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.
Help - Blue Screening
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Hi,
Now I’m pretty sure this is a problem with something else interferring with Powerarchiver.
Every time I do anything with Powerarchiver I get a BSOD. Occurs on Win 2K and XP, with latest PA 9.02 demo.This has only started happening in the last few days. Initially I thought it was SP2, then it started happening on my Win 2K machine at work. The only other thing extra I have added to both machines is WindowBlinds 4.4 but this has the ‘per app setting of do not skin’ and it also happens if Windowblinds isn’t loaded.
This is a real bummer as I was thinking of registering in the next day or two as it is far better than anything else out there.
Can anyone shed any light?
SickPuppy
PS forgot, the blue screen message is mode_exception_not_valid, I think as my machines are set to reboot on BSOD.
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maybe a Virus or defective RAM?
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have you checked this out in safe mode and i recommend uninstalling window blind
it could have been a virus as implied. As it worked before you installed windows blinds then i think it have a high probability of it being the problem
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Well we have tested Windows Blinds for 9.0 and 8.8 and it worked perfectly… maybe there was some new version that doesnt work well? Since Windows Blinds is loaded at system startup, there is no way to actually exit it unless you do uninstall. So please try uninstalling it on one of the machines and see if it happens.
Also, is there anything specific you do in PA, or does it happen as soon as you start it?
thanks,
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Ok, now I know it’s not a virus or spyware, I keep my anti-virus up-to-date at home and do a full scan every couple weeks and there’s no way on earth one would be on my work machine.
I’ve uninstalled WB and it’s still doing it so I have uninstalled PA for now.
Basically as soon as I double click the PA icon it bluescreens, or if I do a right click context menu option it bluescreens.
Thanks for trying to help and if there’s anything I can do this end let me know.
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Try installing it again and see if it happens? If something is wrong with HD, it might not happen again…
thanks,
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It could be that your hard drive is damaged, or that there are errors on it. Try running Check Disk, and set it to fix file system errors and scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors.
If that doesn’t work, then install PowerArchiver to a different directory and try again.
Also, you could try installing it to a removable drive - in that way, if no errors are found, the hard disk is damaged and needs to be replaced!
The RAM may be faulty - remove a module at a time and try (the most common cause of blue screens is faulty RAM!).Since it also happens at work, the above may not work. If that’s the case, try these:
- Run PowerArchiver in Safe Mode. Does it still happen?
- Try reinstalling Windows (try over the existing installation first, and then a clean install).
- Run it in compatibility mode.
I know it’s extreme, but maybe it’ll work! PowerArchiver may have its bugs, but it’s still the best archiver I can recommend!
