Hi everyone, some good news about PowerArchiver… I’ve managed to get in touch with the original developer of PowerArchiver, Ivan Petrovic, and he has confirmed that the product is not dead or abandoned, in fact it is still very much alive! There has been a hiatus over the past months for various reasons, but that we should expect to see stuff coming through in the coming months (hopefully the next 2 months).
The Windows 11 context menu for PowerArchiver on normal files (to be compressed, etc.) is now showing multiple tiers with two identical menus. See attached captures of the issue:
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Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 24H2
OS build 26100.2605
Hello!
I’ve just created SFX-Archives both from ZIP and 7z-Archives and none has an Icon as it seems.
I use the new version 22.00.11.
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Basically I used powerarchiver context menus to zip up a folder then i used windows 11 own built in zip extractor via the context menu to extract all and this is where it throw up a fault. , I’m using windows 11 .
The file that was a problem in the zip that windows 11 could not extract was iva “babe” cotton.jpg
I know it has non standard quotes in it.
However I had winrar on the computer and tried the exact same method with their context menu compress to zip and then I extracted the file with windows own extract all context menu and it had no problems. This indicates that powerarchiver is doing something different with iva “babe” cotton.jpg compressing to zip.
Then I changed iva “babe” cotton.jpg to iva babe cotton.jpg and compressed it with powerarchiver and then tried it with windows 11 extract all and had no problems. It looks like powerarchiver is doing something to that one file that has quotes in it.
Please note that powerarchiver extracted both zip files with no problems, only windows built in zip extraction had the fault. Reason I’m letting people know in case they send zip files with special characters in files names to people who do not have powerarchiver.
When will a fix be implemented?
On installing the program I am getting the error message:
"Unable to execute file c:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\pashutil.exe
CreateProcess failed: code 2
The system cannot find the file specified"
This can’t be right!
I am using the latest official build of Windows 11
Buttons are not properly aligned on About screen.
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Buttons not aligned on configuration window.
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New version:
PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.10:
Download:
https://u.powerarchiver.com/pa2023/powarc220010.exe
New build for some bug fixes and issues - full list to come with new update. Please test and see if you have any issues.
Thanks everyone for your assistance!
New version:
PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.11:
Download:
https://u.powerarchiver.com/pa2023/powarc220011.exe
New build for some bug fixes and issues - full list to come with new update. Please test and see if you have any issues.
Thanks everyone for your assistance!
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
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I had a large .tar file (a backed up WSL) and I want to delete a few directories and their contents from it using PA2023.
PA just destroys the whole archive as soon as I try to delete a directory, leaving it in a state where PA2023 won’t even open it any more.
I tried several times and also tried compressing it to .tar.xz instead - same result.
This should either actually work, or it should say operation not supported and do nothing.
Hello!
The regular version of PA 2023 is out for over 6 months now, but there is still no sign of the portable release.
(When) will there be one?
Thanks!
Hello!
Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
(When) do you plan to release one?
Thanks!
Win 11 64 bit
I have some archives which have been encrypted, using the encrypt option either in pbs or when interactively creating a zip. When I open these, and look at files, I am asked for passwords, which I know, and then can view items or decrypt the files in the archive (tools>decrypt files).
However, when I use the Actions>Remove Archive Encryption (whether using the same zip or asking to write another), the routine shows progress bar to the end, but then just hangs i.e. “OK” never activates. All process information shows this stalled/hanging.
What can I do to sort this out?
For example:
Download this ZIP file: http://dslstats.me.uk/files/dslstats32W-6.5.zip
Everything in the ZIP file is in a directory “dslstats32W-6.5”.
However when I extract using right click “Extract Here” the name of the directory created is “2W-6.5” !
I am running PA 22.00.09 on Windows 11. I have seen the same happen with some other kinds of archive too.
7Zip broken in 9.61.01
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Hi I just upgraded to 9.61.01 and I cannot open 7zip archives.
I attached a screenshot of the error message.
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yeah! same here also. I’m using the latest version and the problem same like stated by cavicster. :eek:
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hi !
same here !
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Hi I just upgraded to 9.61.01 and I cannot open 7zip archives.
I attached a screenshot of the error message.
problem is not opening but compressing to 7zip. Sigh.
I think Ivan will be pretty tired after this is all done.:-).
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Confirmed. I can open existing 7z but cant create new ones. Same error.
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re-download latest version and try it out. Let us know how it works.
And thanks to MarcFou, you will find some other new things in there!:-).
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:D Seems the problem solve after installed the PA 9.61.02. Thanks.
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Hey, what about Russian???
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hi
has the french trans been updated too ?
seems still to be the 96101 file in the downloas area…
thanks
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How come still 9.61.01. May be in french it still the 9.61.01 version. I’m using English and its out with the 9.61.02 version.
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Hey, what about Russian???
Nothing changed! 7zips are broken!!!right now english, french and german are updated to .03. All other translations will be updated tomorrow. Just check via update to find out exactly when.
thank you!
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hi again,
french trans : when running through “update”, says 96101 is the last version !
if I download PA, can you confirm i’ll get 96103 please ?thank you !
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dont do it until update shows there is new version. it seems web guys didnt update it yet…
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I’m still getting this error whenever I try to open a 7zip archive with version 9.61.03.
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i’m also unable to create 7zip files with 9.61.01 german.
and i’m also unable to update to .03 german. the auto-update option shows me .03, but it downloads .01 instead. -
Same problem over here. I’m not able to update to 9.61.03 (german).
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you guys can do it now. Our European download server was not getting the updated version.
thanks,
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I have the latest version and I am still getting the error described in the first post. I created a 7z archieve then tried to open it, and got the error. I created a zip archive from the same folder and there was no error.
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I have the latest version and I am still getting the error described in the first post. I created a 7z archieve then tried to open it, and got the error. I created a zip archive from the same folder and there was no error.
you created with .03? Or with .01? Problem with .01 was creation of 7zip archive, not reading. Obviously it couldnt read an bad 7zip archive it created.
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you created with .03? Or with .01? Problem with .01 was creation of 7zip archive, not reading. Obviously it couldnt read an bad 7zip archive it created.
I created the 7z archive with .03, bit I also had that issue with .01.
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I created the 7z archive with .03, bit I also had that issue with .01.
Just to make sure, uninstall all versions of PA you have installed.
Then restart your computer and install .03 (you can verify it is .03 in About menu). Then create brand new 7zip archive and see if it happens.We tested quite few scenarios with .03 and it seems to be working fine.
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Just to make sure, uninstall all versions of PA you have installed.
Then restart your computer and install .03 (you can verify it is .03 in About menu). Then create brand new 7zip archive and see if it happens.We tested quite few scenarios with .03 and it seems to be working fine.
Well that’s exactly what I did this morning when I upgraded to .03. I downloaded .03, then uninstalled .01, restarted (because of the context menu) then installed .03…same problem. Maybe there is a difference between the auto-updated version and the site version?
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Well that’s exactly what I did this morning when I upgraded to .03. I downloaded .03, then uninstalled .01, restarted (because of the context menu) then installed .03…same problem. Maybe there is a difference between the auto-updated version and the site version?
did you try to create another 7zip? Try creating it now…
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i just updated to 03 german. everything works fine now, even without restarting my system. thanks for the support!
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anyone else having issues with 7z anymore?
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Russian works perfect :)
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good!
