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    • PA 21.00.18 Action / Test behaves oddly for me on .PA files

      Brian Gregory

      PA 21.00.18 running on Windows 7 64 bit.
      I made a big .PA file and thought I’d check it was made correctly with Menu / Actions / Test.
      Discovered:
      a) PA always issues a UAC prompt to do this!
      b) PA always says there are many errors in PA files.

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    • File Explorer Shell Extension crash on Junction

      W

      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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    • Functions in Windows 11 Context Menu don't work in some directories

      P

      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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    • Missing virtual driver in Patchbeam

      pirrbe

      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…
      Virtual driver PA 2023-01-28 152607.png
      It seems a standard problem with new releases :-)
      Can I have a link or can it be fixed. Thank you. CU later

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    • PA 21.00.18 testing via context menu causes extraction of files

      D

      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.

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    • Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts

      Brian Gregory

      In PowerArchiver 2023 22.00.06 configuration, the option labelled “Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts” seems to be redundant.

      I am only allowed to change this option when PA Starter is disabled, and then it seems to be ignored.

      When I enable PA Starter this option is forced to the enabled state.

      I think it’d be good to remove “Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts” completely. I’ve always found it confusing having both options.

      Added later: However i don’t particularly want to use queue but I do like having the PAStarter icon in my tray area.

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    • Testing .pa archives

      PA_Fan

      W10 Pro 22H2 - 64 -bit

      PA 22.00.06 (PA 2023)

      It has been the case with previous versions of PowerArchiver, but I had hoped that the latest might behave differently. Not so, I’m afraid.

      I have, for various obscure reasons, created a few .pa archives, mainly in the hope that they will save me some more space. From time to time, I use the “Test” option to check that important archives are OK and uncorrupted.

      With every .pa archive I’ve tested, the process runs through OK but then reports that there are errors. This is always the number of files in the archive e.g. if 11 files, then 11 errors reported.

      In the .pa, I can:-

      preview the files (usually PDF) extract some or all files and look at or use them convert the .pa to a .zip or .zipx archive, which then works fine and tests without errors

      Is it the case that the Test routine isn’t designed for .pa archives, or is there another reason? Although the .pa seems to function properly, despite the test reporting errors, I would like to be sure that every .pa is OK and not “broken”.

      Some of the .pas are quite old and produced with earlier PA versions (they are truly “archives”). If I extract all the files in the old .pa, create a new, fresh .pa and add back the files to that, then test the new, no errors (at least in the .pa I’ve tried this on) are reported. This would suggest a mismatch between old .pas and newer versions of PA itself.

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    • Small UI / Theme bug in 2023

      Z

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      See the, supposedly, blank space where the green box is? It’s like that in Modern Light theme too. I can toggle it, but it’s missing text or shouldn’t be there I guess?

      Thanks :)

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    • PowerArchiver and PACL for macOS

      spwolf

      Dear @Alpha-Testers and all of our users,

      time has come for testing of PowerArchiver and PACL for macOS.
      Please let us know here if you have Mac and can test latest builds.

      Features implemented:
      PowerArchiver 2020 - tabbing, opening, extracting, adding, testing, favorite folders, support for multiple languages, opening via Finder, explorer mode, installer.
      PACL 10 - support for most formats and features in Windows version.

      Upcoming: Tools such as archive converter, batch zip, multi-extract.

      To start testing, please sign up here in this thread, and we will send you latest build.

      thank you!

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      lit2fly last edited by

      when will PA 2007 be out? I can’t wait to buy it :D

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      • RJWaring
        RJWaring last edited by

        Hi,

        Once all the bugs have been fixed and PA Beta Testers are happy then I’m sure the release will come soon. We are in the second week of beta 8 with 9 soon to follow.

        If you are purchasing for a personal basis up to 5 computers then then you can buy Now! and you will receive the upgrade to PowerArchiver 2007 free.

        For more information visit;
        http://www.powerarchiver.com/order/

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        • spwolf
          spwolf conexware last edited by

          p.s. all customers get additional free PA 2007 update, if they purchased in 2007

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          • moles42
            moles42 Alpha Testers @spwolf last edited by

            although I accept that programs are upgraded and improved upon as newer versions are released I’m afraid I don’t see it that way with PA10 this time around.

