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    Can you include .3MF to the list of re-compressible formats?
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    Can you include .3MF to the list of re-compressible formats? Its structure is similar to MS Office 2007 documents and Open Document Format. It is a ZIP Deflate archive with XML data and some JPG, and/or PNG pictures inside. Otherwise, if I try to compress .3MF it bearly makes it smaller unless I recompress .3MF to the Store setting then it makes it a lot smaller. Wish they all would move to 7zip ZSTD in the first place so that the optimized file size with FileOptimizer would be 50% of the ZIP Deflate version. And there would be no extra compression needed :)
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    Optimize archive on Context Menu
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    I noticed that the option to add the optimize archive function to the context menu is missing on Windows 10. Opening each archive with the interface in order to click it becomes tedious with many files. Same for others functions like Remove Archive Encryption
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    Support for Zstandard .zst/.zstd archives
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    It would be nice to be able to at least extract Zstandard archives.
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    Highlighting files and folders in Add modes
    PA_FanP
    I prefer to use light themes, and when, for example, I have set up my main archive screen to be Classic Toolbar with Blizzard Blue, files in the archive are highlighted (no checkboxes, full row select) with white text on grey background. They are easy to see . However, in the Add screens, the files and folders are black type upon a pale blue background, which is not so readily visible, especially when highlighting separate files in lists with Ctrl/Click for addition. It would be ideal if the backgrounds to files in these screens could be set to mimic the highlighting of those in the main archive window. I have tried experimenting with different themes and settings for skins, toolbars and so forth, but, unless I’ve missed something, none seem to give me the effect I want.
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    .BH in Windows 11 Context Menu
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    Re: Windows 11 Context menu support It would really make me happy if you put .BH in the Windows 11 context menu. I know it’s in the “More Options” section, but this would make it more convenient. Don’t know why the option to add it to the menu isn’t there in the first place. P-L-E-A-S-E ??? :) Thanks You!
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    paq9a support
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    Any chance of including this format in a future release? https://github.com/FS-make-simple/paq9a Exceptional compression levels. Thanks.
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    Windows Store Delivery (and ideally updates)
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    Now that the Windows Store is making support for non-UWP apps mainstream, including those with their own update delivery process, it would be nice to see PowerArchiver in the Windows Store going forwards - at least as a channel for the product to be available.
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    What features do you want in new format?
    spwolfS
    Tell us what features you want from new format…
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    Windows 11 Context menu support
    BigMikeB
    In Windows 11 a new explorer context menu is introduced. The “old” context menu may still be accessed through an additional mouse click, to reach the PowerArchiver context menu functions, but this isn’t comfortable at all. Could you add PowerArchiver items to the first level (and ideally disable the Windows native ZIP entry)
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    OneDrive for Business support
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    I’m surprised that OneDrive for Business isn’t supported. I can’t link my company’s OneDrive account, but a personal (free) account works fine.
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    Better handling for protected archives
    BigMikeB
    Hi, I’d like to propose an improvement for password protected archives. Actual behavior is: If I open an archive, which is password protected and make a typo in the password dialog, I’ll get the message, that the password was wrong and I end up with an empty window. I need to reopen the archive to be able to enter the password again. Improved behavior: Tell me, that the password was wrong and give me the chance to enter the correct password to decrypt the archive.
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    ZIPX: Add support for packing JPEG with specialized algorithm
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    Hello! I know I have been asking for this feature some time ago, but as nothing has changed let me ask again: The ZIPX-format offers an algorithm, that compresses JPEG-files by about 20-30%. Please add compression (packing) support for this in ZIPX-archives to Powerarchiver. Extraction of JPEGs packed into ZIPX by this algorithm is already supported by Powerarchiver for a long time, so it should not be difficult? Or is it a licensing problem? Thanks!
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    Better archive type handling with drag & drop
    BigMikeB
    Hi, I’d like to suggest, that the correct archive type is (always) selected, when adding files by drag & drop to an archive. This is already happening if the archive has the correct extension. For example, if I’m adding files to test.zip, zip will be selected. If I’m adding files to test.7z, 7z will be selected as format in “Add dialog”. But this won’t be working, if the archive has not the “right” extension. So XPI files (Firefox addons) for example are ZIP files. PowerArchiver opens them without any problems, but if I try to add file by drag & drop, PowerArchiver won’t auto select “ZIP”, but use the last selected archive format, while PowerArchiver already knows, that I’m trying to add files to a ZIP.
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    Elevation of UAC in Mounting Images
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    I love this, only there is one problem. The UAC elevation feature does not extend to Mount Image option in the add-on software PA provided. It is most annoying whenever I am on highest UAC settings and I mount an ISO, every time I open and create a virtual drive UAC appears. I also do not want to completely disable UAC. Is adding UAC elevation for mount image feature possible?
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    Bulkzip Nanozip (.nz) file format
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    The now defunct Bulkzip had Nanozip (nz) as an option this would be great to have for compatibility with my .nz files, so I don’t have to install Bulkzip separately.
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    Include Virtual Drive as standalone in the installer
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    Hi. I noticed that when I want to run the Virtual Drive for the first time inside the PowerArchiver Burner it prompts to download it form the internet. I was wondering, would it be OK to include this utility straight into the offline installer to be able to set it up locally? Thank you!
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    Suggestion to improve .pa format
    Brian GregoryB
    How about recognising a few more (or all) of the file formats that are basically renamed zip files and treating them is if they are zip files. For instance Android .apk files are just renamed .zip files. Libreoffice/Openoffice ODF documents are all, as far as I am aware, just renamed .zip files. (.odt, .ott, .ods, .ots, .odp, .otp, .odb, .odf etc.)
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    Folder navigation
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    I would like to make a further plea for my mouse’s backwards and forwards keys to work when navigating to and from files, just like they do in explorer. IIRC, I was told that this functionality would be added to v2019. Mni tnx.
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    Quake 1/2 .PAK file support
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    I use PA for everything, if I can. Would be really nice to maybe get built in support for Quake 1/2 .pak files. More info on the format, seems simpler than I thought: https://quakewiki.org/wiki/.pak
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    Find file in archive.
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    Would it be possible at all in some future version perhaps, to have a “find file” function? Reason I ask is that I was looking for a certain file I knew existed in an archive, but I had to unzip it then use another tool to find the file. It would have saved that extra step if that function existed in PA itself.
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    Extract to…. (missing option?)

