@spwolf I sent message there too last wed. No answer yet.

@spwolf Yes. Maybe the first step would just be that you could fill in something like:
.apk=.zip .info=.txt
in the configuration to say .apk files are always to be treated like .zip files and .info are always to be treated like .txt.
Also either
=.zip
or maybe
.=.zip
would mean files with no extension are to be treated like .zip.

It would be nice to be able to configure this on a directory by directory basis but I can’t really see a good way to do that without it also making things rather complicated.

The best I can come up with would be to say that you could store the configuration in a file in the directory with a special name and PA would know not to store that special named file and would instead use it to adjust the configuration. Something like .PAConfiguration

@mili said in Does PA supports Intel's zlib?:

many thanks for the details @godlydevils
I am logging this in to the dev team to check out, sounds interesting.

Will let you know if we can implement it.

thanks for the awesome information.

@bigmike said in Windows 11 Context menu support:

@spwolf When applications are compatible with the new menu, it’ll probably improve the context menu a lot. I’m also looking forward to it, as mine is pretty cluttered.

my comment was more about complete Windows 11… Shell extensions will become as cluttered as before once all apps support new ones :)

@bigmike thanks, we will check it out @Mili

@spwolf Yes, the fix seems to be working, thank you.

@spwolf said in "The specified account already exists" error:

@KoloheWiz:

The latest release - PA 2016 - will not complete installation. No matter what it ends with the “The specified account already exists” error. I start the update process using the Check For Update button under Configuration>Auto Update. The new version downloads and begins to install but stops abruptly with the “The specified account already exists” error.

I have a screenshot and the log file but no way to post them here. I have no URL to post the image to because I do not own any domains. IMHO, that should NOT be the only way to add an image or log file to a forum post as there are more people without a domain than ones that do. For that matter, “Insert Image” doesn’t mean the same as “Insert Image Link” which is what the button should read for accuracy purposes.

This usually means something is wrong with your Windows Installer, usually setup repository got wiped out.

Try cleaning PowerArchiver entry from Windows Installer database by using MSI Clean Up tool:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/windows_installer_cleanup_utility.html

That should delete PowerArchiver previous version from registry and then you should be able to install new one.

As to the images - in the future, you can use imgur.com to post links to image files, They are very reliable and great image host.

thanks!

very common error among all the versions of windows.

@michaeljenkins Your best bet is to look at AdBlock Help

If you have version 7 why don’t you just test it yourself?

Thanks Milli as always.
Irfranview can save files at TGA if you’re looking for a free app.

Hi @mili,

To be honest I gave up after a week of trying and with no reply here within that time.

I do regret buying PowerArchiver when I now use it for nothing more than 7zip can do (compress and archive files).

I thought with paid-for software like this there might be support that replied within a few working days of a request for help.

I’d be grateful if you could delete my forum profile here please and any data the you hold for me.

Rich.

Hello. My problem with Powerarchiver is as follows:
First of let me say that I am running a Windows 7 Starter edition on my Toshiba NB505 laptop. You can see my specs if you google it. Needless to say that it has very limited resources and has low ram and roughly 1.66 GHz Atom processor.

I am currently using the latest version of PA. But mostly the tasks I do with it are create and uncompress zip files, as this comes in handy with my needs for compressing older files which I dont need. There is where it comes my issue with program and it is just that version after version it becomes harder for my computer to load and create zip files and 7zip ones. Needless to say that the same goes for zipx.

I have been using PA for a decade and its a good program but it is just that the current version has things which I don’t need or seldom use it, such as the preview file panel, and also the explorer tabs, skin customization and the nagging conexware update tool. Thus I was just asking, Does it exist a minimalistic version of PA or perhaps some ultra light version of it?. Something which it can be run on older computers.

Please don’t say to install an older version or going back to 2003, as well, this is not what I had in mind. I know that I could use the command line version but for me usng a GUI is more convenient. Regsrding compression speeds, I mostly use deflate for legacy zip files on the fast setting.

So far what I am doing is to set PA to use the classic skin windows view and while it does alleviate some of the lagging symptoms it doesn’t really seem to make the program to run or load faster.

Any help or advice on my problem?. By the way, I use the PRO version as that’s my current license. By the way, does PA has any pdf user’s manual or reference book? I see there are changes and numerous functionality that has been added but I have no clue on how to use it. I hope somebody could help me with that as well.

Hi @Brian-Gregory

We tested the conversion to zip in the latest version and it seems to work OK, as in below screenshot

Convert test.PNG

Could you send us a screenshot of the settings in the converter prior to executing the conversion, we will test the same.

Thanks!!