            I’ve been an avid user of your software for a number of years now and always held it in high regards when I needed to zip or create self-extracting files but now I fear the program seems to be taking the same route as Ahead Nero did a year or so ago…they too made a massive change to layout and upgrades only to
            find themselves providing customers with ‘bloated’ software.

            all bells & whistles trying to impress the customer
            when really all the customer wants is simplicity.
            what makes me qualified to say so? well nothing really apart from being one of those said customers who have used many many versions of the 2 products mentioned here.

            my reply here isn’t trying to devalue the product but merely for me to voice MY opinion about the latest version of PA…I’m afraid I for one will be staying with previous versions of your product and I’m sure it will serve me well for many years to come.

            for me it seemed like a backward step in many respects and although it does still give me the opportunity to use the ‘classic’ layout I don’t see any reason for me to upgrade on a permenant basis to PA10.

            I still like the ability to create a self-extracting file without additional windows popping up for me to confirm my choices but I’m sure your product will have many more positive votes than my negative one.

            I still hold your product in high regards but for me an earlier 9+ version will be the way to go.

            thanks for letting me air my views.

            Mike.

            Windows 10 Pro x64
            Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.00GHz
            4.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 399MHz
            NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

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            • spwolf
              spwolf conexware @moles42 last edited by

              @moles42:

              although I accept that programs are upgraded and improved upon as newer versions are released I’m afraid I don’t see it that way with PA10 this time around.

              I’ve been an avid user of your software for a number of years now and always held it in high regards when I needed to zip or create self-extracting files but now I fear the program seems to be taking the same route as Ahead Nero did a year or so ago…they too made a massive change to layout and upgrades only to
              find themselves providing customers with ‘bloated’ software.

              all bells & whistles trying to impress the customer
              when really all the customer wants is simplicity.
              what makes me qualified to say so? well nothing really apart from being one of those said customers who have used many many versions of the 2 products mentioned here.

              my reply here isn’t trying to devalue the product but merely for me to voice MY opinion about the latest version of PA…I’m afraid I for one will be staying with previous versions of your product and I’m sure it will serve me well for many years to come.

              for me it seemed like a backward step in many respects and although it does still give me the opportunity to use the ‘classic’ layout I don’t see any reason for me to upgrade on a permenant basis to PA10.

              I still like the ability to create a self-extracting file without additional windows popping up for me to confirm my choices but I’m sure your product will have many more positive votes than my negative one.

              I still hold your product in high regards but for me an earlier 9+ version will be the way to go.

              thanks for letting me air my views.

              Mike.

              I dont think you can call PowerArchiver bloated, as PA 10 is smaller than PA 9, if you take away Vista icons and 7zip SFX, which were not there in PA 9, and thats despite other features and new UI.

              It is also faster than PA 9 due to optimizations we did, in both compression (such as 7zip) as well as startup of main application.

              We actually worked pretty hard to optimize PowerArchiver to be both faster and take up less space. If we didnt, we would probably save 2 months of development time :-).

              I am glad we decided to keep old interface as well, since obviously not everyone will like the new one.

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              • RJWaring
                RJWaring last edited by

                Mike,

                I respect your comments and to some part agree with you. I myself am a heavy system user and have experience in many fields most of which involve using multiple OS’s, applications and office documents.

                But I know one thing our main achievement and I mean “Our” as in the human race is within Communication Technology and Software development. Programmers & Developers are continually creating ways to improve our lives and make things more user friendly and automated by doing so the end user becomes more able by saving time and given the ability of multi-tasking.

                Unfortunately, GUI “Graphical User Interfaces” will change and this happens once every 5 years on average!

                Most businesses within the next 2 years would have implemented Office 2007 and Vista as Microsoft will cease all updates to Office 2003 and XP after the final Service Pack 3 or 4!

                This means if you wish for further support and security updates as well as your own Documents to be compatible with a majority of users and companies throughout the globe you too will have to update and “adapt” to the changes.

                And quite right PowerArchiver have re-developed their program to a new style and improved on the usability and overall performance in order to align themselves to the new version of Windows and Office thus enabling users to easily adapt to their software.

