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    • Include Virtual Drive as standalone in the installer

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      Hi.

      I noticed that when I want to run the Virtual Drive for the first time inside the PowerArchiver Burner it prompts to download it form the internet.

      I was wondering, would it be OK to include this utility straight into the offline installer to be able to set it up locally?

      Thank you!

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    • Suggestion to improve .pa format

      Brian Gregory

      How about recognising a few more (or all) of the file formats that are basically renamed zip files and treating them is if they are zip files.
      For instance Android .apk files are just renamed .zip files.
      Libreoffice/Openoffice ODF documents are all, as far as I am aware, just renamed .zip files. (.odt, .ott, .ods, .ots, .odp, .otp, .odb, .odf etc.)

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    • Folder navigation

      drteeth

      I would like to make a further plea for my mouse’s backwards and forwards keys to work when navigating to and from files, just like they do in explorer. IIRC, I was told that this functionality would be added to v2019.

      Mni tnx.

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    • Quake 1/2 .PAK file support

      AluminumHaste

      I use PA for everything, if I can.
      Would be really nice to maybe get built in support for Quake 1/2 .pak files.
      More info on the format, seems simpler than I thought: https://quakewiki.org/wiki/.pak

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    • Better archive type handling with drag & drop

      BigMike

      Hi,

      I’d like to suggest, that the correct archive type is (always) selected, when adding files by drag & drop to an archive.

      This is already happening if the archive has the correct extension. For example, if I’m adding files to test.zip, zip will be selected. If I’m adding files to test.7z, 7z will be selected as format in “Add dialog”.

      But this won’t be working, if the archive has not the “right” extension.
      So XPI files (Firefox addons) for example are ZIP files. PowerArchiver opens them without any problems, but if I try to add file by drag & drop, PowerArchiver won’t auto select “ZIP”, but use the last selected archive format, while PowerArchiver already knows, that I’m trying to add files to a ZIP.

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    • Find file in archive.

      Luxor

      Would it be possible at all in some future version perhaps, to have a “find file” function?
      Reason I ask is that I was looking for a certain file I knew existed in an archive, but I had to unzip it then use another tool to find the file. It would have saved that extra step if that function existed in PA itself.

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    • Encrypt files inside archive that has already been created [.zipx]

      2

      Hi.

      Is there a way to enable the user to encrypt the files inside a ZIPX archive that has already been created?

      This could save time for large archives that the user may need to encrypt at a later stage or that he/she has forgotten to enable encryption before creating the archive,

      Thank you!

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    • Fast Extract large files directly to target directory

      2

      Hi.

      I would like to see a new feature implemented: a ‘Fast Extract’ Mode.

      Currently PowerArchiver extracts files to a temporary directory and then moves them to the target directory chosen by the user. At least via drag and drop.

      This can be both time consuming and needs free space on the system drive for large files.

      Is there a way to directly extract files to the target directory with PowerArchiver?
      And if not, can a feature like this be considered for future updates?

      Thanks very much!

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    • Serpent-256 Encryption for PAE/PAE2

      2

      Hello.

      I believe it would be useful to implement Serpent-256 encryption for PAE/PAE2 formats, even though PowerArchiver offers strong encryption ciphers already.

      (deleted part advertising other software - admin)

      Do you think this will be a useful addition?

      Thank you for the consideration!

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    • Make portable version compatible with PortableApps

      A

      Hello!
      I think it would be a great option to make the portable version of PowerArchiver compatible with PortableApps (i.e. adding the necessary files and folders to integrate it smoothly into their structure).
      I own various other commercial programmes which -when installed in portable mode- offer to make the becessary changes without needing an extra installer or the official PortableApps repos.
      Thanks for opinions or perhaps even a realization of this.
      A.Borque

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    • PBS Filenames

      C

      Presently, PowerArchiver 2019 (any build) cannot rename PBS filenames by single clicking on such entry or right-click menu has no “Rename” feature!

      Hmm, even pressing F2 on selected entry does nothing :(

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    • pCloud

      B

      Can you add support for pCloud? thanks

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    • ownCloud / Nextcloud

      M

      Please add support for ownCloud / Nextcloud, thanks.

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    • Setting to keep X number of backups

      ghendric

      There needs to be a setting for the backup feature to set how many backup files to keep.

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    • auto open first level in folder treeview when archive is opened

      spwolf

      …

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    • I think SVG files should be treated as text files.

      Brian Gregory

      SVG files (scalable vector graphics) seem to be special XML files and therefore when added to .pa archives I think they should be compressed as if they were text files.

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    • Command Line Switch for View Mode

      BigMike

      Hi,

      I had a look at the command line switches, but there are no switches to change the startup mode.