@spwolf

I will be honest with you.

You release minor versions because you fixed bugs, optimized performance/code.
,
You release major version because you added new features, made overhaul to the software, and it’s competitively better than old major release.

However, all your releases had same bugs, same outcome, I hardly notice any difference between resulting compressed archives, there are no new algorithms, there’s no optimization or performance improvements, and no new features.

Many devs have made it a hobby to release new major versions to sell new software due to major upgrade.

also, don’t wish to go offtopic, but ConeXware’s Encryption suite has never been updated, it has same visual and operational bugs, yet you guys are selling it openly, without disclosing the fact that software is no longer supported.

I feel the same with this software.

P.S. commenting after 12 days, there’s no minor version update yet. as per your 10 days statement.

@mili

Hi Mili,

I wish to completely customize the default PA profile.

so whenever I start archive from shell, i do not have to go to advanced options and customize the plzma(size and entropy model), zstandard(levels & size), ppmd_sh(sizes) options.

not having to select zlib level, dictonary size, method optimize strong, compression level extreme.

there are various options that I would like to modify for the “PA Default” profile so I do not have to create any new profile.

Hi @zebrapower

OneDrive for Business is not supported at the moment, the Cloud component only supports the personal OneDrive accounts.
I will check and let you know if we will be able to add it in future versions.

Thanks!

Thank you!

Hello,

Here are the latest versions to try:

http://u.powerarchiver.com/pa2021/powarc201002x64.msi
http://u.powerarchiver.com/pa2021/powarc201002x86.msi

Please let us know if that works. Thanks!

48a99323-a8a8-4c60-9e10-dba0f65b3e33-image.png

The speed is too high to show properly.

@f16akias said in PowerArchiver shell extensions possibly crashing windows explorer.exe:

@spwolf Well I can confirm that I have never again encountered any Bex64 errors while using 20.00.73 and now 20.10.02 versions. No bex in logs nor explorer.exe restart-refresh.

@spwolf , @Mili , @ivan and the rest team thanks for solving this one, powerarchiver is again the best utility

Thank you so much for your great bug report and all the version checks!

@mili said in Configure Clouds Box:

thanks @brian-gregory

We have tried to reproduce this on a couple of computers and could not reproduce it.
Could you provide a couple of reproduction steps for us to try here?
And/Or screenshot and reg file to support at conexware dot com so that we can try that as well.
Once we reproduce it, in any of those method, we can log it in for fixing.

Will keep trying to reproduce it here as well.

Thanks!

Files sent.

Is there a command line to include the Registration Code when pushing an install using Microsoft Intune/Endpoint Manager?

I am able to push the software, but I’d like the PowerArchiver to be registered when it gets to the workstation instead of entering the Registration Code on each workstation individually.

Thanks

Hi @Fryedsoft
We have reproduced the issue and it is logged in for fixing in the next update.
Thanks for your help!

I confirm issue #1 doesn’t happen anymore in v20.10.02.
Thanks for fixing :)

I confirm this doesn’t happen anymore in v20.10.02.
Thanks for fixing :)

it is up now on the website… thanks!

Would be a help if you can share your archive in case thats whats cauing the problem.

@mili I understand, you play it safe. I would have preferred to have the option to choose if I wanted to add the suffix or not, but I understand that you have made this decision.

Thanks for your time

@luxor Indeed it does show as registered when I click on about. Thanks much. Looks like I am now an official bug finder. :D

@Mili Thanks for mentioning this- I think I actually want to change it off the modern interface.

Hi @BigMike

We’ve logged this issue for fixing, thanks very much for the details!

Thanks @ACE135
We have noticed the same when reproducing and have logged it in for fixing.

Thanks again!

Hi @bassplayerchris
The PA format is not an included upgrade to PowerArchiver licenses that were purchased before the PA format existed. PowerArchiver with Advanced Codec Pack (.PA format) is the version that includes the PA format.
All other features/options that were included with PowerArchiver before before the Advanced Codec Pack are updated accordingly and will remain as upgrades for you for all upcoming major and minor upgrades.

Hope that helps.
Thanks!

I would be perfectly happy, if PowerArchiver offered me a portable solution with FULL (i.e. also compression and not only decompression) support of all methods offered by ZIPX.
Once again: as unpacking is already implemented for all ZIPX-methods it should be possible to also add packing?! Or is it really a licensing (WinZIP patents) or marketing (further pushing PA-format) issue?
While I think it’s good to develop and push an own technologically advanced format like PA, there is also a need for compatibility, interoperability and exchange with others (using other software) . And ZIPX is currently more common because of the great old name and the wiedspread use of its originating software, WinZIP.

