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    • Config settings doesn't impact PA behaviour...

      pirrbe

      PA2023 Win10, (same problem with older releases but never reported)
      PA Soft is installed on partition D. (exclusive for installed progs)
      Then I created on my partition G: the folders as configured in PA Settings ‘Folders’.

      0fcf1b09-1b91-4b74-b250-f8cf908a3348-Ashampoo_Snap_maandag 20 maart 2023_11h54m34s.png

      Screenshot 2023-03-20 121152.png

      The problem : Any activity on PA is saved in these folders…
      PA ignores them and still use the default settings. Whats wrong ? Regards, Pirrbe

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    • Missing pdf markups in pdf preview

      L

      I am still using Powerarchiver 2022 and it does not show pdf markups in the preview. Is there a setting to get version 2022 to show pdf markups in the preview? If not, does this work in version 2023?

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    • Question about PA Files...

      T

      The question that I have about PA archives is what happens if say ConeXware, as a company, dies in the future? What happens to any PA files that are created today? Can these files be decompressed with a copy of a PowerArchiver that can no longer phone home to the mothership thus can’t be registered or activated?

      I mean, I can understand that new PA files wouldn’t be able to be created if the program isn’t registered but what about an un-registered copy because well, the question that I posed above?

      It’s questions like this that make me not want to store anything really valuable in PA files out of fear that I, at some point in the future, might lose access to said data inside those files. OK, 7ZIP might not be able to compress as heavily as PA but at least it’s open source and any 7ZIP files will still be able to be read and decompressed ten, twenty, or fifty years from now.

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    • Functions in Windows 11 context menu no longer work after last Windows Update

      T

      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.

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    • Multi Extract doesn't extract in parallel in Windows 11

      Z

      Is this a known problem? Is there a fix coming? This is a primary reason I buy PA.

      I’ve tried both methods I know to extract multiple zips at the same time. 1) Multi Extract feature in the GUI. 2) In Windows File Explorer, select multiple zips, right click, use PA context menu to Extract or Extract To…

      Is there a setting I missed? Or maybe it really is processing in parallel, but I can’t detect it? Nothing tells me in the Processes in Task Manager that multiple PA extracts are running. And my CPU, memory and disk resources do not look like a lot of extracts are running.

      I’m using PA 2022 Standard version 21.00.18 on Windows 11 Pro version 10.0.22621 Build 22621.

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    • Functions in Windows 11 Context Menu don't work in some directories

      P

      In the latest version of PA, on W11 (latest build/SP) when you try to use the first level context menu - NOTHING HAPPENS (particularly when you do this from Downloads or Documents folders) - however I noticed that it DOES WORK when you use the context menu from the Desktop. Going to the second level context menu does work however.

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    • PA 2023 Preview versus PA2022

      pirrbe

      Is the version Preview 2023 also considered to be tested by the testteam ? In the past we got messages in the forum for testing out version x.x, to be downloaded by fastring, or I missed the one for 2023. (I discovered 2023 on the official web…)
      CU, Pirrbe

      .

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    • Missing virtual driver in Patchbeam

      pirrbe

      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…
      Virtual driver PA 2023-01-28 152607.png
      It seems a standard problem with new releases :-)
      Can I have a link or can it be fixed. Thank you. CU later

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    • How to get a registering code?

      N

      Hi there, been a user since 13 years now and in past whenever I had a problem or question I could email, however since 3 weeks it seems like everybody is dead?

      Anyway, as kind of a last resort, I post this email a 4th time but in this forum instead now, in the hope for help:
      "This is the 3rd time I am emailing you guys as I am missing a working code for the preview of Power Archiver 2023

      Can you please help me? I am a 13 years lasting customer of yours, and I am shocked thatr for whatever reason my support tickets are ignored now, why?

      thanks in advance!
      All the best!
      Joerg"

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    • File Explorer Shell Extension crash on Junction

      W

      Re: Explorer.exe Crash on right click

      This appears to be happening again with the Power Archiver 2022 shell extensions.

