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.
PA2007 - RC1 install over Beta 10 in Vista
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I installed RC1 over beta 10 and it asked to shut down “explorer.exe”. When explorer came back after install I lost some tray icons (a la explorer.exe crashing in the Windows 95 days).
I then tried a clean install without incident.
Did this happen to anyone else?
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installer actually closed Explorer?
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A dialog came up saying explorer.exe must be closed to continue the installation. I accepted it and am not sure what would happen if I didn’t.
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Odd!,
After the last update I made sure I uninstalled beta 10 before the RC1 install. I also cleared my registy of all related PA items.
Usually when installing an application that requests Internet Explorer to be closed means that it is currently trying to obtain data from IE or port 80.
Maybe PA was trying to look for an update during your install? a one off issue possibly.
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@Sir:
Odd!,
After the last update I made sure I uninstalled beta 10 before the RC1 install. I also cleared my registy of all related PA items.
Usually when installing an application that requests Internet Explorer to be closed means that it is currently trying to obtain data from IE or port 80.
Maybe PA was trying to look for an update during your install? a one off issue possibly.
no, it is explorer.exe, not iexplore.exe.
It is due to shell extensions being loaded. In fact, since it is using Vista’s restart manager, you would think it wouldnt want to “close” explorer :-).
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what version of Vista do you have?
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Vista Home Premium 32 bit OEM. NOD32 is also installed.
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@Lord:
Vista Home Premium 32 bit OEM. NOD32 is also installed.
ok, so you can check the other option (restart) which will replace dll only after you reboot.
PowerArchiver’s MSI setup is using Restart Manager, which is an Vista component that presents you with the options for the restart, so I guess thats how Microsoft wants restarts handled.
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ok - I think the upshot is only select the close explorer.exe option if you trust Vista to properly re-load explorer.exe. My experience was not encouraging.
LT
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@Lord:
ok - I think the upshot is only select the close explorer.exe option if you trust Vista to properly re-load explorer.exe. My experience was not encouraging.
LT
i really dont understand why they made it so - i guess they thought it was an feature? (so you dont have to restart your computer?). Pretty weird…
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Just a thought not an opinion - it might be better to not use the restart manager and simply request a restart at the end (like XP). Unsophisticated users may find the explorer.exe closing/restarting behavior disruptive and blame (unfairly) PA.
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@Lord:
Just a thought not an opinion - it might be better to not use the restart manager and simply request a restart at the end (like XP). Unsophisticated users may find the explorer.exe closing/restarting behavior disruptive and blame (unfairly) PA.
it is not an option, we have to use it for Vista certification… I think it will make sense for normal users who wont notice anything wrong, it is us that will…
