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    • Bulkzip Nanozip (.nz) file format

      D

      The now defunct Bulkzip had Nanozip (nz) as an option this would be great to have for compatibility with my .nz files, so I don’t have to install Bulkzip separately.

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    • Elevation of UAC in Mounting Images

      F

      I love this, only there is one problem. The UAC elevation feature does not extend to Mount Image option in the add-on software PA provided. It is most annoying whenever I am on highest UAC settings and I mount an ISO, every time I open and create a virtual drive UAC appears. I also do not want to completely disable UAC.

      Is adding UAC elevation for mount image feature possible?

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    • Include Virtual Drive as standalone in the installer

      2

      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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    Compression sampler

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      davidsplash last edited by

      it would be great if you had a compression sampler so can i choose what format is best for a certain file type.

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      • MarcFou
        MarcFou last edited by

        Would that be a feature that would estimate and display results for diff. compression formats for the selected file(s)?

        Or would it have to compress the file(s) into multiple formats (in a temp folder) and report back the results to the user?

        I’m currious how this might work. Not to critisize.

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        • TBGBe
          TBGBe @MarcFou last edited by

          Here you go… (left to right - best to worst)

          Text (.txt) 7z, cab, bz2, gzip, zip, bh

          Word (.doc) cab, bz2, 7z, gzip, zip, bh

          Music (.wav) 7z, bz2, cab, gzip, bh, zip

          Graphic (.jpg) cab, bh, zip, gzip, bzip2, 7z

          Graphic (.bmp) 7z, cab, bzip2, zip, bh, gzip

          Acrobat (.pdf) 7z, cab, zip, bh, gzip, bzip2

          Feel free to add others…

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            Claude Renaud @TBGBe last edited by

            @TBGBe:

            Here you go… (left to right - best to worst)

            Text (.txt) 7z, cab, bz2, gzip, zip, bh

            Word (.doc) cab, bz2, 7z, gzip, zip, bh

            Music (.wav) 7z, bz2, cab, gzip, bh, zip

            Graphic (.jpg) cab, bh, zip, gzip, bzip2, 7z

            Graphic (.bmp) 7z, cab, bzip2, zip, bh, gzip

            Acrobat (.pdf) 7z, cab, zip, bh, gzip, bzip2

            Feel free to add others…

            In the previous compression tool I worked with, comprexx, available at http://www.comprexx.com, such a tool was added …

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              mrxinx @TBGBe last edited by

              @TBGBe:

              Here you go… (left to right - best to worst)

              Text (.txt) 7z, cab, bz2, gzip, zip, bh

              Word (.doc) cab, bz2, 7z, gzip, zip, bh

              Music (.wav) 7z, bz2, cab, gzip, bh, zip

              Graphic (.jpg) cab, bh, zip, gzip, bzip2, 7z

              Graphic (.bmp) 7z, cab, bzip2, zip, bh, gzip

              Acrobat (.pdf) 7z, cab, zip, bh, gzip, bzip2

              Feel free to add others…

              Thanks but I prefer PA to tell me for my selection i.e the file or files or the folder or the folders i have selected for compression. I insist a tool to estimate the output size for various compression formats.

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              • TBGBe
                TBGBe @mrxinx last edited by

                @mrxinx:

                Thanks but I prefer PA to tell me for my selection i.e the file or files or the folder or the folders i have selected for compression. I insist a tool to estimate the output size for various compression formats.

                Well current tools available, such as the “sampler” referred to by Claude, do not work this way and cannot provide this information.

                Output size is very dependant on input data (not just filetypes) so if you can find something that can do this for multiple compression formats - with any accuracy - I would be very surprised.

                How wrong could the estimate be before you would consider it a “bug”? :p

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                • manuangi
                  manuangi @TBGBe last edited by

                  PA could suggest the best archiving option, basing on the file extension…

                  …but that wouln’t be 100% right, anyway…

                  dunno…

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                    TBGBe @manuangi last edited by

                    @manuangi:

                    …but that wouln’t be 100% right, anyway…

                    Exactly, think of ‘.psf’ as a good example. I expect only PA would “know” what this was.
                    Or, more common, what about ‘.doc’ which could be different wp files or simple ascii text.

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