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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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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!
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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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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.
Extracting a folder from an archive
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PA 2007 beta3
Having a problem extracting a folder from an PA password protected backup.
Though I’m first to admit it could be due to my misunderstanding of how this new version of PA does things, especially with the Queue option in it.
Created a password protected test backup containing 5 folders, 2 files in each.
To Extract it I opened it up in PA:
Selected a folder to Extract and clicked on Extract:
Selected a destination and then I get the message, Error The password is incorrect.(see screen shot)
Not even getting the option to type in a password. Unless I select Add to Queue, if I do that it works just fine. So maybe that is where my misunderstanding comes into it.
If I create a normal Zip file then I can extract a folder from it as I wish.
Nor really understanding why it should be different between a normal zip file and a password protected AES file.
Is it a bug or not ?
Luxor
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basically PA doesnt ask you for an password when you select folder to extract…. bug.
thanks,
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. bug.
Fair enough. Will just use the queue option for now.
Luxor
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Thanks!
The issue should be fixed in Beta 4. Also selecting “All files” - not just “Selected files” works fine. This is same as “Add to Queue”, since “Add to Queue” can extract only all files.
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Sorry guys but it’s not fixed in Beta 4.
Incidentally. If I extract a folder from the backup archive by using the “Add To Queue” option It is extracting the entire archive, not just the selected folder.
Luxor
Oops ignore the last bit as I just noticed that you said “Add to Queue” can extract only all files. Doh! :o
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Still unable to extract a single folder in Beta 5
Luxor
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Still no fix in beta 6
Luxor
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Not fixed in Beta 7.
Luxor
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Did you check PPM in Configuration, is the wrong password stored there possibly?
Since If I just use new zip file, and select folder only and use selected files setting when extracting, PA asks me for the password and works fine?
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Hi Spywolf.
Did you check PPM in Configuration, is the wrong password stored there possibly?
Don’t use Password Manager it’s disabled so no chance of the wrong password being stored there.
Since If I just use new zip file, and select folder only and use selected files setting when extracting, PA asks me for the password and works fine?
Yes I mentioned that in my first post. No problem with a normal zip file at all. It just seems to be a problem when trying to extract a folder from a backup password protected AES file.
Luxor
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can you attach one of the files here? Just create some small test archive and post it here, and let us know how did you create it (options).
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Ok Spywolf here you go.
The Password is: test
Created a new Backup called test comprising 5 folders with 2 txt files in each.
File name and destination in this instance is C:\PA-Work\Zipped\test.zip
Add each folder to the archive. Include Subfolders is ticked ( I just leave it that way).Next screen: Configure Backup Options
Compression Format Zip
Method: Add (and replace) files
Compression: Maximum (slowest)
Protect with Password: selected
Type password: test
AES 128 bit: selected
Add Timestamp to archive: selected_DMY
use as suffixStore relative folder information (not full location): Unselected
Show ‘Backup Done’ when finished: selected
Run silent if executed from Windows: UnselectedNext Screen: File Time Options
Include files:
Of any timeNothing else selected on this screen.
Next Screen: FTP Options
Nothing selected.
Next Screen
Just click on Do Backup
To extract a folder from the archive.
Open Powerarchiver
Find the Backup.
Double click on the Archive this opens it on the PA-Work folder.
Double click on that folder and there are the 5 folders in the backup archive.Select a folder any folder, I picked testfolder3.
Left click to highlight that folder. Click on Extract on the toolbar.
This of course brings up a window asking where to extract it (anywhere)
choose selected files click extract and every time it’s Error: the password is incorrect.Hope this helps.
Luxor
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Now I get it, thank you!
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Thanks!
The issue should be fixed in Beta 8.
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Great. :)
You will have to wait for me to get back with a report if it works. I’m off to hospital for an operation so I could be missing for a few days.
Luxor
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I’m back.
Fixed in Beta 8. :)
Luxor