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For some reason, the PowerArchiver functions in the Windows 11 context menu no longer work after the last Windows Update. Only the functions in the classic context menu function as they should.
I’ve tried uninstalling PowerArchiver and using RevoUninstaller to remove all bits and pieces that were left behind and did a clean install of PowerArchiver, it didn’t fix the issue. Other items in the Windows 11 context menu work.
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Re: Explorer.exe Crash on right click
This appears to be happening again with the Power Archiver 2022 shell extensions.
When I have Use Explorer Shell Extensions enabled in Power Archiver Configuration and right-click on c:\Users\username\Start Menu, (hidden Junction file), File Explorer crashes.
I have version 21.00.15 (03/2022) 64-bit installed in Windows 10 Version 21H2 (Build 19044.1826).
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PA 21.00.18 running on Windows 7 64 bit.
I made a big .PA file and thought I’d check it was made correctly with Menu / Actions / Test.
Discovered:
a) PA always issues a UAC prompt to do this!
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In the latest version of PA, on W11 (latest build/SP) when you try to use the first level context menu - NOTHING HAPPENS (particularly when you do this from Downloads or Documents folders) - however I noticed that it DOES WORK when you use the context menu from the Desktop. Going to the second level context menu does work however.
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PA 2023 22.00.08
Long time no seeing. So I start up the new year with a first problem : the virtual driver cannot be installed. Reason : it is missing in the Fast Ring PatchBeam Update Service…
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It seems a standard problem with new releases :-)
Can I have a link or can it be fixed. Thank you. CU later -
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.
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In PowerArchiver 2023 22.00.06 configuration, the option labelled “Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts” seems to be redundant.
I am only allowed to change this option when PA Starter is disabled, and then it seems to be ignored.
When I enable PA Starter this option is forced to the enabled state.
I think it’d be good to remove “Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts” completely. I’ve always found it confusing having both options.
Added later: However i don’t particularly want to use queue but I do like having the PAStarter icon in my tray area.
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W10 Pro 22H2 - 64 -bit
PA 22.00.06 (PA 2023)
It has been the case with previous versions of PowerArchiver, but I had hoped that the latest might behave differently. Not so, I’m afraid.
I have, for various obscure reasons, created a few .pa archives, mainly in the hope that they will save me some more space. From time to time, I use the “Test” option to check that important archives are OK and uncorrupted.
With every .pa archive I’ve tested, the process runs through OK but then reports that there are errors. This is always the number of files in the archive e.g. if 11 files, then 11 errors reported.
In the .pa, I can:-
preview the files (usually PDF) extract some or all files and look at or use them convert the .pa to a .zip or .zipx archive, which then works fine and tests without errorsIs it the case that the Test routine isn’t designed for .pa archives, or is there another reason? Although the .pa seems to function properly, despite the test reporting errors, I would like to be sure that every .pa is OK and not “broken”.
Some of the .pas are quite old and produced with earlier PA versions (they are truly “archives”). If I extract all the files in the old .pa, create a new, fresh .pa and add back the files to that, then test the new, no errors (at least in the .pa I’ve tried this on) are reported. This would suggest a mismatch between old .pas and newer versions of PA itself.
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See the, supposedly, blank space where the green box is? It’s like that in Modern Light theme too. I can toggle it, but it’s missing text or shouldn’t be there I guess?
Thanks :)
PA cannot compress file in use?
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Sorry that I don’t know if this issue has been held or not… Currently I wanna compress a MP3 album folder and PA compress all files perfectly EXCEPT the file is being played by Winamp. I’ve checked the “Configuration” and didn’t find any option to solve this. Using WinRAR as a comparison, it works without any problem. Is there any method to overcome this issue? :confused:
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NO, PA doesn’t support this feature.
But I hope it will support it in the future
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I also hope PA would support this, too… The file in-use should only be locked for “writing” and “appending”. I think this function could be implemented with not much effort.
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Hi,
If you use 7zip format, it will work just fine.
thanks,
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it should work for all formats ;)
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Yes, but I usually use ZIP for archiving due to the efficiency. So, if 7-Zip format works in this way, why not ZIP? ;)
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the reason is simple zip has to be compatible with other zip programs and changing the zip format will take time its not that pa can’t do this its just that way boither when a better format 7-zip which is still being developed with no restrictions on what the format can do. Zip is not really being developed and to chage it would make it uncompatible with all the zip programs around. Unless you can pursuade the big archive gives to support this new zip format.
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davidsplash,
What format would be changed? I don’t mean ZIP has to become 7-Zip. I just ask if PA can compress file in-use when using 7-Zip profile, why don’t PA compress file in-use when ZIP profile is used?