      At the moment, PowerArchiver opens in the last used mode.
      I’d like to have command line switches to influence the startup mode.
      Basically, the aim is:

      Opening PowerArchiver from Start Menu or Desktop: Start in Explorer Mode Opening PowerArchiver by double clicking an archive: Start PowerArchiver in Archive Mode
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    • move back and forth via prev/next buttons in archive/folders

      spwolf

      OT: A while back I requested that moving up and down in an archive’s folder structure could be considered to work with a mouse’s forward and back buttons like windows explorer does. It is so automatic for me I still try to use them with PA first before realising I have to double-click on the two dots. Can this be done?

      by @drteeth

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    • Different Hash Algorithns

      B

      I know CRC32 was the standard for checking the integrity of compressed files but it is not really used anymore. Can you add ones that are used now MD5 or SHA?

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    • Backups files ordering by NAME as default

      pirrbe

      Opening the ‘Backup’ I still wonder how PA is ordering the files.
      It’s not by name, not by last run…
      Is it not possible to have them ordered by NAME (default).
      Now you have to click on Name to have a meaning overview. If you jump to ‘archive’ and back to ‘backup’, they are again disordered

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      Thx.

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    Encrypted Archive Format

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      bsiegel last edited by

      I just recently tried using PAE format to encrypt an archive for the first time, and I was actually quite surprised at the lack of concern for security, considering that PAE is designed for secure use. I am referring to the fact that PAE is basically a container format. It’s fine for encrypting individual files, but as an encrypted archive format it is terrible.

      The problem with this is that even when PA is set to handle archives transparently, when you go to open the PAE+archive file, PA must first extract the inner unsecured archive file to your temp directory. Of course PA deletes it once it is done, but if PA crashes (or is terminated) while running, the unencrypted archive file remains in your temp directory for anyone to find. And even after it is deleted, it would be trivial for someone to use a drive recovery program to retrieve the unencrypted zip file from your temp directory. Either way you look at it, while having an intermediate archive is a perfectly acceptable (and necessary) step for extracting from a .tar.gz, it is neither desireable nor acceptable for dealing with a secure archive.

      Would it be possible to create a better format than PAE, made just for encrypted archives? Actually, perhaps you could just extend what you already have in PAE, but store the file list of the inner archive (encrypted of course) in the PAE header. That way, you could just read the header to get the list of all the files in the archive instead of having to extract the entire thing to a temp folder.

      Also, I am not sure if this is possible with the various archive formats but perhaps you could make it so that when the user wants to extract a single file (or set of files) from the encrypted archive, you could use the file index in the header as an index into the archive and thus could extract them directly instead of extracting the entire inner archive first.

      –bsiegel, registered user

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        TBGBe last edited by

        @bsiegel:

        … PAE is basically a container format. It’s fine for encrypting individual files, but as an encrypted archive format it is terrible…

        Yes, it is a “container format”, PAE is NOT “an encrypted archive format” - see the help file.

        All PAE claims is that access to the archive is secured.
        This is intended for security of file transfer - not working with the archive contents.
        Even when using a format specific security (e.g. ZIP AES) which encrypts the individual files within the archive, once you have entered the password to decrypt - you are responsible for the “security” of the decrypted contents.

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          spwolf conexware @TBGBe last edited by

          @TBGBe:

          Yes, it is a “container format”, PAE is NOT “an encrypted archive format” - see the help file.

          All PAE claims is that access to the archive is secured.
          This is intended for security of file transfer - not working with the archive contents.
          Even when using a format specific security (e.g. ZIP AES) which encrypts the individual files within the archive, once you have entered the password to decrypt - you are responsible for the “security” of the decrypted contents.

          Terry is right, PAE is an container encryption. This also has some benefits. It was done before we had 7zip AES and zip AES. It is same as if you encrypted archive with some stand alone encryption tool.

          So, if you want real file format encryption, you have an option of 7zip AES and zip AES, both 256bit, and they work great.

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            bsiegel @spwolf last edited by

            I realize that PAE is designed to be an encrypted container format and nothing more. I’m not indicting the PAE format. What I was wondering was whether there would be merit to extending the PAE format to better handle encrypted archives. I’d be willing to lend a hand with it if you feel it would be worthwhile.

            –bsiegel

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              spwolf conexware @bsiegel last edited by

              @bsiegel:

              I realize that PAE is designed to be an encrypted container format and nothing more. I’m not indicting the PAE format. What I was wondering was whether there would be merit to extending the PAE format to better handle encrypted archives. I’d be willing to lend a hand with it if you feel it would be worthwhile.

              –bsiegel

              but then, it would be real file format, which would make no sense since you already have options of 7zip AES and zip AES.

              Not knowing contents of archives is actually beneficial when sending files over the net, since then an attacker has less information about encrypted files (which an big deal in some security reports on zip aes implementation).

              If this means nothing to you, then you can simply use 7zip or zip’s aes directly? You simply have both options in PowerArchiver as it stands right now.

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                davidsplash @spwolf last edited by

                it would be nice if we could have pae but with 7zip and zip aes inside it. better security.

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                  TBGBe @davidsplash last edited by

                  @davidsplash:

                  it would be nice if we could have pae but with 7zip and zip aes inside it. better security.

                  You can :confused:
                  Have to use two steps (of course).

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