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.
Files with 0kb
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I have an evaluation copy of PawerArchiver. I have some .zip files with compressed .xls files within. When I extract them, they appear to uncompress, but the resulting files have no data and no size (0kb).
When I try Winzip or WinRAR, they say that the compression method is unknown. I have had the same problem with several files recently. All have been emailed to me by different people.
Any help appreciated.
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Welcome to PowerArchiver forums!
Thank you for evaluating PowerArchiver.
it seems that those zip archives are corrupted. This can happen if archive is delivered via e-mail. What is the size of .zip file?
also, it may be encrypted with some unsupported algorithm.
try redownloading it.thanks,
Serhiy
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Thanks Serhiy.
The files range in size from a few hundred KB to 10MB. I have tried downloading the file from the email, with no luck. I will try talking to my ISP.
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in some cases PowerArchiver Repair feature may help. You are welcome to try…
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Another possibility is that they were created using WinZip 11 - and so not actually using the ZIP format, but ppmd ….
I think only WinZip can unpack those at the moment … -
Thanks TBGBe,
This is exactly right. I downloaded an evaluation of WinZip 11 and this solved the problem.
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Another possibility is that they were created using WinZip 11 - and so not actually using the ZIP format, but ppmd ….
I think only WinZip can unpack those at the moment …Cripes! You mean that the zip file specification does not contain information an unpacker can use to figure out that it cannot handle the format so it can tell the user a nice informative message?
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Cripes! You mean that the zip file specification does not contain information an unpacker can use to figure out that it cannot handle the format so it can tell the user a nice informative message?
you mean Cripes! 2 companies are extending format on their own and now ZIP can mean anything… Currently “specification” has deflate, deflate64, ppmd (1,2), bz2 (1,2), lzma, and 2 different AES implementations.
So seeing an “zip” format, really does not mean much anymore. I can understand addition of AES, but everything else is just tacked on to make it different.
It is annoying me greatly but of course, two can play the game <evil grin=“” inserted=“”>.</evil>
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you mean Cripes! 2 companies are extending format on their own and now ZIP can mean anything… Currently “specification” has deflate, deflate64, ppmd (1,2), bz2 (1,2), lzma, and 2 different AES implementations.
I know nothing about the zip specification - I just figured that there would be some algorithm ID or signature field in the zip header that would let programs know what they should use to decompress the contained file. And if the signature was unknown to a program, it could indicate that to the user in an error message.
If that doesn’t exist or is unreliable, then certainly there’s not much that PA can do about it. But it’s still a little disappointing, especially as the zip format has been extended more than once so you’d think that this issue might have been given some thought by whoever was doing the extending.
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I know nothing about the zip specification - I just figured that there would be some algorithm ID or signature field in the zip header that would let programs know what they should use to decompress the contained file. And if the signature was unknown to a program, it could indicate that to the user in an error message.
If that doesn’t exist or is unreliable, then certainly there’s not much that PA can do about it. But it’s still a little disappointing, especially as the zip format has been extended more than once so you’d think that this issue might have been given some thought by whoever was doing the extending.
well problem is that you need to program extensions if you want them to be recognized.
and then what to say - for instance, would someone at WinZip write “download latest PowerArchiver to view this file”?
It is not an simple question, I just dont like how zip today has nothing to do with .zip just 2 years ago.
Imagine an outcry if MS called their new office format .doc so all the people with older software would end up confused on why cant they open it…