@davidsplash

Yes, we became aware of it as someone else reported it as well. We have it on the list for the next update.

Thanks!

I confirm the icon set is Red.

@Mili Did you receive my email? I’m waiting for your reply.

While this seem to have been fixed in the x64 version 20.0.0.73, it seems to happen now with the x86 version

Seems to be implemented in 20.0.0.73

thanks for the details @godlydevils

We are in the process of working on a major upgrade to Encryption Suite PRO.
Among some new features, it will have a new UI as well.
We have the very first versions in at the moment, I was able to reproduce the AV error as well and that has been logged in for fixing.

Once there is a usable version of ES PRO 2022 for checking out, I will send it over to you to check out. Sorting out current bugs and working on UI at the moment.

Thanks!

Thansk for the details @bradnagel
We have logged these in for fixing.

Which format archive are you working with when the pause/cancel buttons do not work?
Are you compressing or extracting?

I’m using the Kaspersky Total Security.

I have configured PA as exclusion as followed:

PA Exclusion.png

and also is set us trusted application

PA Trusted Application.png

Scenario:

My Antivirus likes to scan for everything, and it’s safeguarding behavior is to prevent the access to the file until the file is properly scanned for.

The issue:

PA when losses the access to file, it is stuck, consumes Resources, and never completes the process or throws any error

Recommendation:
PAStarter should also work as PAMonitor:
There should be a monitoring process, at least if I’m using queuing feature, that should check for never ending compression processes and terminate them so the queue can be little bit automated.

Also,
There should be multiple attempts at retrying if PA loses access to or is denied, instead of having to see process was stuck for longer duration.

Or, better, save the parameters I used for keeping the files in compression, and automatically restart the whole compression process after termination the same, of same folders and files set, this should happen in case if compression was stuck.

If you use Queue Feature, you are not saving on space, you are just squeezing less.

Here’s explaination:

https://youtu.be/XcxG2wxyink

I did test the same on multiple files, and of different types.

It does have large difference for each large file you are trying to squeeze.

Folders with multiple files, just have no benefits if you use Queue Feature

Thanks @a-borque

There were updates to the skinning and interface components in latest version. We have confirmed the issue in the portable version and have logged it in for fixing in the next version.

Thanks for letting us know!

If you have tabbed archive browsing(reuse same window for all archive opening)
and if you open two archives, and right click on older one to view properties it will only show of the recent archive that was opened, on all tabs/archives

upgraded to 20.0.73

Hi @ianm

Please have them install the version in the following link:
htttp://u.powerarchiver.com/pa2021/paop31001.exe

That version is optimized for the updated outlook and is gearing towards the next upgrade to PAOP that will be posted on the download page soon.

Thanks!

@2flo
Yes, you’re all good to install it on the two machines and use them as mentioned. You will be using PowerArchiver within the terms of use.

hello @a-borque

The portable version is ready and our download page has been updated with the link for the latest portable version.

Thanks!

I currently create Par2 files before I save everything to Blu-ray. It’s not a hard additional process but it would be cool if PA files had it included as a option.

hi @trparky
We thought we had fixed this in the last update, but we did not unfortunately. :(
Will be fixed in the next update.

hi @davidsplash
We’ll add this suggestion to the dev team, they’ll take a look.
When you have a moment, please send us a sample uha file, we’ll add it to the suggestion.
You can attach it here or send it to support.

Thanks!!

hello @zornestech
Yes, PowerArchiver does have right click compression which is also configurable from PowerArchiver’s Configuration options.
The right click options are available for easy compression and extraction, tools access and more.

Let us know if you have any further questions.

Thanks!

patchbeam a waste of time never updated with latest version

@mili I launched it through PA’s interface, in “burn” section.

Also, when trying to use PA’s “dismount” feature through Context Menu, nothing happened. I am forced to go to PA and dismount the disk myself. I am on strictest option of UAC (i.e. top of slidebar)

hi @gavb
could you please send screenshots of how it looks on both monitors and what the resolutions/DPI scale is on both, we’ll take a look.
Please send to support at conexware dot com

thanks!

Thanks for the information @DaTreeDude
We have logged this in as a feature request, the dev team will take a look to see if we can implement it.

Thanks!

Hello @Mili,

thanks for your help in getting my PowerArchiver CommandLine license (Re: License Code Not Working / Missing) and sorry for my late reply. I do check my spam folder regularly and couldn’t find a mail from support. Also, there was no mail in my backups or any mention of it in my email logs.