Would there be any misunderstanding made?(Supp. information: In my first post, I do mean WinRAR can archive files which are in-use using ZIP profile but not RAR. Therefore, ZIP file format and structure won’t be changed even ZIPPing files in-used.)
Ricco
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I understand what Ricco means.
Sometimes I like to compress a little program in use that I’m developing and send it to a FTP location.
PA didn’t compress it using zip profile.
So I had to use 7-zip to do the job with the same file type: zip.
This limitation of PA’s zip is really annoying…
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Yes, but I usually use ZIP for archiving due to the efficiency. So, if 7-Zip format works in this way, why not ZIP? ;)
because our zip engine does not support it, and it wont support it anytime soon due to possibility of your files not getting archived properly when in use.
It is an limitation of zip engine that we use. If it bugs you, I suggest that you use 7zip format. It is fast on lower compression methods…
regards,
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Thanks for your notification! But I still hope it could be solved earlier. :)
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because our zip engine does not support it, and it wont support it anytime soon due to possibility of your files not getting archived properly when in use.
It is an limitation of zip engine that we use. If it bugs you, I suggest that you use 7zip format. It is fast on lower compression methods…
regards,
but WinRAR DOES support this feature :rolleyes:
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because our zip engine does not support it, and it wont support it anytime soon due to possibility of your files not getting archived properly when in use.
It is an limitation of zip engine that we use. If it bugs you, I suggest that you use 7zip format. It is fast on lower compression methods…
regards,
Then you should upgrade you ZIP engine as soon as possible. Didn’t you say that you always use the best components available on the market? Nearly every compression program can skip files in use.
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Or even, if source is provided, update the source of the ZIP engine would be a faster approach.
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What about the Command line PACOMP? Are files in use being skipped there as well?
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Then you should upgrade you ZIP engine as soon as possible. Didn’t you say that you always use the best components available on the market? Nearly every compression program can skip files in use.
there is no better than what we use… It is simply an limitation of current PA zip support, it can not be “fixed” or added quickly.
I can only suggest that you use 7zip format if you run into these kind of problems.
regards,
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I have a suggestion. You may consider it as “Wish List” instead of Support…
I suggest that PA should develop a ZIP engine instead of relying on third-party components. It’s quite hard to develop from something raw and therefore I think it’s not bad to purchase the source of the ZIP engine which is now used by PA. Afterward, PA can amend the source and add any new feature (such as ZIP-ing file in-use) without waiting the third party.
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a warning should be issuesed when files in use.
However i tested winrar and it does do what you say though it looses a bit on zip compression doing so. pa has better compression on zip than any other zip proigram. why not use 7zip instaed for this type of work. as I said before zip was not designed to be used like that. 7zip was.
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as I said before zip was not designed to be used like that. 7zip was.
This has nothing to do with the target archive file formats - it only has to do with how the component that is opening the file to be compressed makes the file open request to Windows.
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It should be better if you make your Vote for this feature request in the Wish forum ;)
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hm, can anyone tell my how to change from zip to 7zip if i use backup express. i can only choose zip, lha etc. but not 7zip?
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hm, can anyone tell my how to change from zip to 7zip if i use backup express. i can only choose zip, lha etc. but not 7zip?
You cannot use 7z within PA BAckup Express (yet).
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i see - then it’s very confusing that someone recommends to use 7zip format to support compressing locked files. so i can’t use 7zip in backup and also locked files are not supported (because i can’t switch from zip to 7zip in backup mode). right?
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Well yes, but Backup Express is “normally” used for archiving (e.g. overnight). So then files are not in use.
As requested by Ricco - the advice to use 7z was for compression tasks using PA or shell extensions, such as compressing MP3 file whilst it is being played.
For Backup Express, you could use TAR.GZ, TAR.Bz2 or even BlakHole compression. These do allow working with “files in use”.
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ok, tar.gzip worked. thanks!
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Hi guys, I also complained about this a long time ago and with the new update v9.63.02 found that some of the files in use are added to ZIP correctly when highlighted and Right Mouse button-> Compress with Options is performed :)
However some files are skipped when using the Drag-and-drop in PA or using the PA graphical user interface to Add to a new archive :confused:
What is the difference ?
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Hi guys, I also complained about this a long time ago and with the new update v9.63.02 found that some of the files in use are added to ZIP correctly when highlighted and Right Mouse button-> Compress with Options is performed :)
However some files are skipped when using the Drag-and-drop in PA or using the PA graphical user interface to Add to a new archive :confused:
What is the difference ?
there shouldnt be any difference, it was never added.
