Powerarchiver is dead no updates to fix bugs no new features, no communication and errors in program update system with scripting errors. Duplicate context menus windows 11 no fixes no updates
I declare that this is the last version.
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Yes, that’s correct. UltimateZip was indeed a product of the same company that developed PowerArchiver, and it was essentially a rebranded version of PowerArchiver. It was discontinued and replaced by PowerArchiver.
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?
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.