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).
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:
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Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 24H2
OS build 26100.2605
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.
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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?
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
Buttons are not properly aligned on About screen.
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Buttons not aligned on configuration window.
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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!
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!
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
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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.
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!
Hello!
Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
(When) do you plan to release one?
Thanks!
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?
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.
If I compress a folder to a .pa using right click, Compress to folder.pa and use the new Windows 11 menu then the Options, Configuration, Miscellaneous, Use normal relative path setting is always enabled.
But I like this option disabled so I have to use the old style menu in order to get PA to compress a folder in the way I wish.
Grouping of PowerArchiver windows doesn't work
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Hi, first I want to thank the programmers of PowerArchiver, who made this powerful update to PowerArchiver, especially the 7-zip support is great.
I noticed that now I use Windows XP Professional SP-1 i cannot group powerarchiver windows. This is not a big problem. I discovered also that when you hold the CTRL + select taskbar windows you can’t set powerarchiver next to other windows. I would like to have this feature added, so you can handle multiple windows faster.
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grouping works on mine, but it took me 9 instances of PA to group. seems a bit high… i thought this was a global option or something for windows? perhaps PA is not obeying this the way it should?
also, once they are grouped doing a right click -> close group doesn’t work either. it only closes the top instance.
edit: the ‘tips’ being open is what causes close group not being able to work.
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Hm, I never used this Windows feature so first I must see how it works, and is there any way to “tell” Windows about group. I also don’t know is this features only for Microsoft applications or all other applications and how it should work when you click on “Close group”. I will check it.
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Isnt grouping automatic when you have too many taskbars? In that case, it works fine with PowerArchiver…
Is there any other way for Windows to use grouping that we dont know of?
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I totally forgot I had post here. Sorry for my late response.
However the error still exists in PowerArchiver 9.2. I ment like behaviour when using Internet Explorer or whatever program when holding Control button and then selecting multiple windows from the taskbar in Windows XP. Right-click after that on the taskbar and you get choice to handle the windows trapswise, next to eachother, above and under eachother or close the group. It would be fantastic if you could set a PowerArchiver window next to an explorer window and drag and drop files more easily.
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Since this issue is still not solved here a screenshot of what a mean:
BTW, I use Dutch version of Windows XP
Hold CTRL and select powerarchiver window and another window (like explorer). THan right-click on the selected taskbar-button. Not working!!!
BTW, this is one of this new Windows XP feautures. Why not use them anyway?
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You mean hold ctrl and click on 2 different application taskbar buttons and then right click on one of them? What is the option that you are looking for?
It seems to work here, but I am using internal version. However, no specific changes were made to accomodate this, it is an Windows feature that should work with any Windows program automatically.
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Doesn’t work here with PA 9.21 on XP Home SP2. For example, I selected four taskbar icons (2 PA and 2 others) and then chose Tile Horizontally. The operation was only performed on the two other windows, not on the two PA windows (they stayed the same as before the operation).
PM me with a link to the new internal version and I will try it out to see if it works.
