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).
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.
If I compress a folder to a .pa using right click, Compress to folder.pa and use the new Windows 11 menu then the Options, Configuration, Miscellaneous, Use normal relative path setting is always enabled.
But I like this option disabled so I have to use the old style menu in order to get PA to compress a folder in the way I wish.
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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PA 22.00.09
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PA 22.00.09 shows a nag screen, when I try to open some setting windows. I have already PA 2023 Toolbox and PA shows, that it’s licensed in the info dialog.
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PA 22.00.09
Some labels in the help toolbar are not translated:
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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.
Hi there,
there were some security issues fixed in 7zip:
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1165/
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1164/
As it seems, that PowerArchiver and PACL use the 7zip libraries, could you please update them to the latest version?
Hi,
From where I get PAVD2023.EXE? PowerArchiver 2023 tries to open it.
But it seems, it tries to download PAVD2021.EXE.
Thanks
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.
PA 2006 cannot properly handle this ZIP file…
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Download the widget at http://www.widgetgallery.com/view.php?widget=36155
If you open it, you will notice that some characters are not properly displayed. If you try to extract it, you get an error.
Windows XP, SP2
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Yes, the filenames for Icon files are using “strange” characters.
If you enable “Use OEM conversion for filenames” (Options/Miscellaneous) it does work.
Note: PA reported another problem with the cache.jpg file [“check file is not in use”] - but the file actually extracted OK.EDIT - sorry, with the OEM option set, the icon files are still NOT extracted.
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Hello? Devs?
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I can’t download it - is the link correct?
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Hi Ivan,
The link takes you to the website then you have to click the download link about mid-way down. I did it that way so people would know what it is they are downloading.
Here is a direct link http://www.widgetgallery.com/dl_r.php?widget=36155&platform=win
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Just to clarify, no utility I have tried will extract “cleanly” from that widget zip.
I think the naming problem is making it too damaged. -
What should PA do? I see the problem with ZIP archive as any other utility?
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What should PA do? I see the problem with ZIP archive as any other utility?
WinZip does extract all files from that archive without any problems. PowerArchiver should do the same.
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@awo:
WinZip does extract all files from that archive without any problems. PowerArchiver should do the same.
Not quite - WinZip “automatically” renames the icon files - I admit it does this silently, so that the problem is not obvious, but is this a good thing?
This is why I tried the PA “OEM conversion” flag.Perhaps PA should clarify what the problem is and allow renaming and extraction with this flag set?
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we will check it out once beta 2 is out.
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You can close this thread.
While PA still cannot handle the file, I have discovered that the file works with Konfabulator if I rename the extension to .widget
Therefore, I no longer have a need for PA to be able to handle it.
