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

    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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    Convert archive is incorrect for some WinRAR 5 archives
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    WinRAR 5 has a rather useful option in some cases, which is to be able to create an archive by replacing identical files with a reference to the first occurrence (hardlink) within the archive.
    In case you choose to convert the file with PowerArchiver to another format, however, the resulting archive does not have all the files. It does not consider those that were present as hardlinks.
    If you do a normal extraction of the RAR archive instead, even with PowerArchivier, all the files are extracted correctly.

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    Some bugs on Advanced options
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    When adding to a file archive, and selecting for example PA format, strong optimization method, extreme compression. In the Advanced Options section you change to Automatic, EXE Filter and PDF filter . You return to the main section and save the Profile. When you then reload the profile you do not have the Automatic options of EXE Filter and PDF saved there.
    I noticed that instead if you change other options they are saved correctly (except for the Filter box values).

    Also among the various changes to the advanced options you click the “Calculate RAM usage” button the value seems to be added to the previous one. You can see it for example just by clicking the button twice in a row, the value changes. Edit: actually after many attempts now it seems to write a stable value (it does not change with each click). Maybe a synchronization problem in the calculation?

    Used PowerArchivier 2023 but there is the same behavior with the 2022

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    Crash at Exit with PA 10.2 Beta 2

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    • V
      Vykranth
      last edited by

      PA 10.20.02 on XP x64

      Open PA with an empty archive, close PA, boom

      First-chance exception at 0x0049890f in POWERARC.EXE: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x1a000008.
      according to VS 2005

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      • RJWaringR
        RJWaring
        last edited by

        I run windows XP Pro SP2 with the latest updates as of 2 weeks ago and installed the same PA Version but did not experience this issue??

        Did you do an upgrade or a clean install??

        try uninstalling the program, then delete the PowerArchiver Folder in Program Files. Reboot and re-install then to be safe restart again!

        If it still happens then send an error report to PowerArchiver Support.

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        • TBGBeT
          TBGBe
          last edited by

          @Vykranth:

          Open PA with an empty archive, close PA, boom

          What is an empty archive ?
          What archive format?

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            Vykranth @TBGBe
            last edited by

            My mistake on the empty archive: it’s open PA without an archive loaded.

            It was a clean install after a uninstallation of PA 10.2 Beta 1.

            I already tried the reinstall/reboot Sir Richard suggested. Same problem.

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            • RJWaringR
              RJWaring
              last edited by

              How odd?

              If not already try this then (only if you know the registry)

              1. Uninstall PowerArchiver 2006/07
              2. Delete “Program Files/PowerArchiver” Folder
              3. Delete Registry Link

              HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PowerArchiver\

              then… if you have any registry cleaning software such as CCleaner or tune-up etc… do a full registry clean!

              Restart then re-install…

              If it still continues then it must be a fault with the program or something on your system is causing a conflict.

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                Vykranth
                last edited by

                Tried the procedure but that did not help
                However, I have more information:
                the crash occurs only with the classic skin, not with the ribbon interface.
                The Default blue skin works nicely.
                I though it may have been Windowblinds causing the problem. I unloaded Windowblinds and run PA: with the Windows classic style, PA does not crash, with the Windows XP style, PA crashes.

                That’s really odd.

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                • TBGBeT
                  TBGBe @Vykranth
                  last edited by

                  Well, I have PowerArchiver :: Classic

                  Windows XP - Appearance XP Style / Color Silver

                  But no crash.
                  If you can reproduce it, provide/attach a DR Watson Log File (Zip).

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                    amh209
                    last edited by

                    Did I read the original post correct that you are using the 64bit version of XP or is it the 32?

                    I’m not able to reproduce, but I’m using the 32 bit, so maybe it is a 64 bit problem.

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                    • RJWaringR
                      RJWaring
                      last edited by

                      I think I reproduced the error… it ocured when I did the following

                      1. Open PA With Silver Default Ribbon
                      2. Change to Blue Default Ribbon
                      3. Change to silver default Ribbon
                      4. Change to classic
                      5. Change to Silver default

                      (I couldnt replicate it all the time only when I was clicking and changing skins like a mad man)

                      the errors are as follow’s (does it look familer?)


                      attachment_p_12342_1_pa-error.jpg
                      attachment_p_12342_0_3b11_appcompat.txt

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                        Vykranth
                        last edited by

                        Yes, I am using XP x64. The errors reported by Sir Richard looks similar.

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                        • RJWaringR
                          RJWaring
                          last edited by

                          PA,

                          I will forward those results via your support page for you to look at!

                          Cheers crew, Vykranth Hopefully, this will support PA to amend the problem ready for the next release!

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                          • spwolfS
                            spwolf conexware
                            last edited by

                            those are two different bugs - we are looking at 64bit one, already reported here while i will move sir richs to new thread…

                            p.s. devs on vacation until sunday, so expect new release in 6-7 days…thanks!

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                            • RJWaringR
                              RJWaring @spwolf
                              last edited by

                              To be fair spywolf this is the 1st error I have personally experienced with PA in a long time!!

                              Looking forward to the next release, keep up the good work!

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                              • ivanI
                                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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                                  Vykranth @ivan
                                  last edited by

                                  Hiya,

                                  I don’t have the crash at exit I experienced intially.
                                  I did have one crash when changing from the classic skin to the modern silver sking but I cannot reproduce it anymore.

                                  I will try again later to see if I can reproduce it systematically.

                                  Thank for the early preview. As Sir Richard said, it has been a very long time since I reported a problem in PA.
                                  Keep up the good work

                                  Vykranth

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