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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.
PACL 10 - support for most formats and features in Windows version.Upcoming: Tools such as archive converter, batch zip, multi-extract.
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.
Not handling multi-part .rar archives properly
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v10.10.09
If you have a multi-part .rar archive which is using the ‘old style volume names’ i.e.:
my_archive.r00
my_archive.r01
my_archive.r02
my_archive.r03
my_archive.r04
my_archive.r05
my_archive.r06
my_archive.r07
my_archive.r08
my_archive.r09
my_archive.r10
my_archive.r11
my_archive.r12
my_archive.rar…and you right-click my_archive.r00 or my_archive.r01 (both file extensions are associated with PA) and choose to ‘Extract Here’ - PA just bombs out.
However, if you right-click my_archive.rar and choose to ‘Extract Here’ - PA handles that file extension fine and will extract the archive contents to the current directory.
Can you allow PA to do the same for *.r00 and *.r01 files?
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it worked before… so we will check it out
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v10.10.09
If you have a multi-part .rar archive which is using the ‘old style volume names’ i.e.:
my_archive.r00
my_archive.r01
my_archive.r02
my_archive.r03
my_archive.r04
my_archive.r05
my_archive.r06
my_archive.r07
my_archive.r08
my_archive.r09
my_archive.r10
my_archive.r11
my_archive.r12
my_archive.rar…and you right-click my_archive.r00 or my_archive.r01 (both file extensions are associated with PA) and choose to ‘Extract Here’ - PA just bombs out.
However, if you right-click my_archive.rar and choose to ‘Extract Here’ - PA handles that file extension fine and will extract the archive contents to the current directory.
Can you allow PA to do the same for *.r00 and *.r01 files?
hmm…v10.10.09???
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10.10.09 is a test version of beta 2.
So it is not available via Update (at least not yet).
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10.10.09 is a test version of beta 2.
So it is not available via Update (at least not yet).
Check other threads if you must try it.I find out links…
It alpha version…
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I find out links…
It alpha version…
Why so complicated author do?alphas are not posted as betas until they become betas… so no, you wont see that version up on the site until we think it is ready.
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Some more info to report about this:
If you have a 2-piece multi-part archive e.g.:
my_archive.r00
my_archive.rar…and you right-click my_archive.r00 and select Power Archiver 2007 > Extract Here, you’ll get an error message stating that there was a CRC error, continue?
If you do this with the my_archive.rar file it extracts the archive contents to the current directory, as expected.
If you have a larger multi-part archive and try to extract from the *.r00 or *.r01 file then PA just crashes without giving the CRC error popup.
It seems to not be loading all parts of a multi-part archive during extraction unless you begin with the *.rar file.
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This should be fixed in latest version:
http://www.powerarchiver.com/test/release10/powarc1010.exePlease let us know…
thanks!
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I tested extracting from both the *.r00 and *.r01 file from a couple different multi-part archives and it worked ok. Before this was reproducible every time so this seems to be fixed. I’ll advise if I notice it again and give details. Nice job on the fix btw.