I have a question regarding my licenses in the hope you are able to help me:
While my account lists “PowerArchiver Select - lifetime free upgrades and support for PowerArchiver Toolbox English - Count 2”, this does not apply for PACL, which was included with my purchase. My account shows only PowerArchiver Select - 12 months of upgrades and support for PowerArchiver Command Line - Single User License.

Since PACL was included with PowerArchiver Toolbox, shouldn’t PACL also come with a lifetime license for 2 PCs?

Thanks for your help in advance.

Hi @anaru-sensei

Our SFX component, at the moment, has some limits. We have logged this in for our dev team to check out and see if it is possible to implement.

Thanks!

Good morning,
I bought Powerarchiver Toolbox because I find the .pa format brilliant!
The problem with this format is that only Powerarchiver can open it, so it won’t be as famous as the .rar or .7z!
In my opinion it is okay to have the exclusive of the creation of the format, but not of the extraction, otherwise it will never be used by anyone because few people have Powerarchiver!
I hope that one day the other extractors will be able to extract the .pa format, I will be able to create archives and send them to whoever I want!

Hi,

So refer this screenshot:

image_2020-12-30_115129.png

The properties panel that you see, is what I tried to compress, using PA, with following settigs:
Extreme Strong optimize
https://forums.powerarchiver.com/assets/uploads/files/1609079025475-image_2020-12-27_195344.png

The process was stuck at 0% with no progress for over 8 Hours:

PA.png

Then the usual, clicking will make it go not responding.

So, I could not get the files compressed using PA.

I tried 7zip, and it worked, so that’s 1 issue.

PA shows incorrect original(before compression) size of total contents.

Refer the first screenshot.
folder’s size is shown correctly in 7ZIP
but not in powerarc.

this happens with every archive, whether they are compressed in PA or not, whether it has only 1 file, or multiple files inside multiple directory.

Neither does the archive property panel shows original content’s size.

@mili It was never really fixed very satisfactorily.

Ok, I should have done this first. I upgraded to PA 2021, instead of uninstalling and reinstalling. I did that now, and it took care of the problem. Must have been something with upgrading from the previous version too the new one.

I resolved the issue.

How to reproduce(it is my assumption):
Install the older version of PA 2021 than this, the one that came before x.x.62
run it once, then install the current version.

PA queue & PASTARTER will get bugged.

I got the issue resolved as I had to reinstall OS which has resolved the queue issue for me.

this is the same reason mili was not able to replicate the issue, because she runs a fresh environment for all testing.

Hi,

You can obtain the original file from here:

https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/in/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/lenovo-y-series-laptops/y50-70-notebook-lenovo/80ej/59428436/cb32343883/downloads/driver-list/component?name=Power%20Management

For Lenovo Y50-70 win 7 x64 bit, power management, get lenovo energy management

Run the exe it will extract the installable drivers to C:\drivers

I tried to compress the whole folder using PA using following parameters:
Extreme, strong optimize.
image_2020-12-27_195344.png

This resulted in negative compression.

However same file is compressed by 7zip alpha, with positive compression:

PA Negative compression.png

I understand that there are different algorithms, parameters used, and totally different software with unique sets of logics programmed, but see if compression algo can be optimized for such files.

I don’t think PAEXT has a way to do this on it’s own.

I’d extract to a new directory and then use XCOPY or something similar to copy the newer files to the final destination and then delete the new directory you extracted to.

@Mili said in BUG: Dragging and dropping not working, hangs:

hey @AluminumHaste
thanks for all the details
have managed to reproduce this. During our testing, it didn’t occur every time but did manage to reproduce it and record it, will be enough for the dev team to fix it. logged in, thanks again!

Awesome thank you!

Should be fixed now and properly showing. Thanks everyone, sorry for the wait

Hi @ACE135

While testing this, noticed that archives are not opened in a new tab while an archive is opened in PA, even without an active extraction process.
Logging it in for fixing in the next update, thanks for letting us know!

@Mili I have emailed one of the smaller files that has the problem.

Hi.

Thank you very much for your support!

I do have a question: if a new version of Virtual Drive gets updated, is there a stable link where i can always find the latest update for this tool?

For now i just use trial and error and base my download from the online update check, infer the new file name from the updater if a new version is available, then modify a bookmark link i found according to the latest version, in order to fetch the offline installer for PA virtual drive. Or ask here regularly, which doesn’t seem too pleasant to do repeatedly if a new version is released.

Thank you!

Thanks @chrullrich
testing it out now to make sure it does not occur in future updates from 2019 to 2021

we appreciate everyone’s help!

My slow ring still reads as 19.00.59… will it ever offer an update to 2021 or is that something I must do manually?

