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PA2023 Win10, (same problem with older releases but never reported)
PA Soft is installed on partition D. (exclusive for installed progs)
Then I created on my partition G: the folders as configured in PA Settings ‘Folders’.0fcf1b09-1b91-4b74-b250-f8cf908a3348-Ashampoo_Snap_maandag 20 maart 2023_11h54m34s.png
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The problem : Any activity on PA is saved in these folders…
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I am still using Powerarchiver 2022 and it does not show pdf markups in the preview. Is there a setting to get version 2022 to show pdf markups in the preview? If not, does this work in version 2023?
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The question that I have about PA archives is what happens if say ConeXware, as a company, dies in the future? What happens to any PA files that are created today? Can these files be decompressed with a copy of a PowerArchiver that can no longer phone home to the mothership thus can’t be registered or activated?
I mean, I can understand that new PA files wouldn’t be able to be created if the program isn’t registered but what about an un-registered copy because well, the question that I posed above?
It’s questions like this that make me not want to store anything really valuable in PA files out of fear that I, at some point in the future, might lose access to said data inside those files. OK, 7ZIP might not be able to compress as heavily as PA but at least it’s open source and any 7ZIP files will still be able to be read and decompressed ten, twenty, or fifty years from now.
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For some reason, the PowerArchiver functions in the Windows 11 context menu no longer work after the last Windows Update. Only the functions in the classic context menu function as they should.
I’ve tried uninstalling PowerArchiver and using RevoUninstaller to remove all bits and pieces that were left behind and did a clean install of PowerArchiver, it didn’t fix the issue. Other items in the Windows 11 context menu work.
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Is this a known problem? Is there a fix coming? This is a primary reason I buy PA.
I’ve tried both methods I know to extract multiple zips at the same time. 1) Multi Extract feature in the GUI. 2) In Windows File Explorer, select multiple zips, right click, use PA context menu to Extract or Extract To…
Is there a setting I missed? Or maybe it really is processing in parallel, but I can’t detect it? Nothing tells me in the Processes in Task Manager that multiple PA extracts are running. And my CPU, memory and disk resources do not look like a lot of extracts are running.
I’m using PA 2022 Standard version 21.00.18 on Windows 11 Pro version 10.0.22621 Build 22621.
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In the latest version of PA, on W11 (latest build/SP) when you try to use the first level context menu - NOTHING HAPPENS (particularly when you do this from Downloads or Documents folders) - however I noticed that it DOES WORK when you use the context menu from the Desktop. Going to the second level context menu does work however.
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Is the version Preview 2023 also considered to be tested by the testteam ? In the past we got messages in the forum for testing out version x.x, to be downloaded by fastring, or I missed the one for 2023. (I discovered 2023 on the official web…)
CU, Pirrbe.
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PA 2023 22.00.08
Long time no seeing. So I start up the new year with a first problem : the virtual driver cannot be installed. Reason : it is missing in the Fast Ring PatchBeam Update Service…
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It seems a standard problem with new releases :-)
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Hi there, been a user since 13 years now and in past whenever I had a problem or question I could email, however since 3 weeks it seems like everybody is dead?
Anyway, as kind of a last resort, I post this email a 4th time but in this forum instead now, in the hope for help:
"This is the 3rd time I am emailing you guys as I am missing a working code for the preview of Power Archiver 2023Can you please help me? I am a 13 years lasting customer of yours, and I am shocked thatr for whatever reason my support tickets are ignored now, why?
thanks in advance!
All the best!
Joerg" -
Re: Explorer.exe Crash on right click
This appears to be happening again with the Power Archiver 2022 shell extensions.
When I have Use Explorer Shell Extensions enabled in Power Archiver Configuration and right-click on c:\Users\username\Start Menu, (hidden Junction file), File Explorer crashes.
I have version 21.00.15 (03/2022) 64-bit installed in Windows 10 Version 21H2 (Build 19044.1826).
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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!
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When the function for testing archives is invoked via the shell context menu (PowerArchiver > Test) then all the files in the archive get extracted to the current folder.
The test dialog reports as many errors as there are files in the archive but it fails to give any hint as to which files are supposed to be erroneous or what the nature of the problem might be. Comparing the extracted files to the originals shows no differences at all.
The .7z in question was produced with maximised compression settings in 7zip (taking forever but resulting in smaller archives than .7z produced by PowerArchiver with maximised settings). Therefore I wanted to see whether PowerArchiver can at least test .7z that it produced itself. Hence I had PowerArchiver convert a .pa with the same contents to .7z. There weren’t any errors reported but the resulting .7z contained fewer than half of the files contained in the .pa (137 of 366), so I scratched that test.
