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    • Support for Zstandard .zst/.zstd archives

      Z

      It would be nice to be able to at least extract Zstandard archives.

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    • Highlighting files and folders in Add modes

      PA_Fan

      I prefer to use light themes, and when, for example, I have set up my main archive screen to be Classic Toolbar with Blizzard Blue, files in the archive are highlighted (no checkboxes, full row select) with white text on grey background. They are easy to see .

      However, in the Add screens, the files and folders are black type upon a pale blue background, which is not so readily visible, especially when highlighting separate files in lists with Ctrl/Click for addition. It would be ideal if the backgrounds to files in these screens could be set to mimic the highlighting of those in the main archive window.

      I have tried experimenting with different themes and settings for skins, toolbars and so forth, but, unless I’ve missed something, none seem to give me the effect I want.

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    • .BH in Windows 11 Context Menu

      C

      Re: Windows 11 Context menu support

      It would really make me happy if you put .BH in the Windows 11 context menu. I know it’s in the “More Options” section, but this would make it more convenient. Don’t know why the option to add it to the menu isn’t there in the first place. P-L-E-A-S-E ??? :) Thanks You!

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    • paq9a support

      R

      Any chance of including this format in a future release?

      https://github.com/FS-make-simple/paq9a

      Exceptional compression levels.

      Thanks.

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    • Windows Store Delivery (and ideally updates)

      TheAndyMac

      Now that the Windows Store is making support for non-UWP apps mainstream, including those with their own update delivery process, it would be nice to see PowerArchiver in the Windows Store going forwards - at least as a channel for the product to be available.

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    • What features do you want in new format?

      spwolf

      Tell us what features you want from new format…

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    • Windows 11 Context menu support

      BigMike

      In Windows 11 a new explorer context menu is introduced.
      The “old” context menu may still be accessed through an additional mouse click, to reach the PowerArchiver context menu functions, but this isn’t comfortable at all.

      Could you add PowerArchiver items to the first level (and ideally disable the Windows native ZIP entry)

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    • OneDrive for Business support

      Z

      I’m surprised that OneDrive for Business isn’t supported. I can’t link my company’s OneDrive account, but a personal (free) account works fine.

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    • Better handling for protected archives

      BigMike

      Hi,

      I’d like to propose an improvement for password protected archives.

      Actual behavior is:
      If I open an archive, which is password protected and make a typo in the password dialog, I’ll get the message, that the password was wrong and I end up with an empty window. I need to reopen the archive to be able to enter the password again.

      Improved behavior:
      Tell me, that the password was wrong and give me the chance to enter the correct password to decrypt the archive.

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    • ZIPX: Add support for packing JPEG with specialized algorithm

      A

      Hello!
      I know I have been asking for this feature some time ago, but as nothing has changed let me ask again:
      The ZIPX-format offers an algorithm, that compresses JPEG-files by about 20-30%. Please add compression (packing) support for this in ZIPX-archives to Powerarchiver. Extraction of JPEGs packed into ZIPX by this algorithm is already supported by Powerarchiver for a long time, so it should not be difficult? Or is it a licensing problem?
      Thanks!

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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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    • 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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    • 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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      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
            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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