      When I have Use Explorer Shell Extensions enabled in Power Archiver Configuration and right-click on c:\Users\username\Start Menu, (hidden Junction file), File Explorer crashes.

      I have version 21.00.15 (03/2022) 64-bit installed in Windows 10 Version 21H2 (Build 19044.1826).

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    • PA 21.00.18 Action / Test behaves oddly for me on .PA files

      Brian Gregory

      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!
      b) PA always says there are many errors in PA files.

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    • PA 21.00.18 testing via context menu causes extraction of files

      D

      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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    Additional paths created in archive

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      peterr last edited by

      I’m creating an archive with extension .tar.gz

      PA is creating additional paths in the archive, that is, creating a path that is NOT on the local system. The pathnames, in all cases, are being named with a backslash.

      It appears to be happening for all paths, where there are no files within that path.

      This is a problem I reported in April this year, see this post

      If I use PACL to examine the archive, it reports the additional paths, for example …

      pathname1\pathname2\pathname3\pathname4\
      0 Tarred 0% 0 04/12/2007 20:29:34 00001d73

      If I use 7-Zip or PEAZIP to open the archive created by PA, they both show the additional paths in the archive.

      Any chance of this being fixed please ??

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      • spwolf
        spwolf conexware last edited by

        is this happening to all paths or only if path+filename is over 99 char?

        thanks

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          peterr @spwolf last edited by

          @spwolf:

          is this happening to all paths or only if path+filename is over 99 char?

          It is happening to all paths that have no files.

          There were 3 paths that had no files, and PA created the archive with 3 additional paths, each path underneath those three, and they were all named backslash.

          I’m sure it is a different problem to the “length” problem.

          The length problem was occurring when extracting (uncompressing) a tar.gz, and this problem is happening when an archive is being created.

          Besides, I just checked one of those paths, and it was only 49 chars (path+filename).

          This would be easy to replicate, just create 2 paths, one with files in it, and one without files, then create an archive of tar.gz

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          • spwolf
            spwolf conexware last edited by

            thank you!

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            • spwolf
              spwolf conexware last edited by

              so it has to have 4 levels of path? can you attach example archive please?

              thanks

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                peterr @spwolf last edited by

                @spwolf:

                so it has to have 4 levels of path?

                Actually, a small test just showed the same error, and there were only 3 levels of paths. Here is the structure I used

                F:>dir temp\powera~1\ /s

                Directory of F:\temp\powera~1

                07/19/2007 03:49 PM

                <dir>.
                07/19/2007 03:49 PM

                <dir>…
                07/19/2007 03:56 PM

                <dir>pathwithfiles
                07/19/2007 03:49 PM

                <dir>pathwithoutfiles
                0 File(s) 0 bytes

                Directory of F:\temp\powera~1\pathwithfiles

                07/19/2007 03:56 PM

                <dir>.
                07/19/2007 03:56 PM

                <dir>…
                03/12/2007 02:41 PM 1,273 index.php
                1 File(s) 1,273 bytes

                Directory of F:\temp\powera~1\pathwithoutfiles

                07/19/2007 03:49 PM

                <dir>.
                07/19/2007 03:49 PM

                <dir>…
                0 File(s) 0 bytes

                Total Files Listed:
                1 File(s) 1,273 bytes
                8 Dir(s) 19,059,482,624 bytes free

                F:></dir>

                </dir>

                </dir>

                </dir>

                </dir>

                </dir>

                </dir>

                </dir>

                The folder was called ‘powerarchiver’, and I created a tar.gz of it, and yes, the same problem again. Other achivers show the extra path with a backslash, and here is the output from a verbose list from PAEXT

                PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL) Version 4.01 [Mar 07 2005]
                Copyright© 1999-2005 ConeXware, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Registered Version
                This product is licensed to: ******* *********
                Archive Extr.—ZIP,CAB,LHA,ARJ,RAR,ARC,ACE,TAR,GZIP,BZIP2,UUE,ZOO,B64,YENC,…
                Internet: http://www.powerarchiver.com Email: support@conexware.com

                Archive –> f:\temp\patest.tar.gz [GZIPed TAR]

                Name Length Method Ratio Size Date & Time CRC-32
                –---------- -------- -------- ----- -------- ------------------- --------
                powerachiver\pathwithfiles\index.php
                1273 Tarred 0% 1273 03/12/2007 14:41:56 00001ded
                powerachiver\pathwithoutfiles\
                0 Tarred 0% 0 07/19/2007 15:49:30 00001c1f


                *Totals 2 0 0% 0 07/19/2007 15:57:22

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                • spwolf
                  spwolf conexware last edited by

                  peter - powerarchiver also shows extra backslash or?

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                    peterr @spwolf last edited by

                    @spwolf:

                    peter - powerarchiver also shows extra backslash or?

                    PA only shows an empty path (screendump attached).
                    attachment_p_12276_0_pathwithoutfiles.gif

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                    • ivan
                      ivan conexware last edited by

                      peterr,

                      The issue should be fixed in 10.20 Beta 3. Thanks!

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                        peterr @ivan last edited by

                        Thanks Ivan. :)

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                        • ivan
                          ivan conexware last edited by

                          Please check with Beta 3 preview:
                          http://www.powerarchiver.com/test/release10/powarc1020b3.exe

                          and let us know if it works properly now.

                          thanks!

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                            peterr @ivan last edited by

                            Installed beta 3 preview, and used it to open the previously created archive, and noticed it didn’t show the path without files at all.

                            Created a new archive with Beta 3 preview, and PA didn’t show the path without files.

                            Here is what PAEXT showed with a verbose listing of the newly created archive patest2.tar.gz , displaying the path without files …

                            D:\PACL>paext -v f:\temp\patest2.tar.gz
                            PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL) Version 4.01 [Mar 07 2005]
                            Copyright© 1999-2005 ConeXware, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Registered Version
                            This product is licensed to: ******** ************
                            Archive Extr.—ZIP,CAB,LHA,ARJ,RAR,ARC,ACE,TAR,GZIP,BZIP2,UUE,ZOO,B64,YENC,…
                            Internet: http://www.powerarchiver.com Email: support@conexware.com

                            Archive –> f:\temp\patest2.tar.gz [GZIPed TAR]

                            Name Length Method Ratio Size Date & Time CRC-32
                            –---------- -------- -------- ----- -------- ------------------- --------
                            powerachiver\pathwithfiles\index.php
                            1273 Tarred 0% 1273 03/12/2007 14:41:56 00001ded
                            powerachiver\pathwithoutfiles
                            0 Tarred 0% 0 07/19/2007 15:49:30 00001bc3


                            *Totals 2 0 0% 0 08/02/2007 20:51:04

                            and this is what the Beta 3 preview release of PA showed , that path without files is not shown …
                            attachment_p_12430_0_patest2.jpg

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                            • ivan
                              ivan conexware last edited by

                              Thanks!

                              Empty folders wasn’t shown at all in 10.20 - will be fixed in 10.20 Beta 3 Public.

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                              • spwolf
                                spwolf conexware last edited by

                                Please check with Beta 3 Rev2:
                                http://www.powerarchiver.com/test/release10/powarc1020b3.exe

                                and let us know if it is fixed.

                                thanks!

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                                • spwolf
                                  spwolf conexware last edited by

                                  Please check with with 10.20 RC1 and let us know what happens.

                                  http://www.powerarchiver.com/test/release10/powarc1020.exe

                                  thank you!

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                                    peterr @spwolf last edited by

                                    The path without files is now showing okay, in 10.20.09

                                    Thanks for fixing it. :)

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