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.
Solved SharpShell errors in Win 7 Event Viewer
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Over the last few days I’ve suddenly started getting a slew of SharpShell “0” errors in the Event Viewer. These all relate to creating icons, mostly creating overlay icons. There is very little information to help with identifying what process is causing this, but by turning on some extra process creation logging, it seems that the errors all occur at the same time as PABACKUP.EXE, SearchProtocolHost.exe and SearchFilterHost.exe.
Are these in some way related?
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@PA_Fan said in SharpShell errors in Win 7 Event Viewer:
Over the last few days I’ve suddenly started getting a slew of SharpShell “0” errors in the Event Viewer. These all relate to creating icons, mostly creating overlay icons. There is very little information to help with identifying what process is causing this, but by turning on some extra process creation logging, it seems that the errors all occur at the same time as PABACKUP.EXE, SearchProtocolHost.exe and SearchFilterHost.exe.
Are these in some way related?
I can upload more information, if required.is something uploading those backups you create? Like dropbox folder for instance? For instance backup could create an zip file, search engine would try to catalogue it and some upload service could create overlay icons for uploading state.
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@PA_Fan do you know what is using sharpshell? Apparently it is SDK for building shell extensions via .NET framework.
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@spwolf Nothing is running to upload anything, as I have all cloud applications set to run on my command only.
I’ve tried to isolate this exactly to a particular program, but it’s not easy. The Event Viewer (EV) doesn’t give any clues, and although I have turned on the Security audit process creation/termination via Group Policies, that throws up some information which is ambiguous in determining the culprit.
Process Monitor logging isn’t helpful until I can work out what to filter for, otherwise the logs are just too enormous.
I have just cleared all the logs on EV, so that Errors is zero. I then ran PA, looked at an archive, and then ran a pbs script, which ran to end.
However, the end screen for the script run was as per shot #1, with icons all over the place. This is the “flickering” and distortion I have reported before.
The EV, previously empty, now shows 15 Sharpshell errors and 1 .NET error, and all time to the running of PABACKUP.EXE.This may be coincidence, or not directly connected with PA, but I’m at a loss to see how running PA would provoke the Sharpshell errors, or what else could be running at the same time to do so.
I also have a problem where the opening screen on PA shows multiple panels, as per shot #2. If I then select an archive to open, it will appear in one of the panes - shot #3. PA is also slow to close, presumably because of the number of panes now in the screen.
I should add that I haven’t had these Sharpshell errors before on this system (i.e. years), and they seem to have arisen since 2017 was installed. I have certainly not had the icon/screen problems with PA 2016.
PS #3 is top shot, #2 middle, #1 bottom.
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@PA_Fan sharpshell is .net library for shell… so what programs are running shell, it does not have to be a .net program though? If you look and download shellexview, you can disable individual shell extensions and figure it out that way. That should help with troubleshooting:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.htmlCan you please post the issue with screens into separate threads, pretty please? That way we can track it separately and fix it next week. Thats very much on us, so we would like to fix it asap. Thank you very much!
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@spwolf
Certainly I will post into separate thread. I included them here because the Sharpshell errors seem connected with icon management and creation, and, given that the screen problem seems to be icon-connected (at least in some way), I wasn’t sure if there might be a connection. -
@PA_Fan said in SharpShell errors in Win 7 Event Viewer:
@spwolf
Certainly I will post into separate thread. I included them here because the Sharpshell errors seem connected with icon management and creation, and, given that the screen problem seems to be icon-connected (at least in some way), I wasn’t sure if there might be a connection.with link to shellexview, you will be able to manually disable various different shell extensions, and you will certainly find the issue since you wont have that many non-microsoft ones.
as to the screen issue, it is a backup bug, it doesnt have anything to do with icons in any way, it is just that backup writes wrong values in PA registry once completed and causes issues…