No. No other program installation, not registry cleaning. I just noticed it while installing and opening PA during bex64 testing…
It just comes once, I cannot reproduce it more than once at least with version 20.00.58 and +
It’s really fine for me, it’s minor even if it’s considered a bug at all

thanks for the details @aionel_net
We have logged the issue in for fixing and have added the suggestion to open a new PA window upon double clicking an archive inside an archive, when tabs are disabled.
Lets see what the dev team says.

thanks again!

thanks very much @trparky
we’ll log this in and fix it up. much appreciated!

Thanks @Mili, I got it working.

Thanks all!
We have confirmed the bug and it’s logged in for fixing.
It works OK when drag and dropping the specific folder out of the archive, but it does not when using the extract button on a file/folder.

Thanks for your help!

No, PowerArchiver doesn’t have this functionality.

Hi @drteeth
as a temporary fix, please delete PAVD2021.EXE from the installation folder and install virtual drive again, then it should work fine until we fix it so the error doesn’t appear at all.

Thanks!

hi @davidsplash
we’re fixing Patchbeam and should work fine in the coming update

thanks!

hey @khanyash
Yes, still logged in. We had some priorities to solve for the final update prior to this issues. I have just bumped it so it can be solved as soon as possible
thanks for the reminder

Thanks @khanyash
We have it logged in for fixing

hey @guido
Thanks for the report!
We’re aware of it, the issue is on the components side at the moment, we’re looking to implement the fix once it is released.

Hi @godlydevils
Tested the queue issue on another test machine and it seems like i was able to reproduce it
out of nine 1gb folders, 7 compressed and 2 didn’t, which seems like the same bug.
It has been screen recorded and logged in for fixing.

The issue with the Advanced Option settings not being saved is also logged in and pending fixing. It has been bumped and we will look to fix it in the upcoming update.

Additionaly, an improvement to add the ability to pre-configure the Advanced options for the .PA format in the configuration>compression profiles menu is also logged in.

You can expect the queue files disappearing to be fixed in the next update, as well as the advanced options not being saved.

Thanks!

Thanks for your help @Brian-Gregory

Hi,
I have come across some strange behaviour that must not be by design.
This happens under different, though similar circumstances.
This is how to reproduce it.
Find a large-ish archive. I used a 3GB archive as I have a fast PC. Load the archive and test it. Now one just has a window showing the test progress. Now click on a window under the progress window and now you can see the bug. I have a PA icon on my taskbar and it does NOT have a line underneath it to indicate that it is loaded and there is no easy way to get the window back until it appears after the testing. Other progress windows are similar.
The only way to get the progress window back is to use taskmanager.
The expected behaviour is that there will be some indication that PA is loaded and that one can use it to bring the progress window to the top.
OT:- When viewing a text file in PA, there is a line does the middle of the window - when will it be removed?
Cheers
DrT

Not yet fixed in PA 20.00.58.
(APK files inside PA files still not compressed very effectively)

@Microft said in Access Violations, Cloud Issues and No 4K Support:

3840 x 2160

thanks for your help @Microft
Responded to your support ticket.

Worked fine with new codes, closing this one… thank you!

@Mili Thanks for the update, and you’re welcome.

I’ll wait to hear about the icons which, as I mentioned, I seem to recall having been a minor glitch in the past, but otherwise .56 is excellent.

@Mili

It only shows up for a split second, you have to really be paying attention. If I had to hazard a guess, the code that loads the fact that it’s a registered version isn’t loaded early enough during the application initialization phase.

Logged in, thx @PA_Fan

Hi @Mili , Further to the original post by @trparky why can’t current lifetime licence holders test 2021, I’ve had my licence a long time and have always used betas prior to 2019. Thanks

sorry about that - this has been fixed!

hi @wroustan
thanks for the information, logging this in for fixing

New version:
20.00.56

Download:
https://powerarchiver.cachefly.net/2021/powarc200056.exe

Release Notes - PowerArchiver - Version 20.00.56

** Bug
* [PA-2806] - Nag from shell in dark ribbon interface shows dark letters
* [PA-2810] - Extracting to network drive does not work
* [PA-2812] - skins not applied in shell

@Alpha-Testers

Yes! That was it. Thank you very much! thumbsup

@TheAndyMac said in Fast Ring: PowerArchiver 2021 20.00.53:

Having one issue with the RC1 - when extracting a zip file using drag and drop to a network share, it prompts for UAC - which I allow - and prompts again, and then keeps on flashing up but not extracting anything - and there is now way to close it down other than logging off/shutting down. Seems like the UAC handling is broken at present. This is not an issue with the current production version, where I use this a lot of the time.

@Mili will take a look at this!