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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…
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It seems a standard problem with new releases :-)
Can I have a link or can it be fixed. Thank you. CU later -
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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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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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 errorsIs 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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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!
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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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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.
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To start testing, please sign up here in this thread, and we will send you latest build.
thank you!
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For some reason, the PowerArchiver functions in the Windows 11 context menu no longer work after the last Windows Update. Only the functions in the classic context menu function as they should.
I’ve tried uninstalling PowerArchiver and using RevoUninstaller to remove all bits and pieces that were left behind and did a clean install of PowerArchiver, it didn’t fix the issue. Other items in the Windows 11 context menu work.
Error extracting SFX archive
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PowerArchiver displays error when trying to extract one SFX archive
You can download it here: http://mihd.net/h9w62rf
Hoping to have it fixed :)
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this is indeed a zip sfx file . though it can only be opened in winrar. winzip sauyes it has faulty zip header. winrar opens it ok.
winrar details
total files 19
total size 110,706
packed size 75,532
ratio 68%
sfx module size 53,329
main comment absent
password absentmore details of asfx archiver individual file sizes and names
Archive C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Downloads\Clone\pt_radares.exe
2008-05-28 13:32 1151 628 c475d2cb PT_RADARES 7.7\DONATIVOS.txt
2008-02-11 02:30 18492 7068 718d4761 PT_RADARES 7.7\LER_READ.txt
2007-01-20 23:18 43743 43726 fdb32305 PT_RADARES 7.7\Licença.gif
2008-05-27 19:05 17946 8697 44b8cb4b PT_RADARES 7.7\PT_CONTROLO.ov2
2008-05-27 18:59 683 504 5f687945 PT_RADARES 7.7\PT_DUVIDOSO.ov2
2008-05-03 15:01 139 112 9b4bd3bf PT_RADARES 7.7\PT_FIXO 100.ov2
2008-05-03 14:59 128 109 60413001 PT_RADARES 7.7\PT_FIXO 30.ov2
2008-05-03 14:59 1074 639 183d3cbc PT_RADARES 7.7\PT_FIXO 50.ov2
2008-05-03 15:00 119 100 aebf9999 PT_RADARES 7.7\PT_FIXO 70.ov2
2008-05-03 15:00 478 271 3a2f55c1 PT_RADARES 7.7\PT_FIXO 80.ov2
2008-05-03 15:01 332 199 f6d57cf7 PT_RADARES 7.7\PT_FIXO 90.ov2
2008-05-03 15:05 613 391 4774f5f5 PT_RADARES 7.7\PT_MOVEL 100.ov2
2008-05-13 17:11 2534 1370 368c7b67 PT_RADARES 7.7\PT_MOVEL 120.ov2
2008-05-15 01:55 341 220 b150b70b PT_RADARES 7.7\PT_MOVEL 40.ov2
2008-05-27 19:03 15997 7438 c6be8ba7 PT_RADARES 7.7\PT_MOVEL 50.ov2
2008-05-03 15:03 744 504 1ed1ad41 PT_RADARES 7.7\PT_MOVEL 60.ov2
2008-05-03 15:03 1174 759 8f4b909d PT_RADARES 7.7\PT_MOVEL 70.ov2
2008-05-27 19:11 1109 704 ce0c4155 PT_RADARES 7.7\PT_MOVEL 80.ov2
2008-05-17 00:04 3909 2093 e9bbd818 PT_RADARES 7.7\PT_MOVEL 90.ov2Total Size Packed Files
110706 75532 19
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you can probably use repair to fix it…
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But why does WinRAR open and extract it correctly without repairing?
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winrar i think has that feature built in
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WinRAR does not automatically repairs ZIP archives. It has an option to do that like PowerArchiver.
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i know that but it can read bad sfx headers and interpritates them so that it can read them.
just something rarlabs told me
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i know that but it can read bad sfx headers and interpritates them so that it can read them.
just something rarlabs told me
PowerArchiver’s zip engine does not read bad headers.
It is one inconvinience that can be fixed with repair tool and on the other hand, it is much, much more advanced than one in other products mentioned.