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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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    • Different Hash Algorithns

      B

      I know CRC32 was the standard for checking the integrity of compressed files but it is not really used anymore. Can you add ones that are used now MD5 or SHA?

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    • Backups files ordering by NAME as default

      pirrbe

      Opening the ‘Backup’ I still wonder how PA is ordering the files.
      It’s not by name, not by last run…
      Is it not possible to have them ordered by NAME (default).
      Now you have to click on Name to have a meaning overview. If you jump to ‘archive’ and back to ‘backup’, they are again disordered

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      Thx.

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    Feature requests for the future

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      newdles last edited by

      1. Self extracting .7z archives. This isn’t a must at all but surely would be nice. If it never gets added it’s not really a big deal as freeware software (7zip file manager) already have that of course. However, it’s always been a great thought of mine to be able to get rid of winrar and all the other archiving tools to have just one that does everything

      2. Rar spanning. Unfortunately, I’m unsure if this is a copyrighted format or not for compression. If it’s not, it would kick winrar out the door specially since winrar is already more expensive with WAYYY less features.

      3. Batch compression. When I bought PowerArchiver, this was the reason why. Before then I had always relied on Xp’s built in zipping feature or some other freeware utility that did a good enough job for me. After building a serchable database of files (over 30,000), I realized that zipping the files would be extremely beneficial to my server use and 56k downloaders.

      However, compressing 30,000 individual files isn’t a fun thing to do one at a time. So I bought PowerArchiver and found out that it added the full file name + extension. For example, blah.dll and sand.ocx compressed with PowerArchivers batch compression options ended up being labelled blah_dll.zip and sand_dll.zip. This is ok but it would have made my database completely in need of a 100% workover. Ended up buying Batch Zip toolkit to do the job. Anyway… it would just be nice to have built in batch compression so that if you batch zip “x” amount of files, it doesn’t keep the full file name + extension but rather just the first part of the file name + the extension.

      4. File explorer options and how PowerArchiver handles file compression. Unfortunately, when you open PowerArchiver, you cannot select a group of files and then click a “Compress” button that leads to a new options menu letting you select how you’d like to compress the file(s). PowerArchiver doesn’t even list the files in a directory unless they’re supported archiving formats.

      5. Configuration option descriptions. I consider myself pretty smart and generally know what options do what without ever reading the help files. Unfortunately, there are a few options that I don’t know what they do without taking a look into the help files. What would be extremely nice is the ability to get the option(s) information on mouseover or right click. This is not necessary at all but just a user friendly benefit.

      Sorry for the extremely long post. This is the second time I’ve had to type it though :( Had a BSOD right in the middle of typing this because of Norton being an idiot. But if any of these options are in the works or even thought of/planned for the future, that would be great. If not, no big deal but it sure would be nice to only require one archiving utility that literally does it all :)

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        deipotent last edited by

        Regarding (5) I’d like to see context help (ie. ‘?’ button in the window title bar) in the Configuration dialog and the Add dialog. Context Help is a vastly under-used (and under-rated) feature of Windows which gives quick access to help on program options without the need to search through the on-line help manual.

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          TBGBe @deipotent last edited by

          Let’s see…

          1. 7zip sfx:
            http://www.powerarchiver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30

          2. Rar compression
            It is copyright format. See also http://www.powerarchiver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44&highlight=compression

          3. Batch Tool - output naming convention.
            This was on the old wishlist forum (now lost). The preservation of the extension was requested as an option within the Batch Tool - I (for one) need to keep the current naming methodology. Cannot hurt to raise it again on this new forum :D
            See also http://www.powerarchiver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62&highlight=Batch
            regarding Batch compressing Folders (as well as files) - this impacts on the naming.

          4. File explorer options
            Not sure I follow. Using Windows Explorer Shell (Compress with Options) you can do this now :confused:

          5. Expanded/extended Help
            Yes, more (context sensitive) Help is always a good thing.
            Although I prefer deipotent’s suggestion of the “windows standard” ? button.

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            spwolf conexware last edited by

            Few things:
            3. You mean to name test.txt > test.zip? Problem with that comes if you have both test.txt and test.doc, what happens then? At the end, it is easy to solve with few more options, but they do make PowerArchiver much harder to use for inexperienced user, when 15 options on current screen might be a bit too overwhelming.

            4. You are probably talking about Explorer View in PA, we will be improving it as well for 9.1.

            5. Tooltips are nice… Probably in one of the future major revisions of PA.

            thanks,

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              newdles @spwolf last edited by

              1. File explorer options
                Not sure I follow. Using Windows Explorer Shell (Compress with Options) you can do this now

              What I mean is that when you open PowerArchiver and navigate to say c:\windows, the only files you’ll see are files of a compressed format. What would be nice is that if when you opened PowerArchiver and navigated to any folder, it would show all files and folders inside that directory so that you could select all the files and folders and then choose to compress them and it would compress them recursively :)

              3. You mean to name test.txt > test.zip? Problem with that comes if you have both test.txt and test.doc, what happens then? At the end, it is easy to solve with few more options, but they do make PowerArchiver much harder to use for inexperienced user, when 15 options on current screen might be a bit too overwhelming.

              Yes, I do understand that. There could be a way to have the best of both worlds for the less experienced users and the more experienced users as well. Maybe set it to default to name files in the way it does now but have the option (which isn’t selected by default) to batch compress files where abc.txt and 123.dll are compressed to abc.zip and 123.zip respectively.

              Oh, and I thought of another feature that would work extremely nice. You know when you right click on a file and go through the entire process of compressing the file… well what if there was an option to delete the file after compressing. That way you could compress a large group of files and not have to delete them all yourself after the compression is over. Maybe add it as a checkbox :)

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                TBGBe @newdles last edited by

                File explorer options:
                OK, that is Explorer View in PA - see spwolf reply to #4

                well what if there was an option to delete the file after compressing.

                To choose options on Right Click compression - select “Compress with Options”
                Then choose “move” instead of “add”.

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                  newdles @TBGBe last edited by

                  Ahhh ok, I see that now. However, it doesn’t apply to 7zip files which is what I use PowerArchiver for 98% of the time. Would be nice to have that option with 7zip too :)

                  Just a suggestion though, maybe convert that word “Move” to “Delete”. When you move files, people think “well, I’ll have to move them to another directory and I’ll tell it where to move the files to.”. When you delete files, people think “these files will then go to the recycle bin”. Just a suggestion though.

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                    TBGBe @newdles last edited by

                    @newdles:

                    Just a suggestion though, maybe convert that word “Move” to “Delete”. When you move files, people think “well, I’ll have to move them to another directory and I’ll tell it where to move the files to.”. When you delete files, people think “these files will then go to the recycle bin”. Just a suggestion though.

                    Move is the correct terminology.

                    Compare moving file(s) from “C:” in Windows Explorer

                    a) Select the file(s)
                    b) Select the destination
                    c) Select “Move”

                    The file(s) are copied to destination and then deleted {from "C:}

                    In Archiving file(s) from “C:” in Windows Explorer

                    a) Select the file(s)
                    b) Select “Options”
                    c) Select the destination (Archive Filename)
                    d) Select “Move”

                    The file(s) are copied to Archive and then deleted {from "C:}

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