Solved Bug? UAC and PA 2017
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I tried to extract a program from an archive to a subfolder of “C:\Program Files (x86)”
This requires elevated privileges, my user is in the administrators group and UAC is enabled.
In PowerArchiver, UAC support is enabled.Instead of raising an UAC prompt, I get an error, that the file is in use, disk full or my account has no write privileges.
Environment:
PowerArchiver 2017 17.01.06 x64
Windows 10 1709 x64Actions to reproduce:
Open an archive with PowerArchiver
Select some files
Click on “Extract files” in the toolbar
Select C:\Program Files (x86) as destination folder
Click “Extract” -
@bigmike what format/archive?
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It was a ZIP-file. Sorry, I didn’t know that the format would matter.
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@bigmike thanks for the report… it does depend on the engine, but in this case nothing calls uac when extracting. thanks again!
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I had just the same behavior with a 7z-archive.
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@bigmike we are aware of the issue since you reported it, i have bumped it up the queue right now. Thanks.
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Hi,
ok, I thought, since you wrote, that’s dependent on the engine, I need to report it for 7z, too. -
Can you please check with following release and let us know if the problem is still there:
New version: PowerArchiver 2018 18.00.23 - BETA 1
Download: http://dl.powerarchiver.com/2018/powarc180023.exethanks!
(zip)
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@spwolf I can confirm, that I get an UAC prompt for both types - zip and 7z with version 18.00.23
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@bigmike said in Bug? UAC and PA 2017:
@spwolf I can confirm, that I get an UAC prompt for both types - zip and 7z with version 18.00.23
can you check if files are there after extract, and also for compress if it works?
thanks!
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@spwolf Yes, I had a look and the files were extracted and placed into the folder.
What do you exactly mean by test compress? Create a new archive in a “special folder” from within PowerArchiver? Or update an existing archive? Or using the shell extension to extract/compress files? -
@bigmike said in Bug? UAC and PA 2017:
@spwolf Yes, I had a look and the files were extracted and placed into the folder.
What do you exactly mean by test compress? Create a new archive in a “special folder” from within PowerArchiver? Or update an existing archive? Or using the shell extension to extract/compress files?just try compressing any folder within Program Files with 7z and zip and see if it works.
thanks a lot!
It works differently on different versions of Windows and different UAC settings, so it is good to doublecheck.
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@spwolf Ok, compressing with the shell extension works also fine with the new version.
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@bigmike said in Bug? UAC and PA 2017:
@spwolf Ok, compressing with the shell extension works also fine with the new version.
Thank you BigMike!
