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.
7-zip issues
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Hi,
- Context menu: Compress to 7-zip + Options…
The Ultra compression seems that does NOT work, because I can only get best compression using the context menu: Compress to “XXXXXFile.7z”
- Compression profiles
When a 7-zip profile is configured the Ulta Compression is not shown in combo.
Best regards!
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Hi,
thanks for info on profiles. As to compression in shell extensions, in works here - keep in mind that for some files, you wont be able to see the difference between different compression methods…
thanks,
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Hello again,
I have a folder with a total of 1.54MB of files and sub-folders (with more files).
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Right click the folder and select Compress to “folder.7z” I got a file of 289 KB;
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Right click the folder and select Compress to 7-zip + Options… and select Ultra compression I got a file of 434 KB;
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Right click the folder and select Compress to 7-zip + Options… and select Maximum compression I got a file of 434 KB too.
So, from shell (+Options) Ultra and Maximum produce the same file compression.
I have tested it several times…
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do you have compression profiles set, or anything other than default installation? Did you reboot your computer after installation of 9.00?
thanks,
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Yes, I re-started it.
Yes, I had a profile, but I deleted.
I made another test with same results…
I have 7-zip installed, but I don’t think this is the problem…
I will make more tests and I’ll get back here to post…
Thank you.
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The profile problem will be fixed in next release.
One more information. Compress to file.7z now uses Ultra compression + Solid, so to get same results via +Options feature you must turn on also Solid compression.
I will do some small change for next version, so Compress to file.7z uses Maximum + Solid instead of Ultra + Solid (since Ultra can cause memory problems).
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After check “Solid” now it’s working fine.
I have tested (just one test!) Maximum+Solid and I got the same result as Ultra+Solid, however Maximum+Solid was faster.
Thanks.
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Sure, ultra can be better only on very big sets of files (with solid option) or on very big files (without solid option). The difference is in dictionary size and when some dictionary size is enought for some files,then there is no difference in ratio. But maximum is always faster and uses less memory.
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I will do some small change for next version, so Compress to file.7z uses Maximum + Solid instead of Ultra + Solid (since Ultra can cause memory problems).
Please don’t!
I (and many others I guess) like it as it is…with the ultra option set by default! -
Then again, on my W98 ancient laptop machine I can’t use Ultra (only 64M ram) :D
All the Explorer shell direct (compress to NN) options should really have dedicated configuration options.
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yea, but I guess nowadays all PCs have at least 256MB of RAM…and most of them run WinXP…it’s obvious that devs spend most of their efforts on those kind of system…(I’ve got 2GB of RAM :D )
anyway…What do you mean by “All the Explorer shell direct (compress to NN) options should really have dedicated configuration options”?
Can’t you create your own profile via Configuration -> CompressionProfiles? -
Manuangi
I … like it as it is…with the ultra option set by default!
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create your own profile via Configuration -> CompressionProfiles?:rolleyes: Couldn’t you ? :rolleyes:
Seriously, thanks for the reminder.
Played with profiles for a few days then completely forgot about them :confused: -
Then again, on my W98 ancient laptop machine I can’t use Ultra (only 64M ram) :D
All the Explorer shell direct (compress to NN) options should really have dedicated configuration options.
problem with that would be inexperienced users changing it and then thinking its PA’s fault. We already have fair share of people asking us how come PA doesnt compress mp3’s or jpg’s…
thanks,
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That’s OK - I can work with profiles (once the BZip2 query is sorted out).
P.S.
… how come PA doesnt compress … jpg’s …
Well, when I checked last, it does (a little bit) - depends on format :D
Graphic jpegs (digital camera) - 10 Files Total 12,600,516 bytes
-> cab 12,564,597
-> bh 12,588,570
-> zip 12,589,310
-> lzh 12,593,241Whereas rar & ace both increased the total size (real Byte size, ignoring Disk usage).
