Any updates going to happen for the bugs reported?

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.

Hello!
Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
(When) do you plan to release one?
Thanks!

@Mili Thanks.

@Luxor

Thanks! Will take a closer look and try to reproduce

PA 22.00.09
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Is this still not fixed since PA2022 or a new bug?

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I’m looking forward to deploying PowerArchiver 2023 to my users. Can you tell us when the MSI will be available for download and distribution?

Thanks.

@Mili 6 years later I see no support for .PA on Android :) Currently using ZArchiver on Android. It does the job but .PA usually gets a better compression ratio. Are there any plans to release an “Unrar” like component for other archivers to use?

@Brian-Gregory Thank you for the tip.

@EricSch
Hi Eric,
I got the same problem and was solved by PA Team
Try this download link :
https://powerarchiverdl.cachefly.net/2023/pavd2023.exe

I noticed that the version of ZPAQ used is older than the latest released 7.15 https://mattmahoney.net/dc/zpaq.html also there seems to be a newer fork that adds several features https://github.com/fcorbelli/zpaqfranz

It would be useful to implement this latest version (it also maintains the same syntax and behavior as the latest official release if used the -715 flag) and add when opening a zpaq file a choice of the version of the files to show (e.g. as dummy folders represented the various versions present). Since any previous changes are stored with this format, it is possible to extract a snapshot of a certain date/version.

@Mili bump

So far my testing shows that this seems to all be fixed in the new PA 22.00.09 from your main site.

This is nice feature you shared with us.
Thanks Ckit.

Hello,

are there any news about Encryption Suite developpment ?

I understood there was a 2022 version on its way ??

Or maybe developpement stopped ?

Thanks for an answer, have a good day.

Philippe MALLET
French translator

thanks very much for the file @werve !!

I’ve tested converting the archive and found that the test2 folder that is inside the archive is omitted when converting.
Also, PowerArchiver shows a CRC error when extracting the same archive.

In further testing, tried converting https://mattmahoney.net/dc/silesia.zip and that worked properly.

We have logged the issue in and will take a look to fix it.

Thanks again very much for your help!

Hi @werve

Thanks for this report as well, we have reproduced the Calculate Ram usage button repeatedly calculating when pressing the button and have logged it in for fixing.

In regards to the Advanced Options not being saved when saving profiles, we are aware and are looking to fix it by final release.

Thanks again!

@croq said in How to get a registering code?:

@spwolf - I am having the same problem. I downloaded the PowerArchiver 2023 preview, and whenever I run it, I get a splash screen offering to sell me a license. And I cannot find a license key in Conexware Shop. The latest showing in my list is PowerArchiver 2022. Here’s what I see (license counts in parentheses). Nothing for 2023 versions.

(4) PowerArchiver 2022 Toolbox - Personal - English
(1) PowerArchiver 2022 - Personal - International
(4) PowerArchiver 2022 Pro Legacy English

Hi Nafcom, once official version is out, you will see the link for registering it in the your account. Right now it is available only to people who have PowerArchiver Select.

thanks!

@pirrbe with all formats or with some? This is standard PA installation, not usb? Thanks

I finally found the forum my friends told me about. I’m glad to join you.

@leishirsute2023
Hi, no, even in PA version 2023 , markups are not showed.
CU, Pirrbe

@spwolf OK, but what if you don’t have a registered copy because your Toolbox license has expired? Can you continue to extract PA files? Or is your ability to interact with PA files completely cut off?

@trparky I had the same issue as you did - the latest windows 11 update (March/23) seemed to be the cure - give it a shot.

Is this a known problem? Is there a fix coming? This is a primary reason I buy PA.

I’ve tried both methods I know to extract multiple zips at the same time. 1) Multi Extract feature in the GUI. 2) In Windows File Explorer, select multiple zips, right click, use PA context menu to Extract or Extract To…

Is there a setting I missed? Or maybe it really is processing in parallel, but I can’t detect it? Nothing tells me in the Processes in Task Manager that multiple PA extracts are running. And my CPU, memory and disk resources do not look like a lot of extracts are running.

I’m using PA 2022 Standard version 21.00.18 on Windows 11 Pro version 10.0.22621 Build 22621.

It looks like its resolved in the latest Windows 11 preview update (March/23).

@mili Thank you my friend. I will get it done later this evening.

spwolf, Thanks a lot for the virtual driver PAVD23. I tried the PAVD22 but this guy was allergic for the PA23.

Still no solution for this?

@brian-gregory I found the sentence mentioned at https://www.powerarchiver.com/news/

Optimize ZIP/7z/PA archives– PowerArchiver 2021 will optimize your archive for better compression. The same archive will be optimized without an additional archive created.

@Mili This is also the same for Windows 22H2 x64. Here is the German error message from Windows event log:

Name der fehlerhaften Anwendung: explorer.exe, Version: 10.0.19041.2486, Zeitstempel: 0xf69ebb08
Name des fehlerhaften Moduls: KERNELBASE.dll, Version: 10.0.19041.2364, Zeitstempel: 0x5b7d4d22

@aluminumshaste said in (BUG) # of Threads -Auto Select only using 1 thread:

I can’t do that at work as I don’t have Admin access on that computer so can only use portable version of PA, which isn’t ready for 2018 yet. I can however try the same thing on my home computer later on tonight

You can run X-amount of Threads inside one single Process . A Processor in other words the CPU is the unit where it all runs down.

When the function for testing archives is invoked via the shell context menu (PowerArchiver > Test) then all the files in the archive get extracted to the current folder.

The test dialog reports as many errors as there are files in the archive but it fails to give any hint as to which files are supposed to be erroneous or what the nature of the problem might be. Comparing the extracted files to the originals shows no differences at all.

The .7z in question was produced with maximised compression settings in 7zip (taking forever but resulting in smaller archives than .7z produced by PowerArchiver with maximised settings). Therefore I wanted to see whether PowerArchiver can at least test .7z that it produced itself. Hence I had PowerArchiver convert a .pa with the same contents to .7z. There weren’t any errors reported but the resulting .7z contained fewer than half of the files contained in the .pa (137 of 366), so I scratched that test.

Performance is abysmal when testing via the context menu (e.g. almost 2 minutes for testing a .7z that 7zip tests in 4 seconds), but that is most likely due to the fact that the extracted files are written to disk. Testing the same .7z in the PowerArchiver GUI takes only 8 seconds but causes the mysterious appearance of a UAC dialog, as reported elsewhere.

The testing function is vital because PowerArchiver has a history of producing archives that it cannot unpack without errors or that do not conform to the respective file format standards (e.g. ZIP) so that other programs report them as erroneous.

The point of creating archives is that the files in them will most likely have to be extracted at some point. If the extraction cannot be guaranteed to produce correct results then the whole program is absolutely pointless. Actually, worse than pointless - it causes data loss and hence damage.