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    MSI release?
    J

    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.

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    Missing Icons
    LuxorL

    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

    powerarc_2023-09-18_17-00-19.png

    powerarc_2023-09-18_17-01-05.png

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    Security vulnerabilities in 7zip / Update for PowerArchiver and PACL libraries?
    BigMikeB

    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?

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    Virtual Drive
    E

    Hi,

    From where I get PAVD2023.EXE? PowerArchiver 2023 tries to open it.
    But it seems, it tries to download PAVD2021.EXE.

    Thanks

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    Better ZPAQ support
    W

    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.

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    Bug with "Encrypt Archive" action
    W

    If I open a password-protected zipper file (created with WinRAR but I think that’s irrelevant), open it with PowerArchiver and run “Remove Encryption” on the same file, then reopen it and add a password with “Encrypt Archive,” the resulting archive will be protected with the old ZipCrypto algorithm and not AES as indicated.
    (this can be verified, for example, by trying to open the archive files with Windows Explorer, which does not support the AES algorithm)

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    PA 21.00.18 Action / Test behaves oddly for me on .PA files
    Brian GregoryB

    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!
    b) PA always says there are many errors in PA files.

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    Not extracting ZIP file

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      xerces8
      last edited by

      Powerarchiver 9.00.32

      I opened a ZIP file in FireFox 0.9.2 ( http://www.hydrairc.com/download.php?directory=files&file=HydraIRC.zip ), Powerarchiver was automatically run. Then I closed FireFox and tried to extract the files to a directory. Nothing happened. The extract dialog disappeared after clicking the “Extract” button. No files were created. No error report ( as we are used from PA, aren’t we ? )

      I deleted PA v8.8 last month, but I decided to give another chance to v9.
      I blew it…

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        TBGBe
        last edited by

        Well, I downloaded that file to hard disk - not opening directly from browser.

        Then opened in PA and extracted to a subdirectory OK.

        Current version of PA on the download page is 9.00.33

        Or, if you come to the forums get a test 9.00.34 here (which I’m using):
        http://www.powerarchiver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=108

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          davidsplash @TBGBe
          last edited by

          this problem is not powerarchiver but a browser problem.
          When you clicked the file link with your browser it opened powerarchiver, however when you closed your browser it must have disconected your link and thats why it did not extract.

          You actually did not download the file otherwise it would have worked

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            xerces8 @davidsplash
            last edited by

            Yes, I did download the file. You know, browsers (including FireFox) first download files and then start the program to handle it, not the other way around.

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              spwolf conexware @xerces8
              last edited by

              Nevertheless, never open files directly from Internet, always save them to your hard drive and then open it. What Firefox did is probably delete the file from its cache when you closed it and then Powerarchiver was not able to extract anything since the file isnt there.

              In fact, Internet Explorer wouldnt even let you open the file properly at all.

              I agree that PowerArchiver should tell you that the file actually isnt there, we simply didnt take in account that the file might be deleted between the time you open it and the time you extract the file. However - actual file being deleted is not an PA bug but most likely the way your browser handles the files. Since this is the case with most browsers, I definetly reccomend that you should always save the file to the hard drive first.

              thanks,

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                xerces8 @spwolf
                last edited by

                The bug is, that the user request something ( Extraction, in this case ) from PA, and PA does not do it, and it doesn’t even bother to tell it to the user ( sorry, that failed ).

                And this happens all the time. I guess you took some programming shortcuts, eh ?

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                  spwolf conexware @xerces8
                  last edited by

                  @xerces8:

                  The bug is, that the user request something ( Extraction, in this case ) from PA, and PA does not do it, and it doesn’t even bother to tell it to the user ( sorry, that failed ).

                  And this happens all the time. I guess you took some programming shortcuts, eh ?

                  Didnt I say that PA should have shown an error msg? Yet the fact remains that your file got deleted which is why it couldnt be extracted from - because the file was deleted by your browser not PowerArchiver.

                  So in the future, save your files directly to the hard drive.

                  thanks,

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                    TBGBe @xerces8
                    last edited by

                    @xerces8:

                    The bug is, that the user request something ( Extraction, in this case ) from PA, and PA does not do it, and it doesn’t even bother to tell it to the user ( sorry, that failed ).

                    But that is not the “bug” you reported! The title of your post was
                    “Not extracting ZIP file”

                    When the Zip file does not exist - not extracting from it can hardly be seen as a bug!

                    Spwolf:
                    Related to the error message(s):
                    If you open an archive in PA - then delete the file via Windows Explorer - then activate TEST in PA you get this message:

                    #####################################################
                    Testing archive: Testing.zip – 05/08/2004 09:51
                    #####################################################

                    File not exist!
                    #####################################################

                    Should be: File does not exist!
                    :p

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                      ivan conexware @TBGBe
                      last edited by

                      Small spelling mistake will be fixed in next release!

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                        TBGBe @ivan
                        last edited by

                        @ivan:

                        Small spelling mistake will be fixed in next release!

                        Yes, fixed in 9.00.35

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