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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 :-)
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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 :)
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Dear @Alpha-Testers and all of our users,
time has come for testing of PowerArchiver and PACL for macOS.
Please let us know here if you have Mac and can test latest builds.Features implemented:
PowerArchiver 2020 - tabbing, opening, extracting, adding, testing, favorite folders, support for multiple languages, opening via Finder, explorer mode, installer.
PACL 10 - support for most formats and features in Windows version.Upcoming: Tools such as archive converter, batch zip, multi-extract.
To start testing, please sign up here in this thread, and we will send you latest build.
thank you!
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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.
Another BH Mystery
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Using the Archive Converter:
Converting to BH with Maximum Compression creates archives LARGER than using BH with Normal Compression. :eek:
Plus:
Normal Compression produces NO CRC errors.
Maximum Compression produces MANY CRC errors. :(But none of these things happen when creating a NEW BH Archive from the main interface.
Spwolf? Ivan? :(
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Thanks!
It should be fixed in BETA 4.
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The conversion filesize problem is not fixed in 9.5 beta 4
Original Folder containing 22 text files [1.22 MB (1,290,114 bytes)]
(all using explorer shell)
Compress Folder to BH (normal) -> 376 KB (385,716 bytes)
Compress Folder to BH (maximum) -> 374 KB (383,220 bytes)Compress Folder to TAR.Bz2 -> 310 KB (317,779 bytes)
Convert Bz2 to BH (normal) -> 376 KB (385,716 bytes)
Convert Bz2 to BH (maximum) -> 1.25 MB (1,310,720 bytes) -
Terry, it is not fixed for me either!
Also, the more you convert from another format to BH and back, and then back again to BH, the bigger the archive gets. :eek:
And try this one , Terry:
Try BH with the compression setting at NONE. I get the same compression results as in the NORMAL setting. -
The conversion filesize problem is not fixed in 9.5 beta 4
Original Folder containing 22 text files [1.22 MB (1,290,114 bytes)]
(all using explorer shell)
Compress Folder to BH (normal) -> 376 KB (385,716 bytes)
Compress Folder to BH (maximum) -> 374 KB (383,220 bytes)Compress Folder to TAR.Bz2 -> 310 KB (317,779 bytes)
Convert Bz2 to BH (normal) -> 376 KB (385,716 bytes)
Convert Bz2 to BH (maximum) -> 1.25 MB (1,310,720 bytes)This only happens with TAR.Bz2
- it does NOT happen converting from TAR.Gz, Zip, Cab or 7z.
@Charles:
Try BH with the compression setting at NONE. I get the same compression results as in the NORMAL setting.
Confirmed.
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“None” setting does not exist in BH, we will remove it in next release. Thanks for checking up with other problem.
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None setting will work fine from Beta 5.
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Tried beta 5 with a folder containing 11 text files [70kB (71692 bytes)]
(all using explorer shell)
Compress Folder to BH (none) -> 71.0 KB (72786 bytes)
Compress Folder to BH (normal) -> 9.64 KB (9881 bytes)
Compress Folder to BH (maximum) -> 9.60 KB (9840 bytes)Compress Folder to TAR.Bz2 -> 4.82 KB (4942 bytes)
Convert Bz2 to BH (none) -> 71.0 KB (72786 bytes) => OK
Convert Bz2 to BH (normal) -> 9.64 KB (9881 bytes) => OKConvert Bz2 to BH (maximum) -> 80.0 KB (81920 bytes) => NOT OK :(
So, “none” setting is OK
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Tried beta 5 with a folder containing 11 text files [70kB (71692 bytes)]
(all using explorer shell)
Compress Folder to BH (none) -> 71.0 KB (72786 bytes)
Compress Folder to BH (normal) -> 9.64 KB (9881 bytes)
Compress Folder to BH (maximum) -> 9.60 KB (9840 bytes)Compress Folder to TAR.Bz2 -> 4.82 KB (4942 bytes)
Convert Bz2 to BH (none) -> 71.0 KB (72786 bytes) => OK
Convert Bz2 to BH (normal) -> 9.64 KB (9881 bytes) => OKConvert Bz2 to BH (maximum) -> 80.0 KB (81920 bytes) => NOT OK :(
Problem with conversion to BH “maximum”.
Same problem in beta 6.
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Same problem in beta 6.
I can confirm this! Something is wrong with the converting process here. (It may have more to do with Bzip.Tar than .BH, but then, I am partial to .BH.) Nothing has been corrected from the previous betas. Beta 6 still has problems.
Also, some mp3 files archived with 7 Zip and then encoded to UU or XX still will not open in Beta 6. Please Help!
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Thanks!
The issue should be fixed in Final Beta.
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