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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 :-)
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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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Please let us know here if you have Mac and can test latest builds.Features implemented:
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Cannot extract from a GZ file
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Seems that PowerArchiver 9.00.33 cannot extract from http://cermics.enpc.fr/theses/94/these-xiaolan-zhang.ps.gz
Though GSView 4.6 can directly open a ps.gz file, it’s still inconvenient if one wants to jump forward or backward inside the ps.gz document.
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what exactly doesnt work? I tried extracting and works fine…
thanks
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The exact error message is
" is not a valid integer value.
This message leads by one double quote and doesn’t contain any specific number inside. After dismissing the error message box, the status bar remains displaying “Reading folder …” and the PA window stops response and will produce a sound when you click inside it.
My PA 9.00.33 is an unregistered version. I store the above mentioned file in “My Documents\My Downloads” (a path containing spaces). My OS is XP SP1 with all the latest patches applied.
Seems strange though. It might not be a generic problem for all.
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Hi,
Please check this version and see if it helps:
http://www.powerarchiver.com/test/powarc90035.exethanks,
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Downloaded that file and tried with 9.00.35 (Win2k).
Explorer Shell “Extract to these-xiaolan-zhang.ps”
- creates the directory but no files are extracted and no errors reported.
Double Click in explorer (launching PA) give the errors described by jacqueslichn.
See GZ Error / GZ Reading.Note: When clicking the OK button on the error dialogue, PA hangs - no response to mouse/keyboard (just system beeps) and had to be closed with Task Manager.
However, the cause of the error was an incorrect download (for some reason it downloaded as 1.8MB the first time instead of 623kB).
After re-downloading the file - no errors occurred.The error message / handling could be improved :p
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Note to jacqueslichn
The download error is caused by incorrect coding of that Webpage/Server.
You may wish to inform the Webmaster of the school (I don’t speak/write French).He’d need to change things so the files (that ends in *.gz) are identified as the type for a gzipped file.
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The error message / handling could be improved
Tell me about it …
I also downloaded the file, can extract it from context menu, but if I doubleclick it and drag the file from the PA window into explorer window ( or the desktop ), nothing happens.
I use Win2003-enterprise.
Does dragging files from PA into explorer work for others at all ?
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Thanks to all, you’re so nice. I use Opera 7.54. It could be that IE can handle the MIME correctly, while Opera still has some flaw.
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MS noticed that 88% of webmaster are clueless and can’t set up their web servers for correct MIME handling, so they built into IE extra code to try and guess the correct MIME type ( because the www server send a wrong one ).
It is a web site configuration problem. -> talk to the webmaster
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I corrected the bug you had with corrupted archive - now it will display error message saying that archive is corrupt when opening .gz file directly from PowerArchiver.
Also the bug with drag&drop-ing to Windows Explorer will be fixed in next release!
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Thanks to all, you’re so nice. I use Opera 7.54. It could be that IE can handle the MIME correctly, while Opera still has some flaw.
Actually, the problem is the exact opposite.
Opera does what the Server is requesting should be done with the file.
I.E. does not!The fact that, in this case, the Server has an error and thus I.E. ignoring it ends up with the “intended” outcome is accidental.
However, that has nothing to do with PA and is not relevant to this forum.
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Judging from my overall experience with Opera, I think it would be appropriate to describe IE as a monolithic browser, though Opera is still slightly buggy with its page rendering algorithm (It cannot render mail.yahoo.com correctly). Of course this post is not related to PA at all. Just a tip. :rolleyes:
