB. It is an OpenSuSE distro ISO.

        The attached is what I see then I try to delete the ISO and a screenshot of an Unlocker screen to show why. PC only turned on 30 mins ago. 100% reproducible.

        As usual, happy to run any tests etc to help out.

        Regards

        DrT
        attachment_p_33392_0_2015-02-04_15h25_05.png
        attachment_p_33392_1_2015-02-04_15h25_16.png

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        • spwolfS Offline
          spwolf conexware
          last edited by

          great!

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          • drteethD Offline
            drteeth @spwolf
            last edited by

            @spwolf:

            great!

            Does that mean I have found something useful? If that is the case, why are only large ISOs affected?

            Regards

            DrT

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            • spwolfS Offline
              spwolf conexware
              last edited by

              Obviously it’s an issue so very helpful… I would guess that iso files over 4gb cause some internal issue in listing code hence the lock… We will know more once Feb team fixes it, but reproducible report is 80% of the work already

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              • drteethD Offline
                drteeth @spwolf
                last edited by

                Okay, thanks.

                DrT

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                • M Offline
                  Mili conexware
                  last edited by

                  lets check this out, reporting back with results or questions.

                  thanks for the details

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                  • M Offline
                    Mili conexware
                    last edited by

                    Created two 4.8+gig ISO files, mounted/unmounted them, extracted them and they deleted fine afterwards.
                    I’m downloading openSUSE-Tumbleweed-DVD-x86_64-Current.iso and trying with that.

                    Let me know if you did anything specific after which this ISO file became undeletable.

                    Thanks!

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                    • drteethD Offline
                      drteeth
                      last edited by

                      I am doing nothing to these files. I cannot delete any OpenSuSE distros, I have both 13.2 distos and latest snapshots of Tumbleweed…that’s 4 in total; even after just turning on my computer. Done nothing to them at all. All I have to do is download and try to delete. I don’t know whether it is a size issue, but I could delete a Knoppix distro at 4.1 GB.

                      The on thing I have noticed, is that before the first delete attempt, which always fails, there are no locking processes. These show up (as per the above screenshot) only after the first failed attempt.

                      Cheers

                      DrT

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                        Mili conexware
                        last edited by

                        Basically, you downloaded this file and then when attempting to delete it it gives you the said error?
                        I’ve downloaded the same, file and it deleted just fine.
                        Please run me through the process starting with obtaining the file and deleting it at the end. What exactly goes on in between?
                        Let me know, I’ll give it a try.

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                        • drteethD Offline
                          drteeth
                          last edited by

                          I can turn on my computer and do nothing and still cannot delete those files without an unlocking utility. I downloaded the files a good week or two ago.

                          It gets even more spooky. I d/l one of these files to another PC and have exactly the same problem. OS is the same, Win 7 x64.

                          <smoking gun=“”>Uninstalled PA and rebooted and COULD delete file. Re-installed PA and cannot delete file</smoking> . Saved my settings and reapplied them before trying the second delete (which failed).

                          I did save my settings before uninstalling - anybody want the reg file for testing?

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                            Socrates Banned @drteeth
                            last edited by

                            . . . you have preview turned on? Try turning it off (Alt-P) and see if that helps?

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                              drteeth @Socrates
                              last edited by

                              @Socrates:

                              . . . you have preview turned on? Try turning it off (Alt-P) and see if that helps?

                              I did. Turning it off made no difference.

                              Cheers

                              DrT

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                                Socrates Banned
                                last edited by

                                Sorry. I thought it might help. I had some problem deleting files when preview was open in PA mini. I thought it was worth a try.

                                One other possibility. If you have that file type set to always use Volume Shadow Copy Support, it might keep the file open in explorer.

                                The last option is there is something about the partition (I assume that is J:?) that is causing the problem.

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                                • drteethD Offline
                                  drteeth @Socrates
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi,

                                  See post #13 for some tests that I ran on another computer. Strangely, only my four OpenSuSE ISOs are affected.

                                  In short, I can delete the files without PA installed.

                                  Cheers

                                  DrT

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                                    Mili conexware
                                    last edited by

                                    hmmm, lets try with your settings. If you can please send them over(in a cab file) to support at conexware dot com and I can try to reproduce that way.

                                    Did you perform an installation of the said ISOs before attempting to delete them or can you reproduce it by just downloading the file and attempting to delete it right away after download?

                                    thanks again!

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                                    • drteethD Offline
                                      drteeth
                                      last edited by

                                      Just download and try and delete - that’s all I did on my test.
                                      Email just sent, subject as per this thread.
                                      Happy to test and fixes or send any further info.

                                      Cheers

                                      DrT

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                                      • spwolfS Offline
                                        spwolf conexware
                                        last edited by

                                        i will check it out if need be :-)

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                                        • spwolfS Offline
                                          spwolf conexware
                                          last edited by

                                          this was reproduced by the team, and written in for a fix… thanks for the report!

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                                            drteeth @spwolf
                                            last edited by

                                            You are more than welcome.

                                            Regards

                                            DrT

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