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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:
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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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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 :)
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Cannot create usable 7z archives
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Hi all,
whenever I try to create a 7z archive, either from the shell or by using the “New” command inside PA, I get an empty directory. I mean, the file is there, PA takes its time to create it and the size seems just right, but when I open it I simply see 0 files inside. If I choose “extract to…” the directory is created, but remains empty. ZIP format works fine instead.
Any ideas?Thanks in advance for the help,
Fabrizio -
Well, works for me ( I am using PA 9.5 beta 6).
What version of PA are you using?
When you open the 7z file - is this “classic” or “Explorer” view - have you tried both?
What is the folder name - what type of contents (filetypes and subfolders)?There is a problem when there is not enough free disk space (PA beta does not display an error) - could this be it?
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I suppose you are using 9.26. There was a mistake in final 9.26 - we are correcting it very soon.
Sorry for the inconvenience!
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9.26 indeed :)
Thanks!
Fabrizio -
Just an FYI (since I have been waiting for some announcement), the 9.26 download now is for 9.26.02 which seems to have fixed this problem.
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Thanks a lot, I’ll be sure to try it ASAP!
Fabrizio
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When this happened last time, the files were still in the archive, just not viewable by the problematic build of PowerArchiver. You could use the 7zip.org utility to get your files out. I think it was related to the 7z contianing iso files over 1gb.
That problem was fixed, and PowerArchiver can now open those files with no issue whatsoever.
With this new problem is there any way to get data out of files?
The new build of PowerArchiver still shows them as being blank, even though it hopefully will no longer create them. Also the 7zip.org utility has no luck either.It is quite disconcerting to think that data that was stored safely away in an archive is just gone and no longer accessable.
Help?
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Still experiencing dissapearing files in certain 7z archives even after the latest 9.26.02 update.
Hope this problem goes away for good soon and that affectfiles are not lost forever.
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Still experiencing dissapearing files in certain 7z archives even after the latest 9.26.02 update.
Hope this problem goes away for good soon…
Well, the “latest” update is PA 9.5 - currently still in beta, even so, this should solve that problem.
@jjarman:and that affectfiles are not lost forever.
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I have a feeling we are talking about several different things here. 9.26.01 version had an problem with creating 7zip files, which was not in relation with any other bug.
Whole 9.xx>9.26 7zip support has issues with some specific 7zip files in a way that it could not read it but it could be read by 7zip FM. Complete code was changed in 9.5 release so this problem does not exist anymore, in >9.5 releases.
Anything else is an separate problem needing its own thread. If files “dissapear” from 7zip archive, and can not be read by 7zip FM, then this would not be PA specific issue. I do have to say that nobody reported anything similar to this so far.
So, for best 7zip experience, or rather for best PA experience, use PA 2006 9.5, as with every other PA release, not only it has more features, it is also considerably faster.
thanks, closing this tread!
