Hi everyone, some good news about PowerArchiver… I’ve managed to get in touch with the original developer of PowerArchiver, Ivan Petrovic, and he has confirmed that the product is not dead or abandoned, in fact it is still very much alive! There has been a hiatus over the past months for various reasons, but that we should expect to see stuff coming through in the coming months (hopefully the next 2 months).
The Windows 11 context menu for PowerArchiver on normal files (to be compressed, etc.) is now showing multiple tiers with two identical menus. See attached captures of the issue:
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Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 24H2
OS build 26100.2605
Hello!
I’ve just created SFX-Archives both from ZIP and 7z-Archives and none has an Icon as it seems.
I use the new version 22.00.11.
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Basically I used powerarchiver context menus to zip up a folder then i used windows 11 own built in zip extractor via the context menu to extract all and this is where it throw up a fault. , I’m using windows 11 .
The file that was a problem in the zip that windows 11 could not extract was iva “babe” cotton.jpg
I know it has non standard quotes in it.
However I had winrar on the computer and tried the exact same method with their context menu compress to zip and then I extracted the file with windows own extract all context menu and it had no problems. This indicates that powerarchiver is doing something different with iva “babe” cotton.jpg compressing to zip.
Then I changed iva “babe” cotton.jpg to iva babe cotton.jpg and compressed it with powerarchiver and then tried it with windows 11 extract all and had no problems. It looks like powerarchiver is doing something to that one file that has quotes in it.
Please note that powerarchiver extracted both zip files with no problems, only windows built in zip extraction had the fault. Reason I’m letting people know in case they send zip files with special characters in files names to people who do not have powerarchiver.
When will a fix be implemented?
On installing the program I am getting the error message:
"Unable to execute file c:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\pashutil.exe
CreateProcess failed: code 2
The system cannot find the file specified"
This can’t be right!
I am using the latest official build of Windows 11
Buttons are not properly aligned on About screen.
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Buttons not aligned on configuration window.
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New version:
PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.10:
Download:
https://u.powerarchiver.com/pa2023/powarc220010.exe
New build for some bug fixes and issues - full list to come with new update. Please test and see if you have any issues.
Thanks everyone for your assistance!
New version:
PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.11:
Download:
https://u.powerarchiver.com/pa2023/powarc220011.exe
New build for some bug fixes and issues - full list to come with new update. Please test and see if you have any issues.
Thanks everyone for your assistance!
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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I had a large .tar file (a backed up WSL) and I want to delete a few directories and their contents from it using PA2023.
PA just destroys the whole archive as soon as I try to delete a directory, leaving it in a state where PA2023 won’t even open it any more.
I tried several times and also tried compressing it to .tar.xz instead - same result.
This should either actually work, or it should say operation not supported and do nothing.
Hello!
The regular version of PA 2023 is out for over 6 months now, but there is still no sign of the portable release.
(When) will there be one?
Thanks!
Hello!
Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
(When) do you plan to release one?
Thanks!
Win 11 64 bit
I have some archives which have been encrypted, using the encrypt option either in pbs or when interactively creating a zip. When I open these, and look at files, I am asked for passwords, which I know, and then can view items or decrypt the files in the archive (tools>decrypt files).
However, when I use the Actions>Remove Archive Encryption (whether using the same zip or asking to write another), the routine shows progress bar to the end, but then just hangs i.e. “OK” never activates. All process information shows this stalled/hanging.
What can I do to sort this out?
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.
Help with MFC-based plug-in
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We have an internally-developed archive format that I would like to write a PowerArchiver plug-in for (which would also be for internal use only). The class that handles the archive file is MFC-based, and so I have started with an MFC DLL project. Using example source from Total Commander’s site, I believe I have the basics in place for an “operational” plug-in (OpenArchive, ReadHeader, ProcessFile, CloseArchive). But, when I add the plug-in to PA and then attempt to open a file with the plug-in’s associated extension, PA returns with the error dialog “PowerArchiver cannot open this file. It does not appear to be a valid archive.” I’m not well-versed as to the best way to attempt to debug the plug-in and see what might be going wrong. Can anyone share some skeleton source for a working MFC-based plug-in that I could use as reference? Thanks.
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Did you try looking at current TC plugins, most of them come with source:
http://www.totalcmd.net/that should help you. Also, make sure plugin is entered properly in PA.
thanks,
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I did manage to get a plug-in up and working by using some of the shared source you pointed me to as a starting point. I do have a couple more questions, though:
1. GetPackerCaps never seems to be called. Does PA make use of this function? Reason being, I implemented DeleteFiles and added PK_CAPS_DELETE to the return value of GetPackerCaps, but PA still does not let me delete a file from my archive. I even tried removing and re-adding the plug-in from within PA first, but no luck. Does PA allow for plug-in formats to be modified (delete, freshen, add, etc.)?
2. I have need, under certain circumstances, to prompt the user for input during file extration. Currently, using AfxMessageBox, the message dialog is displayed and responds to keyboard input, but not mouse input (busy cursor is shown and no clicks are allowed). Is there a better way to handle this? Or is this somthing that I should not be doing altogether? (EDIT: This appears to only occur when dragging the file from PA and dropping it into the desktop or other Explorer window. Extract by double-click, or the Extract dialog works fine.)
Thanks for your help. PA’s plug-in architecture has saved me from having to write a GUI front-end myself.
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1. PA currently does not support everything. I will check with our dev team if that particular function is used. We planned to implement more for next major release, but our plate is sooooo full right now :-).
2. Will check as well.
I am glad someone is making use of it :P.
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One more (at the moment): I managed to determine that I needed to put my plug-in and settings.ini into a BH archive, then rename it as a .ppf in order to get PA to auto-install it. Using the settings.ini from the existing plug-ins as a guide, I was able to get the plug-in set up for a single extension. Is there a way to do multiple extensions from one settings.ini? I’ve tried:
[General]
File=myPlugIn.wcx
Format1=ex1
Format2=ex2
Format3=ex3But only the first extion is assigned to the plug-in. Any way to pull this off currently? Thanks again.