                So in the next 3-5 years when everyone is using the new Ribbon Menus, programs that still use the old style drop down menus will lose revenue as users will find it harder to remember the old ways and more time consuming to do simple tasks.

                An example would be to look at the change from windows 3.1 to 95. It was a massive step but who hear would say they would prefer that system to that of XP? Not many! And that is because after the initial learning of XP, users from all aspects find it is so much easier and quicker than the previous versions.

                My advice not just to you but to everyone would be to grin a bare it, take on the new format on the final release of 2007 because it will benefit you in a couple of months time, And at least then you’re not having to be forced to learn a whole new GUI format that everyone else has been using in the next year or two.

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                • moles42
                  moles42 Alpha Testers @RJWaring last edited by

                  Thanks to you guys especially you Richard for the feedback…I was hoping to prompt a strong reply in favour of the product…in all honesty I wouldn’t expect anthing less from you guys.

                  As I said my post wasn’t to put PA10 down but just to voice how my tastes preferred the older versions as opposed to the new…true the new version is still in it’s infancy and I suppose I haven’t given it an opportunity but it’s not it’s performance I question but moreso it’s now overwhelming appearance and growth in on screen display.

                  Yes I’m sure it can be configured to fit in a matchbox but for the novice it can seem a daunting task at first glance as opposed to the smaller sleeker earlier vserions.

                  I know it can still run with the best of them and that products have to evolve in order to keep potential customers happy but I for one still prefer the older more compact versions…I’m not referring to size of program or the amount of memory used but for me it’s the simplicity of it all.

                  We can discuss the pros and cons of this all day I suppose but each to their own I guess and for now I’ve made my decision…can’t teach an old dog new tricks or so they reckon well I must be that old dog…:)

                  thanks again for a healthy discussion…
                  I will still be following the progress of your product…
                  it’s been a loyal servant over the years.

                  regards,

                  Mike.

                  Windows 10 Pro x64
                  Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.00GHz
                  4.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 399MHz
                  NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

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                  • RJWaring
                    RJWaring @moles42 last edited by

                    Hi Mike,

                    I think your allot like everyone else, change can be great but when you are using a program day in and day out it is nice to keep it simple. It works for Winzip as they have made little to no changes to their GUI Since it was created.

                    The only problem with Winzip is its over hyped and the price is just to expensive for some who just want a archive utility that can read and write compression formats.

                    I’m sure in a year you will be back :) thinking… Mmmm i liked the old format but the new Ribbon Menu is growing on me.

                    Well here is hopeing anyway! Keep in touch and again even if you dont use the application or are not keen on the new style it is still helpful to have feed back from outside users.

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                    • spwolf
                      spwolf conexware @moles42 last edited by

                      @moles42:

                      Thanks to you guys especially you Richard for the feedback…I was hoping to prompt a strong reply in favour of the product…in all honesty I wouldn’t expect anthing less from you guys.

                      As I said my post wasn’t to put PA10 down but just to voice how my tastes preferred the older versions as opposed to the new…true the new version is still in it’s infancy and I suppose I haven’t given it an opportunity but it’s not it’s performance I question but moreso it’s now overwhelming appearance and growth in on screen display.

                      Yes I’m sure it can be configured to fit in a matchbox but for the novice it can seem a daunting task at first glance as opposed to the smaller sleeker earlier vserions.

                      I know it can still run with the best of them and that products have to evolve in order to keep potential customers happy but I for one still prefer the older more compact versions…I’m not referring to size of program or the amount of memory used but for me it’s the simplicity of it all.

                      We can discuss the pros and cons of this all day I suppose but each to their own I guess and for now I’ve made my decision…can’t teach an old dog new tricks or so they reckon well I must be that old dog…:)

                      thanks again for a healthy discussion…
                      I will still be following the progress of your product…
                      it’s been a loyal servant over the years.

                      regards,

                      Mike.

                      but I still dont know why you cant just use classic interface :-) and enjoy all the other benefits of PA 10.

                      :-).

                      I know, its complicated…

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                        davidsplash @spwolf last edited by

                        the main reason for this user not likeing the new pa10 is that it has not been cracked yet all other versions are on the net already./ The new pa way of security for cracking is much harder and better which is a must in this day and age.

