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.
Wheel scrolling backwards?
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I’ve noticed that when I view the contents of an archive, the mouse wheel scrolling is backwards… I move the wheel down, PowerArchiver scrolls upward. I move the wheel up, and PowerArchiver scrolls downward. Is this normal?
I’m using a Microsoft Whele Mouse Optical, with the stock drivers in Vista.
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Just talking to myself here I guess, but I also notice that PowerArchiver is scrolling one line at a time, not one page at a time as I have set.
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I was expexcting you to come back saying it was “fixed” after you rebooted.
I cannot reproduce the problem so osme more details may be needed.
What version of PA - current is 10.01.03 ?
Clean install or upgrade from PA 9.x / 10.x?
What view style (although I tried both Classic and Modern) ?
I assume you are dispaying details (not list)?
Are you using a skin (I only tried with defaults)?
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I was expexcting you to come back saying it was “fixed” after you rebooted.
Yeah, I always wait until several uses before reporting a porblem such as this, to make sure it really is a problem with the program, not just a one-time oddity.
What version of PA - current is 10.01.03 ?
Clean install or upgrade from PA 9.x / 10.x?
What view style (although I tried both Classic and Modern) ?
I assume you are dispaying details (not list)?
Are you using a skin (I only tried with defaults)?
What archive format (I tried both ZIP and CAB)?The version I’m using is 10.00.42, it was a clean install – this is the first I’ve tried PA. I’m using the classic view, display is set to details, the skin is “Default Classic” and the archive format doesn’t matter. The same thing happens when I’m not even viewing an archive – the explorer-like display you get when you just run the program without opening an archive does the same thing. The Open dialog, which I assume is a standard Windows dialog, does not show this problem.
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OK.
As I said I can’t reproduce the problem - I don’t remember anything like this with earlier versions either (and I have used them all :-)You could try updating to the current version (10.01.03).
That has improvements specific to Windows Vista - I am still on XP. -
You could try updating to the current version (10.01.03).
Tried that; it made no difference.
Incidentally, I mentioned before about the Explorer-like window when you open PA. In this, the left panel scrolls correctly, while the right panel exhibits the same backwards, line-at-a-time scrolling as when viewing the contents of an archive.
I like PowerArchiver otherwise, but this is annoying enough to make me look elsewhere. Maybe they’ll fix it, but my evaluation time runs out soon.
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…not one page at a time as I have set.
Sorry, I misread that bit. :eek:
You are right - if I activate [ Mouse - Wheel - one screen at a time ] in Windows XP I get the same effect.:(Choosing “number of lines” e.g. 20 works correctly.
Could you try that as a workaround?
@JackH:my evaluation time runs out soon.
Apart from a “nag” timer, the functionality is exactly the same (there is nothing disabled on evaluation expiry). Don’t buy the license until it works the way you want.
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Choosing “number of lines” e.g. 20 works correctly.
Could you try that as a workaround?No; I’d rather be annoyed by one program than by all programs!
This is starting to make sense though… I’ll bet the number of lines to scroll is stored as -1 if it’s set to page-at-a-time, and PA (or a programming tool used by it) is interpreting this literally.
Apart from a “nag” timer, the functionality is exactly the same (there is nothing disabled on evaluation expiry). Don’t buy the license until it works the way you want.
Yeah, I’ve been using shareware long enough to learn this the hard way.
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Tried that; it made no difference.
Incidentally, I mentioned before about the Explorer-like window when you open PA. In this, the left panel scrolls correctly, while the right panel exhibits the same backwards, line-at-a-time scrolling as when viewing the contents of an archive.
I like PowerArchiver otherwise, but this is annoying enough to make me look elsewhere. Maybe they’ll fix it, but my evaluation time runs out soon.
we will take a look for one of the future updates… thanks.
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Just a friendly reminder about this problem, which is not yet fixed in the 10.1 beta.:)
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Thanks!
The issue will be finally fixed in Beta 2.
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Thank you! I shall anxiously await its arrival.:)
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One Screen at a time fixed - for me - in PA b2 (10.10.09).
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So, where is it? I just downloaded , and got 10.10.08.
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From another thread
http://www.powerarchiver.com/test/alpha100/powarc1010b2.exe -
Thank you - looks like I need to start reading every thread here!
Scrolling does indeed work corrrectly in v10.10.09.
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No, you could have waited for “official release announcment”.
But once you asked… :D
