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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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      madeinlisboa last edited by

      I didn’t see this request here, but I guess it will be easy to code and very helpful for those who have thousands of zip archives and wish to convert them to 7z.

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        TBGBe last edited by

        @madeinlisboa:

        … thousands of zip archives and wish to convert them to 7z.

        Thousands ??
        Deleting thousands of files automatically really scares me!
        But then again thousands of prompts would scare me even more :mad:

        Once only - {Are you sure?
        Are you really sure?
        You don’t want to change your mind?}

        Error - out of memory / disk space :eek:

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          spwolf conexware @TBGBe last edited by

          If those files are in same folder, use converter to convert them and make sure new files are placed in some other folder. Then manually delete those files - if there are other files around, you can use search for specific format and then delete them.

          Reason we dont want to have delete option in converter is that there are too many possibilities of something going wrong.

          thanks,

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            madeinlisboa @spwolf last edited by

            The possibility that something can go wrong is up to the user, or are you mentioning program bugs?
            Winrar does a fantastic job of converting files. I guess is the current reference in that matter. Unfortunately it doesn’t convert to 7-zip.
            I have 8gb of zip archives with office documents spread through many directories. Converting them would recover about 3gb of disk space.
            Now, you see my problem :D

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              spwolf conexware @madeinlisboa last edited by

              @madeinlisboa:

              The possibility that something can go wrong is up to the user, or are you mentioning program bugs?
              Winrar does a fantastic job of converting files. I guess is the current reference in that matter. Unfortunately it doesn’t convert to 7-zip.
              I have 8gb of zip archives with office documents spread through many directories. Converting them would recover about 3gb of disk space.
              Now, you see my problem :D

              basically i dont think there is an way to properly verify that 8 GB of zip archives were sucessfully converted into 7zip. Hence, no delete option.

              But you can still do what I originally suggested (use Windows search for all .zip files and then delete them).

              thanks,

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                madeinlisboa last edited by

                Winrar does it. It converts, tests and deletes every archive. But that’s ok. I’ll have to search all zip, convert about 400mb at a time, than delete them, because I only have 500mb free in this partition.

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                  TBGBe @madeinlisboa last edited by

                  @madeinlisboa:

                  … I have 8gb of zip archives with office documents spread through many directories. Converting them would recover about 3gb of disk space.
                  …I’ll have to search all zip, convert about 400mb at a time, than delete them, because I only have 500mb free in this partition.

                  If you are working on this partition, remember that you will need enough free space for the uncompressed files as well as the “new” archives.

                  P.S. Maybe save them on CD / DVD to free hard disk space?

                  You should also consider converting to CAB format. This usually gives better compression than 7z with MS Office document files - also have a look at PACL (command line/batch file tool) to do this.

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