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.
Hello!
Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
(When) do you plan to release one?
Thanks!
If I compress a folder to a .pa using right click, Compress to folder.pa and use the new Windows 11 menu then the Options, Configuration, Miscellaneous, Use normal relative path setting is always enabled.
But I like this option disabled so I have to use the old style menu in order to get PA to compress a folder in the way I wish.
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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PA 22.00.09
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PA 22.00.09 shows a nag screen, when I try to open some setting windows. I have already PA 2023 Toolbox and PA shows, that it’s licensed in the info dialog.
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PA 22.00.09
Some labels in the help toolbar are not translated:
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I’m looking forward to deploying PowerArchiver 2023 to my users. Can you tell us when the MSI will be available for download and distribution?
Thanks.
Hi there,
there were some security issues fixed in 7zip:
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1165/
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1164/
As it seems, that PowerArchiver and PACL use the 7zip libraries, could you please update them to the latest version?
Hi,
From where I get PAVD2023.EXE? PowerArchiver 2023 tries to open it.
But it seems, it tries to download PAVD2021.EXE.
Thanks
I noticed that the version of ZPAQ used is older than the latest released 7.15 https://mattmahoney.net/dc/zpaq.html also there seems to be a newer fork that adds several features https://github.com/fcorbelli/zpaqfranz
It would be useful to implement this latest version (it also maintains the same syntax and behavior as the latest official release if used the -715 flag) and add when opening a zpaq file a choice of the version of the files to show (e.g. as dummy folders represented the various versions present). Since any previous changes are stored with this format, it is possible to extract a snapshot of a certain date/version.
If I open a password-protected zipper file (created with WinRAR but I think that’s irrelevant), open it with PowerArchiver and run “Remove Encryption” on the same file, then reopen it and add a password with “Encrypt Archive,” the resulting archive will be protected with the old ZipCrypto algorithm and not AES as indicated.
(this can be verified, for example, by trying to open the archive files with Windows Explorer, which does not support the AES algorithm)
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.
Extracting winzip11 archives
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is it a known issue that files from winzip11 archives (compressed using the “optimized for best compression” option) cannot be extracted with PA 10.2 b4?
it won’t even acknowledge the problem. if i ask it to test the archive, it tests only one file in it and report the archive is valid. it extracts only that file no matter what i do.
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compressed using the “optimized for best compression” option
So what compression is it using?
If Bzip2 or PPMD then PA does not support that compression format in a Zip file! -
yep, it wont work since it is not actually an zip archive. WinZip added their own formats to zip and it is not compatible with PKWARE standards.
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yep, it wont work since it is not actually an zip archive. WinZip added their own formats to zip and it is not compatible with PKWARE standards.
Actually, not true.
The latest PK app note includes both PPMd and BZip2 as compression methods. Their latest software also supports BZip2 as a compression method. Although PPMd at this stage seems to be excluded.
Sooner or later, your lack of support for these methods will begin to impact your product.
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Actually, not true.
The latest PK app note includes both PPMd and BZip2 as compression methods. Their latest software also supports BZip2 as a compression method. Although PPMd at this stage seems to be excluded.
Sooner or later, your lack of support for these methods will begin to impact your product.
it is exactly what I said. They added their own formats to zip specifications to make everyone else incompatible.
It is as if 7zip wasnt 7z, but author adding lzma compression to zip format. Would that be fine? I dont think so.
p.s. isnt there also sound compression format in WZ as well? :-)
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it is exactly what I said. They added their own formats to zip specifications to make everyone else incompatible.
It is as if 7zip wasnt 7z, but author adding lzma compression to zip format. Would that be fine? I dont think so.
p.s. isnt there also sound compression format in WZ as well? :-)
Well actually, the zip specification does allow LZMA as a compression method just like it allows PPMd.
It’s called progress.
All the compression methods are documented and there is nothing stopping you from supporting them. Unless, of course the 3rd party compression engine that you are using, makes this difficult. It’s a competitive world out there, and unless you are happy with the proprietary WinRar format (PPMd based) becoming a standard, then you will have to get used to newer and better compression methods for zip emerging now and again.
At least they are free to implement!
