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.
PAE SFX Question
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Just a few things i’d like to get straight—i’ve gathered bits and pieces from the forums on the issue, but i want to make sure i have this right:
- PA can create AES-encrypted PAE archives.
- PA can create passworded PAE SFX files, but NOT AES-encrypted SFX files.
Is this correct? If so, i think the Encrypt window should gray out those encryption options or something when the “Create self-extracting archive” box is selected. I got excited thinking i could create AES SFX files.
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That is not correct.
PAE SFX will extract every kind of PAE file, including AES. You probably read about ZIP AES not being supported by ZIP SFX, which is completly different.
thanks,
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Ahh… very nice, then. Thanks for the quick reply. I know WinZip is charging an ungodly $49.95 just for their SFX 3.0 add-on. Well-encrypted SFX is useful to me for transferring files to recipients who may or may not have a compatible program, and it’s nice for it to be integrated into my archiver of choice.
Which brings me to another question… What about PA’s AES-encrypted ZIP compatibility with other major utilities? Like, i know WinZip and PKZip have had deliberate compatibility issues and such… Basically, incompatibilities and the lack of AES support in Windows’ built-in ZIP utility are why i need encrypted SFX at all.
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Here’s the information from PA’s help file:
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ZIP AES methods supported:Decrypt (read) PkZip 5.1 and PKWare Secure Zip 8.0 Single Password Strong Encryption (AES) and WinZip 9.0 AES-1 and AES-2 formats for key lengths of 128, 192 and 256 bits.
Encrypt (write) the PkZip 5.1 and PKWare Secure Zip 8.0 Single Password Strong Encryption (AES) formats for key lengths of 128, 192 and 256 bits.
So, creation of WinZip’s AES encrypted archives is not supported, however WinZip is supposed to be able to read PKWare Secure Zip AES format archives, so interoperability should be there.
Note that I have not tried any of this - PAE works well enough for my needs - so test it if it really matters to you.
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@phi:
Ahh… very nice, then. Thanks for the quick reply. I know WinZip is charging an ungodly $49.95 just for their SFX 3.0 add-on. Well-encrypted SFX is useful to me for transferring files to recipients who may or may not have a compatible program, and it’s nice for it to be integrated into my archiver of choice.
Which brings me to another question… What about PA’s AES-encrypted ZIP compatibility with other major utilities? Like, i know WinZip and PKZip have had deliberate compatibility issues and such… Basically, incompatibilities and the lack of AES support in Windows’ built-in ZIP utility are why i need encrypted SFX at all.
PkZip, WinZip and PA will read each others AES ZIP archives without any issues….