Optimize archive on Context Menu

[Claude Renaud]

Currently we can only extract/test rar archives, it could be interesting if we also could create them directly with powerarchiver…

[Jr heuwing]

You are not the first who asked.
Look at this thread and you know why it is still not implemented

Link

[klumy]

you should use 7Zip (Solid compression) instead.
It has a amuch better compression ratio than RAR

[davidsplash]

there is one way if powerarchiver does what tugzip does it would not infringe copyright rules enough said close thread

[CWolfCW]

I realize that formats like RAR and ACE are licensed formats but would it be possible at all to create a seperate add-on to PA (that users must pay for and is optional) for creating RAR, ACE, or other licensed formats?

To be honest, I just want a full range of capability in PA, even if it costs a bit more in the end.

[Claude Renaud]

@CWolfCW:

I realize that formats like RAR and ACE are licensed formats but would it be possible at all to create a seperate add-on to PA (that users must pay for and is optional) for creating RAR, ACE, or other licensed formats?

To be honest, I just want a full range of capability in PA, even if it costs a bit more in the end.

Previously I worked with comprexx (available at http://www.comprexx.com) which cost a bit more (about 30 dollars but offer rar+ace+macintosh archives formats in full range functionality …

[Ricco]

@Claude:

Previously I worked with comprexx (available at http://www.comprexx.com) which cost a bit more (about 30 dollars but offer rar+ace+macintosh archives formats in full range functionality …

Yeh… I just have tried this tool in my another machine. It really can create RAR file V3.

(Some offtopic here… There are some annoying issues regarding the installation/uinstallation of Comprexx

• I’ve tried one Access Violation during installation if I don’t get it on-focus.
• After uninstallation, the file association doesn’t recover and the shell menu entries are not removed.)

[CWolfCW]

@Claude:

Previously I worked with comprexx (available at http://www.comprexx.com) which cost a bit more (about 30 dollars but offer rar+ace+macintosh archives formats in full range functionality …

Is that the only program that supports RAR/ACE compression other than the proprietary programs at the moment? As far as I can tell, that would make CompreXX, PowerArchiver’s closest competitor.

I’m surprised I’ve never even heard of CompreXX until now.

[Claude Renaud]

@CWolfCW:

Is that the only program that supports RAR/ACE compression other than the proprietary programs at the moment? As far as I can tell, that would make CompreXX, PowerArchiver’s closest competitor.

I’m surprised I’ve never even heard of CompreXX until now.

This program is known under different names : Archivexp is one of those …

[TBGBe]

@Claude:

Previously I worked with comprexx (available at http://www.comprexx.com) which cost a bit more (about 30 dollars but offer rar+ace+macintosh archives formats in full range functionality …

@Claude:

Is that the only program that supports RAR/ACE compression other than the proprietary programs at the moment?

Just to avoid confusion, admittedly based on their online documentation (I haven’t tried the utility) it would seem:-

1. it does not support ACE compression - only decompression.
2. it does not support RAR compression - it provides a plug-in type option to utilise an already installed (and licensed) WinRAR/RAR.

This is same method used by others - as davidsplash already said.

And before someone asks again - no, at the moment PowerArchiver does not have this plug-in/third-party expansion type support (already been discussed many times).
If you have already installed/licensed those utilities, you might as well simply use the Explorer context menus they provide.