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).
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.
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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PA 22.00.09
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PA 22.00.09 shows a nag screen, when I try to open some setting windows. I have already PA 2023 Toolbox and PA shows, that it’s licensed in the info dialog.
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PA 22.00.09
Some labels in the help toolbar are not translated:
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I’m looking forward to deploying PowerArchiver 2023 to my users. Can you tell us when the MSI will be available for download and distribution?
Thanks.
Hi there,
there were some security issues fixed in 7zip:
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1165/
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1164/
As it seems, that PowerArchiver and PACL use the 7zip libraries, could you please update them to the latest version?
Hi,
From where I get PAVD2023.EXE? PowerArchiver 2023 tries to open it.
But it seems, it tries to download PAVD2021.EXE.
Thanks
I noticed that the version of ZPAQ used is older than the latest released 7.15 https://mattmahoney.net/dc/zpaq.html also there seems to be a newer fork that adds several features https://github.com/fcorbelli/zpaqfranz
It would be useful to implement this latest version (it also maintains the same syntax and behavior as the latest official release if used the -715 flag) and add when opening a zpaq file a choice of the version of the files to show (e.g. as dummy folders represented the various versions present). Since any previous changes are stored with this format, it is possible to extract a snapshot of a certain date/version.
2007 beta 3: stored password in .PBS file becomes corrupt
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If I create a .PBS file and protect the archive it creates with a password:
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The first backup is OK;
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The second and subsequent backups have the password corrupted (so cannot be read from and are effectively useless).
This bug is completely reproducible - every time I re-enter the password into the wizard it is corrupted after one backup is produced.
Fortunately, the corruption is visible as the password actually appears corrupt in the wizard (Tools | PowerArchiver Backup | Create/Edit …), and I attach a picture of what I see.
I am running Vista Ultimate.
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What happens when you extract password protected file? Does it work with original password?
PA actually encrypts the password. However there might be an problem between that and Vista, so please let me know about question above.
thanks,
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The original password itself (not just its appearance) appears to be corrupt. I cannot use the password I originally typed to extract files from the archive, so the archive is effectively useless.
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i had the same problem with several files on my computer a while ago, seems like you have a file corruption or somethig wrong with hard drive. which operating system are you using and have you tested the archive in any other archivers and what font are you using and lastly what keyboard language are you using.
Havce you redone the test to see if it wasn’rt a glitch. What type of files are in the archive?
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No hard disk corruption or similar - at least as far as I can ascertain given the limited number of tools that are yet available for Vista :cool:
The backup job is automatic every night, and I have done it on demand as well. No difference - the reported behaviour happens every time.
The contents are a great variety - Office 2007, OpenOffice 2, emails, text files …
The point about trying the archive in the core archiver is a good one, and I will install WinZip and 7-Zip on another machine to find out what happens there. (Obviously not a solution to the PowerArchiver issue, but at least it would help narrow down the problem).
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Tried WinZip 11. If I open the first archive created after the .PBS file was created, I can extract files.
If I open the second (or later) archive, I cannot (see attached picture).
So the password is “really” corrupt …
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Have tried duplicating this in WinXP Pro Service Pack 2 and its fine.
As mentioned above its very possbile its a glitch with Vista esspecially if its a “BETA” Release version!
You could always try duplicating this backup in version 2006 PA 9beta and not 2007 and see if that helps.
I think PA still have a good few more betas to release before the final version and tobe honest you shouldnt be using Beta versions to backup files that are important to you in the 1st place.
Obviosly if you are testing the product then this is a great example of issues that may apear with vista version.
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Tried WinZip 11. If I open the first archive created after the .PBS file was created, I can extract files.
If I open the second (or later) archive, I cannot (see attached picture).
So the password is “really” corrupt …
it is possible that encryption of plain text password might have some issue in Vista - we are checking it out.
Did you try entering weird password from password screen in the password box of the 2nd archive?
thanks,
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I tried cut-and-paste from the PA password box into the WinZip one, but it didn’t work. (The apparently-corrupt password has a lot of characters which can’t be directly typed using a UK English keyboard; that might have something to do with it failing).
