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    D davidsplash
    I do like the new website though I would like to have support tap to include in its menu the community forums. As at first I thought you got rid of them until I accidently went to bottom of support form page. It would be nice to have a menu for approved plugins for powerarchiver. I would be willing to test them for you.
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    Open source
    D davidsplash
    Could powerarchiver be open sourced as I fear it is going to be lost once you decide to stop development on it.
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    BETA: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.10.02
    spwolfS spwolf
    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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    Missing Icons
    LuxorL Luxor
    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 [image: 1695053428163-powerarc_2023-09-18_17-00-19.png] [image: 1695053445119-powerarc_2023-09-18_17-01-05.png]
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    Missing or ugly SFX-Icon
    MerowingerM Merowinger
    When I create a SFX-file from a zip (not from a 7-Zip) it happens that there is no icon for the file or a really ugly, pixelated icon. [image: 1563693941255-unbenannt-1.jpg]
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    End of Powerarchiver
    D davidsplash
    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
    W wilsonp
    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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    Affected by winrar/.rar vulnerability?
    C cmmpc
    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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    updates
    D davidsplash
    anything planned for the future or is this software just dead now?
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    Ultimate zip was made by powerarchiver
    D davidsplash
    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
    TheAndyMacT TheAndyMac
    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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    BETA PowerArchive 22.00.11 - Windows 11 Context Menu duplicated/additional tier
    TheAndyMacT TheAndyMac
    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: [image: 1736325038084-screenshot-2025-01-08-082909.png] [image: 1736325038147-screenshot-2025-01-08-082935.png] [image: 1736325038176-screenshot-2025-01-08-082953.png] Edition Windows 11 Pro Version 24H2 OS build 26100.2605
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    No Icons for SFX-Archives
    MerowingerM Merowinger
    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. [image: 1729594955632-zwischenablage_10-22-2024_01.jpg]
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    Zip extraction from windows 11 by windows
    D davidsplash
    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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    Installer problem
    L lxworld
    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
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    Button alignment. About window.
    LuxorL Luxor
    Buttons are not properly aligned on About screen. [image: 1726996285086-about-window.png]
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    Button alignment on config window.
    LuxorL Luxor
    Buttons not aligned on configuration window. [image: 1726914596335-configbuttons.png]
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    BETA: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.10
    spwolfS spwolf
    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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    BETA: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.11
    spwolfS spwolf
    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!
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    THE SSL CERTIFICATE FOR *.POWERARCHIVER.COM HAS EXPIRED.
    Brian GregoryB Brian Gregory
    @spwolf @Mili THE SSL CERTIFICATE FOR *.POWERARCHIVER.COM HAS EXPIRED.
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      Mili conexware
      last edited by

      could you send the PBS that reproduces this maybe?
      We will check it out immediately. you can send it to support at conexware dot com

      thanks!

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        pirrbe Alpha Testers @Mili
        last edited by pirrbe

        @mili Is it possible to have a snap of the ‘advanced options’ screen overhere ? I never have seen the options, as ‘advanced’ never worked for me in any PA version
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        I discussed this on ‘chat’ but finally give it up.
        Plan B : I use the MS OS build in Time Scheduler to launch my PBS scripts. But wanna compare your ‘advanced’ with the ‘advanced’ options of MS. Thanks.

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          Mili conexware
          last edited by

          @pirrbe you sure do spend a lot of time worrying about Powerarchiver :)

          here is the screenshot
          0_1502987054354_advabnced options screen.PNG

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            pirrbe Alpha Testers
            last edited by

            :-))))))))))))) you know my objective : replacing some of my softs by just one = PA. And PA is almost similar to a quest game :-))), allways something to discover and brain storm to solve problem by yourself :-).
            The schedule through PA never has been functional for me. Even without the Advance Settings, nothing happens. So my next quest was MS Time Scheduler :-))))… never used it before… And the combination of PA .pbs with MSTS works perfect.

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              Alycat
              last edited by

              PBS file sent.

              There are some problems with the Advanced Options. I cannot access it at present but there have been on going problems for ages. There are also formatting problems, where, from memory, you change the time in Advanced but it does not update on the screen just above the Advanced button.

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                Alycat
                last edited by

                I tracked back through my old posts on this … it was fixed April 2015, reported that it came back again late 2016 but did not seem to be resolved.

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                  Mili conexware
                  last edited by

                  Thanks for the PBS. We have been attempting to reproduce it, with no luck however. The Adv. options screen starts always. Does the same occur for you when you create a new backup? or is the error message appearing only on older PBS scripts created in previous versions?

                  In regards to the scheduled time, the dropdown is a quick select menu and shows time in half hour intervals. The Adv. Options screen allows for more precise time input.
                  Also, you can do the same(more precise/advanced options) through the Task Scheduler in windows.

                  0_1503432789094_Task Scheduler.PNG

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                    Alycat
                    last edited by

                    Just tried it again, with the two pbs files on the host running PA 2017, both fail as above.

                    Created a new backup and advanced works.

                    Copied one of “bad” pbs files to a VM running PA 2016 and worked ok.

                    PA 2017 is also on my wife’s computer, can’t get it to auto run there but Advanced is ok.

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                      Alycat
                      last edited by

                      Ok, have been doing some playing …

                      Took a copy of bad pbs, found:
                      [Schedule]
                      Mode=2
                      Time=40
                      Days=

                      and deleted it (why do those files have so many blank lines?) and advanced now ok.

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                        Alycat
                        last edited by

                        Nah, just copied bad pbs and advanced works, no changes required …

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                          Alycat
                          last edited by

                          Fixed it … had to go to Windows Task Scheduler, deleted one of the bad backups, then added it again in PA, in that one, advanced now works, the other bad one still fails so it looks like that was it.

                          Now to my wife’s PA …

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                            Alycat
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                            One thing I noticed … after deleting in TS, when I go to re-add it in PA, it remembered 10pm as start time, but had Wednesday not Thursday???

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