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.
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.
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
Password Manager store
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How are the remembered passwords stored on the machine are they encrypted?
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Hi ttacox,
Yes, the passwords are encrypted, and stored within the Registry under the following Location’s.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PPM\NotSaved
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PPM\Saved -
Thank you Sir Richard ruler of the reg.
Do you know the level of encryption at which it is stored at for e.g. AES256 or similar.
I am interested to know if its good practice to say yes to this in a corporate environment. -
No Problems ttacox,
The encryption method used for PPM is 256-bit AES.
For more information on the PPM and the types of encryption methods used by PowerArchiver download the latest version and search the Help file this should help you make a decision.
My personal experience is that the Encryption for both zip’s,7zip etc used in PA PPM and PAE are more than secure for Corporate Environments as I personally use them all the time. I have yet had a problem with it nor have had anyone who can crack the files.
Obviously, if someone has the resource and determination they can crack most types of encryption.
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Thank you Sir Richard ruler of the reg.
Do you know the level of encryption at which it is stored at for e.g. AES256 or similar.
I am interested to know if its good practice to say yes to this in a corporate environment.If actual machines are compromised, then obviously someone can crack the PPM passwords.
So if actual security of machine is in question, obviously you do not want to store passwords locally.
Is it simple? Apsolutly not.
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Spwolf I agree,
An example I use is to store my passwords on a USB Stick and have a clearing program to run daily on my local machines. Where I work we use biometrics with randamised encryption for user profiles so security is high not as high when I worked in the nuclear section mind!
But the rule of the thumb is dont store passwords locally, Have them encrypted elsewhere and constantly run clearing programs to clear tracks and registry strings and remember to make a long worth while password that would not be easy to guess or hack using standard password hacking programs.
But your rite! its not simple.