Performance is abysmal when testing via the context menu (e.g. almost 2 minutes for testing a .7z that 7zip tests in 4 seconds), but that is most likely due to the fact that the extracted files are written to disk. Testing the same .7z in the PowerArchiver GUI takes only 8 seconds but causes the mysterious appearance of a UAC dialog, as reported elsewhere.
The testing function is vital because PowerArchiver has a history of producing archives that it cannot unpack without errors or that do not conform to the respective file format standards (e.g. ZIP) so that other programs report them as erroneous.
The point of creating archives is that the files in them will most likely have to be extracted at some point. If the extraction cannot be guaranteed to produce correct results then the whole program is absolutely pointless. Actually, worse than pointless - it causes data loss and hence damage.
Cannot Open GZ Archive
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I am unable to open the archive at this location:
http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/putty-0.55.tar.gzI am given an error that says “Error in TAR/GZIP file structure” and another dialog box immediately after “DynaZIP-GT Error Problem with structure of GZIP/TAR file (Problem extracting files(s))”.
This archive extracts fine on my linux machine with “gunzip putty-0.55.tar.gz” as well as “tar zxf putty-0.55.tar.gz”. However, once I gunzip the archive on my linux machine, the TAR archive opens without incident with PA.
I am using PowerArchiver version 9.01.01 (August, 2004).
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Also, PA test (via shell extension) shows:
“Error in TAR/GZIP file structure” and another dialog box immediately after “DynaZIP-GT Error Problem with structure of GZIP/TAR file (Problem extracting files(s))”
twice !
Followed by the “All Files OK” dialogue :eek:
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thank you, we will take a look!
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if you use winzip on this archiver wit will show the archive inside the first one (the tar one) but once you click on the tar one it sayes garbage in gzip file, decompression ended. Basically it means either a corrupt archive or wrong/ incorrect file names. However you can click on the tar file and it will open up in either winzip or poweratrchibver depends on what proigram is associated with tar files.
In my opion better error catching and handling in needed like winzip for powerarchibver, though its not totally its fault its a faulyty archive naming thats at fault.
Powerarchjiver should have been able to work round this problem like winzip did.
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Basically it means either a corrupt archive or wrong/ incorrect file names.
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better error catching and handling in neededPA does need better error handling/reporting.
However, that doesn’t explain why only PA and Winzip have problems with the file.
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PA does need better error handling/reporting.
However, that doesn’t explain why only PA and Winzip have problems with the file.
Other utilities are able to extract this file OK e.g. 7-Zip (among other windows programs) and Gunzip(Linux) according to DaCypher.I thought PA showed 2 error messages here? Reason why PA and WinZip show errors is because…. there is an error in gzip archive.
It is quite possible that other utilities dont check headers or just ignore the error.
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I thought PA showed 2 error messages here?
Well, PA-Extract shows Four error messages (The two error messages are repeated).
PA-Test shows the same four error messages - followed by “All files OK” :p
I assume that these repeated messages are caused by
- Gzip (header) - first pair
- Tar (access fails because of Gzip header) - second pair
Not sure what the “All files OK” message means.
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There is an error in the gzip archive? I guess its not serious enough to cause a failure of file extracting as gunzip has proven to not have any problems with it. If there is an error in the archive, maybe a notification to user of this and then continue to extract it as this appears to be feasible?
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On another note, I tried extracting this archive on my freebsd machine and got this:
$ gunzip putty-0.55.tar.gzgunzip: putty-0.55.tar.gz: decompression OK, trailing garbage ignored
Not sure if this is due to a different gunzip or what. Either way, the current PA behavior with this archive seems like it could be handled a little better. :)
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Thanks!
I found the problem with .GZ file with garbage and our GZIP engine. I have addressed this problem for version 9.1.
In the meantime I have fixed behaviour when using “Test” and some other part of application - now correct error messages are shown.
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You can Test new per-release here:
http://www.powerarchiver.com/test/release/powarc901.exeIt will show proper error now (archive still doesnt work).
thanks,
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You can Test new per-release here:
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It will show proper error now (archive still doesnt work).Downloaded and installed on top of PA 9.01.01 (then rebooted).
Test (shell extension) shows dialogue “Error in TAR/Gzip” twice !!
Is this double/repeated dialogue correct (intended) ?
Seems wrong (having to click OK twice)?