                        keep up the good work. The new version supports plugins so can be lighter and faster to a degree depending on what plugins you require.

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                          RJWaring @davidsplash last edited by

                          I agree that when it comes cracks available. I keep an active check on the software I purchase to see what serials have been sourced out onto the internet. For PA the last version cracked was 2006 v9.51.02 by Alan Cuteri. “I havnt provided the serial”

                          Please note I am not stating that the individual who’s name is mentioned is responsible for illigaly providing others with a serial as this breaches the contract between the user and ConeXware. I am mearly stating that the last serial I could find had the named individuals details on it this may of been put on against there will or knolage.;) “thats me covered!”

                          It is very easy to hack the PA Registry and obtain the regname and regnumber. I for example use regedit or tuneup registry editor to view interigate and extract keys So maybe its worth PA looking into other methods. such as encryted ini files to secure a users codes.

                          However, Either way the serials change on every major release so only users who purchase the software will recieve the updated serial code.

                          But… Yet again, if I was a user who cracks software and freeloads it to outside sources then I would be part of a large community of other users who do the same.

                          One of the known techniques is that a bunch of people put togeather money in a online paypal or similar account then buy one licence under a single name and company then share it out and there is nothing software vendors can do bar theaton to take them to court but that involes the software developers finding ways to identify those freeloaders.

                          This is why Companies like Norton, Mcafee, Adobé and Microsoft have an online Activation system in order to cut down on serial hacks… the issue there is it can cause problems for those loyal users who do buy their software.

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                          • moles42
                            moles42 Alpha Testers @davidsplash last edited by

                            @davidsplash:

                            the main reason for this user not likeing the new pa10 is that it has not been cracked yet all other versions are on the net already./ The new pa way of security for cracking is much harder and better which is a must in this day and age.

                            keep up the good work. The new version supports plugins so can be lighter and faster to a degree depending on what plugins you require.

                            David were you referring to ME or yourself when using the term ‘This User’ ???

                            if it was me then I must stop you there in your assumption of me running a cracked version.
                            if however you weren’t referring to me then apologies
                            for assuming you may have been.

                            Mike.

                            Windows 10 Pro x64
                            Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.00GHz
                            4.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 399MHz
                            NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

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                            • spwolf
                              spwolf conexware @moles42 last edited by

                              @moles42:

                              David were you referring to ME or yourself when using the term ‘This User’ ???

                              if it was me then I must stop you there in your assumption of me running a cracked version.
                              if however you weren’t referring to me then apologies
                              for assuming you may have been.

                              Mike.

                              mike, dont mind david :-).

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                              • spwolf
                                spwolf conexware @RJWaring last edited by

                                @Sir:

                                I agree that when it comes cracks available. I keep an active check on the software I purchase to see what serials have been sourced out onto the internet. For PA the last version cracked was 2006 v9.51.02 by Alan Cuteri. “I havnt provided the serial”

                                Please note I am not stating that the individual who’s name is mentioned is responsible for illigaly providing others with a serial as this breaches the contract between the user and ConeXware. I am mearly stating that the last serial I could find had the named individuals details on it this may of been put on against there will or knolage.;) “thats me covered!”

                                It is very easy to hack the PA Registry and obtain the regname and regnumber. I for example use regedit or tuneup registry editor to view interigate and extract keys So maybe its worth PA looking into other methods. such as encryted ini files to secure a users codes.

                                However, Either way the serials change on every major release so only users who purchase the software will recieve the updated serial code.

                                But… Yet again, if I was a user who cracks software and freeloads it to outside sources then I would be part of a large community of other users who do the same.

                                One of the known techniques is that a bunch of people put togeather money in a online paypal or similar account then buy one licence under a single name and company then share it out and there is nothing software vendors can do bar theaton to take them to court but that involes the software developers finding ways to identify those freeloaders.

                                This is why Companies like Norton, Mcafee, Adobé and Microsoft have an online Activation system in order to cut down on serial hacks… the issue there is it can cause problems for those loyal users who do buy their software.

                                I dont know how this turned into cracking thread… Poor Mr Cuteri got his credit card stolen, so I wouldnt be saying anything negative about him :-).

                                I think our current protection is more then appropriate and we dont want to inconvenience users any further…

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