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
Which installer is used for PA?
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Which installer software is used for PA?
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PowerArchiver 2004 uses Inno-Setup, version 4.2.5
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thanks for the info ;)
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Can I ask why the developers of PA chose InnoSetup, instead of say Nullsoft Installer ?
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Never tried Nullsoft.
We are using InnoSetup for a quite long time. It has been very stable and easy to use so far and has nice support for many languages.
We also have MSI installations available for our registered users.
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We also have MSI installations available for our registered users.
And what Development Software do you use to create MSI Setup ?
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I’m a registered user, how can I get the MSI installer? It isn’t on the download page.
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Never tried Nullsoft.
We are using InnoSetup for a quite long time. It has been very stable and easy to use so far and has nice support for many languages.
We also have MSI installations available for our registered users.
Last time we checked, Inno Setup overall looked the best and performed the best, out of all Installers we checked - commercial or free. And since we have been using it for a long time, it is definetly our installer or choice.
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@NTFS:
PowerArchiver 2004 uses Inno-Setup, version 4.2.5
BTW
currently newest version is 4.2.7 -
Maybe currently they are using 4.2.7 … ;)
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Inno Setup 5.06 is out now ;)
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… but PA 9.11.01 still using 4.2.7 :)
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then it is time for an update ;)
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Why PA needs 2 installers (msi and InnoSetup)?
Why you don’t want to make only one setup: MSI ? :rolleyes:
regards,
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What are the advantages of MSI installer?
Inno Setup is smaller. -
@NTFS:
Why PA needs 2 installers (msi and InnoSetup)?
Why you don’t want to make only one setup: MSI ? :rolleyes:
regards,
InnoSetup is easier, faster and better for end user. MSI is only important if you are deploying over multiple computers (and even then InnoSetup is simpler).
To actually make an SFX MSI (installshield or similar), it would end up being much larger than Inno Setup. While with .msi files, you might have comptability issues on some computers.
In fact, on my computer I have several MSI setups that dont want to uninstall anymore (several different applications), which makes an huge mess.
So to sum it up, for normal user, InnoSetup is much more effective than MSI. Only reason to use MSI is because some administrators are used to it when deploying PowerArchiver on hundereds/thousands of computers.
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BTW
I hope next version of PA will update to the newest Inno Setup version ;)
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BTW
I hope next version of PA will update to the newest Inno Setup version ;)
it already is…