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      doubledoom
      last edited by

      That option makes sense. However, if I add it as shell extension, it doesnt appear in the right click menu. The 3 other extract options do.

      It doesnt appear in main menu or submenu.

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        TBGBe @doubledoom
        last edited by

        @doubledoom:

        It doesnt appear in main menu or submenu.

        It appears as the item “Extract to xyz” where xyz is the archive filename.

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          doubledoom
          last edited by

          In the context menu it has:
          Extract to….
          Extract here
          Extra to current folder/filename

          In the configuration/shell extensions I have added:

          Extract archive to…
          Extract here
          Extract archive to subfolder
          Extract archive to filename (multiple archives…)

          So, you can see the context menu is missing that last one. If I remove the first three from being available, leaving just the last one, then no entry appears in the menu at all.

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            TBGBe @doubledoom
            last edited by

            Oh yes, you’re correct :eek:

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              spwolf conexware
              last edited by

              @doubledoom:

              I have a folder called extracted as my default extracted folder (d:/extracted).

              I would like the files extracted to be in a subfolder in that extracted folder when i use the right click/extract to option. However, I cannot see any option in the config to allow a subfolder to be created. i.e. d:/extracted/abcdef/

              This is useful if you are extracting multiple archives and dont want all the files to end up in the same root folder.

              Can you point me to the option that enables that or if it doesnt exist, please consider it for a future release?

              Thanks.

              Using PA2009b3 pro.

              where are the files that you are extracting located in?

              In D:\ or D:\extracted?

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                doubledoom
                last edited by

                where are the files that you are extracting located in?

                In D:\ or D:\extracted?

                The folder is d:\extracted. At the moment, it extracts them all into the d:\extracted. Ideally I would like it to be d:\extracted\zipnamefolder\

                That appears to be what the “Extract archive to filename (multiple archives….)” suggests should happen but that option doesnt appear in the context menu when you right click on the archive.

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                • spwolfS Offline
                  spwolf conexware
                  last edited by

                  Are you using 64bit windows or 32bit? In 32bit, it shows correctly…

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                    TBGBe @spwolf
                    last edited by

                    Good catch spwolf; as “Extract to \filename” only works in current folder, I thought doubledoom wanted an option to extract to the configured default folder in options?

                    Doubledoom - select more than one archive before right-click.

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                      doubledoom @spwolf
                      last edited by

                      @spwolf:

                      Are you using 64bit windows or 32bit? In 32bit, it shows correctly…

                      Vista x32 sp1. I just tested it on my x32 vista laptap as well with a clean install and same occurs on there.

                      oubledoom - select more than one archive before right-click.

                      still doesnt appear.

                      I thought doubledoom wanted an option to extract to the configured default folder in options?

                      yes. If you have the default extract location set to your chosen folder it will dump all files into that folder. However, that gets messy if you extract multiple archives. Hence they the option for creation of subfolders in the default folder is desirable.

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                        spwolf conexware
                        last edited by

                        i am confused :).

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                          TBGBe @spwolf
                          last edited by

                          If I am understanding correctly …

                          Configuration / Folders / Default Extract To = c:\testing

                          Multiple Archives in Folder = c:\download
                          Archive1.zip; Archive2.rar …

                          Requirement - Option in shell to extract, resulting in files
                          in subfolders
                          c:\Testing\Archive1
                          c:\Testing\Archive2
                          c:\Testing\Archive3
                          etc.

                          And not
                          c:\download\Archive1
                          c:\download\Archive2
                          c:\download\Archive3
                          etc.

                          I think :)

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                            doubledoom
                            last edited by

                            ok, lets try this again ;)

                            set a default extract folder called d:\extracted (drive and folder name doesnt matter as long as the you are setting a folder as your default).

                            If you want to extract files using the right click in explorer you have:
                            1 - Extract to…
                            2 - Extract here
                            3 - Extract to [subfolder in the current folder]

                            option 1 puts all the extracted files into the default folder but doesnt put them in a subfolder for each extracted archive. option 2 is not of use here. Option 3 does create a subfolder but not in the default extracted folder but the current folder.

                            There should be an option to have a subfolder created in the default extracted folder for each extracted archive.

                            The main benefit of having a subfolder created is that currently if you extract say five archives they all extract directly into the default folder. This can make it messy and can create issues for files of the same name. Whereas if a subfolder was created for each extracted archive it would be a tidy and manageable solution.

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                              spwolf conexware
                              last edited by

                              you can use drag and drop right click for extract to filename/ to achieve the same result. I know it is a bit more work, but it does work.

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                                doubledoom
                                last edited by

                                Perhaps I could suggest it is something to add to the wishlist. :)

                                for the queue function to work well, then subfolder creation would be a requirement for extraction.

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