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    anything planned for the future or is this software just dead now?

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    News/Update on PowerArchiver/Connexion in 2024
    TheAndyMacT

    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).

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    BETA PowerArchive 22.00.11 - Windows 11 Context Menu duplicated/additional tier
    TheAndyMacT

    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:

    Screenshot 2025-01-08 082909.png

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    Edition Windows 11 Pro
    Version 24H2
    OS build 26100.2605

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    No Icons for SFX-Archives
    MerowingerM

    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.

    Zwischenablage_10-22-2024_01.jpg

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    Zip extraction from windows 11 by windows
    D

    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?

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    Installer problem
    L

    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

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    Button alignment. About window.
    LuxorL

    Buttons are not properly aligned on About screen.
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    Button alignment on config window.
    LuxorL

    Buttons not aligned on configuration window.
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    BETA: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.10
    spwolfS

    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!

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    BETA: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.11
    spwolfS

    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!

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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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    THE SSL CERTIFICATE FOR *.POWERARCHIVER.COM HAS EXPIRED.
    Brian GregoryB

    @spwolf @Mili THE SSL CERTIFICATE FOR *.POWERARCHIVER.COM HAS EXPIRED.

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    PA2023 22.00.09 trying to delete a directory from a tar file.
    Brian GregoryB

    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.

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    PA 2023: No portable version?
    A

    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!

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    PA2023: Portable version missing?
    A

    Hello!
    Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
    (When) do you plan to release one?
    Thanks!

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    2024
    P

    Will you be releasing 2024 soon?

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    PA 2023 Toolbox - 22.00.09 - Remove archive encryption
    PA_FanP

    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?

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    Bug extracting from ZIP etc using Extract here with PA 22.00.09
    Brian GregoryB

    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.

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    Updates
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    Any updates going to happen for the bugs reported?

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    No end mark in LHA archives

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      klitos
      last edited by

      Hi,

      Here’s some more detail on how to reproduce the “No end mark” problem I referred to in an earlier post.

      1. Download the “Official” LHA utility for Win32. Search Google for the file LHA32106.EXE. For example, you may find it in http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~GI8S-TKUC/lha32106.exe (note: I have not tested this and therefore cannot guarantee it to be virus-free).

      2. Run LHA32106.EXE to extract the LHA32.EXE archive utility. This is a simple Win32 Console utility. To install it, just copy it into a directory pointed to by your PATH environment variable.

      2. Create an LHA archive using the Explorer context menu. Let’s call it t.lzh.

      3. In a Command Prompt window, type LHA32 t.lzh and press Enter. LHA32 will produce a listing of the archive, but before it does that it will produce a message box titled “UNLHA32 Error report (on execute_cmd)” and containing the text “No end mark. : ‘t.lzh’”.

      If you look at the t.lzh in a hex editor, and compare it to one created by LHA32, you will notice that the “end mark” is just a NUL character as the last character of the file. You can “fix” the t.lzh file that Power Archiver created, simply by appending a NUL character to it, but it would be best if Power Archiver created it properly in the first place.

      Regards,
      Klitos

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        ivan conexware
        last edited by

        Thanks!

        I will look into issue.

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        • ivanI
          ivan conexware @ivan
          last edited by

          The issue will be fixed in 9.01.02.

          Thanks!

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          • spwolfS
            spwolf conexware @ivan
            last edited by

            You can Test new per-release here:
            http://www.powerarchiver.com/test/release/powarc901.exe

            check if you are still having the same issue.

            thanks,

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              TBGBe @spwolf
              last edited by

              In a Command Prompt window, type LHA32 t.lzh and press Enter. LHA32 will produce a listing of the archive, but before it does that it will produce a message box titled “UNLHA32 Error report (on execute_cmd)” and containing the text “No end mark. : ‘t.lzh’”.

              Nope. I get error : “UNLHA32.DLL is necessary in order to practice this program” ??
              UNLHA.DLL does not exist in the extracted directory. Guess that should be a seperate download??

              However, using a hex file viewer - the lzh file created by PA 9.01.02 does have a NULL character at the end - so I guess it is OK?

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                klitos @TBGBe
                last edited by

                Hi,

                Sorry, I forgot you had to download UNLHA32.DLL separately. Do a Google search for “UNLHA32.DLL” and you’ll get links to download the latest version, currently ulh3191g.exe (version 1.91g).

                I tried the 9.01.02 test version. Instead of UNLHA32.DLL complaining about “No end mark”, it now complains that the created LZH file has an “Invalid end mark”.

                You said you looked at the generated file in a hex editor and it had an end mark of “NULL”. I did the same, but it had an end mark of 90 hex (instead of 00 hex). Now that’s strange.

                Cheers,
                Klitos

                P.S.
                By the way, I also noticed that installing this version of PowerArchiver forces the association of file types even when you don’t want it to. Just confirming what someone else said in another post. This can be annoying, when you’ve spent time carefully associating different archive file types with different utilities, and then this utility comes along and destroys your associations.

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                  TBGBe @klitos
                  last edited by

                  Hmm.
                  Created four archives with PA 9.01.02 (just 3 or 4 ASCII text files) - two were NULL terminated, two were not - just coincidence?

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                  • spwolfS
                    spwolf conexware @klitos
                    last edited by

                    @klitos:

                    Hi,
                    P.S.
                    By the way, I also noticed that installing this version of PowerArchiver forces the association of file types even when you don’t want it to. Just confirming what someone else said in another post. This can be annoying, when you’ve spent time carefully associating different archive file types with different utilities, and then this utility comes along and destroys your associations.

                    if you leave “Associate PowerArchiver with reccomended formats” option in setup checked, it will indeed change your associations ;-). I have tested it and unchecked that option - PowerArchiver did not associate itself with anything.

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