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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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    Rebooting after Upgrades

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    • C
      Cyber Dog
      last edited by

      Why is it always necessary to reboot after upgrading, even if there are no instances running?

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        TBGBe
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        I have always thought it was because of the “Explorer Shell” integration dll.
        This file needs to be replaced/updated.

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        • spwolfS
          spwolf conexware @TBGBe
          last edited by

          yep… As long as if you used explorer shell (right clicked on the file), it will need to reboot in order to change shell extensions…

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            Cyber Dog @spwolf
            last edited by

            I can name at least one other very popular archiving program that uses DLL based shell extensions that I practically never have to reboot when installing/upgrading.

            Not trying to rub it in, but it appears its certainly possible on a technical level to do it w/out the reboot.

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            • spwolfS
              spwolf conexware @Cyber Dog
              last edited by

              @Cyber:

              I can name at least one other very popular archiving program that uses DLL based shell extensions that I practically never have to reboot when installing/upgrading.

              Not trying to rub it in, but it appears its certainly possible on a technical level to do it w/out the reboot.

              that can be only because they did not update shell extensions in that update. Otherwise, all system dll’s that are exclusivly in use by Windows, can not be replaced until reboot, if they have been used.

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              • manuangiM
                manuangi @spwolf
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                @spwolf:

                yep… As long as if you used explorer shell (right clicked on the file), it will need to reboot in order to change shell extensions…

                would it be the same to kill / restart explorer.exe ?

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                • spwolfS
                  spwolf conexware @manuangi
                  last edited by

                  @manuangi:

                  would it be the same to kill / restart explorer.exe ?

                  i doubt it.

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