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    • Config settings doesn't impact PA behaviour...

      pirrbe

      PA2023 Win10, (same problem with older releases but never reported)
      PA Soft is installed on partition D. (exclusive for installed progs)
      Then I created on my partition G: the folders as configured in PA Settings ‘Folders’.

      0fcf1b09-1b91-4b74-b250-f8cf908a3348-Ashampoo_Snap_maandag 20 maart 2023_11h54m34s.png

      Screenshot 2023-03-20 121152.png

      The problem : Any activity on PA is saved in these folders…
      PA ignores them and still use the default settings. Whats wrong ? Regards, Pirrbe

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    • Missing pdf markups in pdf preview

      L

      I am still using Powerarchiver 2022 and it does not show pdf markups in the preview. Is there a setting to get version 2022 to show pdf markups in the preview? If not, does this work in version 2023?

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    • Question about PA Files...

      T

      The question that I have about PA archives is what happens if say ConeXware, as a company, dies in the future? What happens to any PA files that are created today? Can these files be decompressed with a copy of a PowerArchiver that can no longer phone home to the mothership thus can’t be registered or activated?

      I mean, I can understand that new PA files wouldn’t be able to be created if the program isn’t registered but what about an un-registered copy because well, the question that I posed above?

      It’s questions like this that make me not want to store anything really valuable in PA files out of fear that I, at some point in the future, might lose access to said data inside those files. OK, 7ZIP might not be able to compress as heavily as PA but at least it’s open source and any 7ZIP files will still be able to be read and decompressed ten, twenty, or fifty years from now.

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    • Functions in Windows 11 context menu no longer work after last Windows Update

      T

      For some reason, the PowerArchiver functions in the Windows 11 context menu no longer work after the last Windows Update. Only the functions in the classic context menu function as they should.

      I’ve tried uninstalling PowerArchiver and using RevoUninstaller to remove all bits and pieces that were left behind and did a clean install of PowerArchiver, it didn’t fix the issue. Other items in the Windows 11 context menu work.

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    • Multi Extract doesn't extract in parallel in Windows 11

      Z

      Is this a known problem? Is there a fix coming? This is a primary reason I buy PA.

      I’ve tried both methods I know to extract multiple zips at the same time. 1) Multi Extract feature in the GUI. 2) In Windows File Explorer, select multiple zips, right click, use PA context menu to Extract or Extract To…

      Is there a setting I missed? Or maybe it really is processing in parallel, but I can’t detect it? Nothing tells me in the Processes in Task Manager that multiple PA extracts are running. And my CPU, memory and disk resources do not look like a lot of extracts are running.

      I’m using PA 2022 Standard version 21.00.18 on Windows 11 Pro version 10.0.22621 Build 22621.

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    • Functions in Windows 11 Context Menu don't work in some directories

      P

      In the latest version of PA, on W11 (latest build/SP) when you try to use the first level context menu - NOTHING HAPPENS (particularly when you do this from Downloads or Documents folders) - however I noticed that it DOES WORK when you use the context menu from the Desktop. Going to the second level context menu does work however.

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    • PA 2023 Preview versus PA2022

      pirrbe

      Is the version Preview 2023 also considered to be tested by the testteam ? In the past we got messages in the forum for testing out version x.x, to be downloaded by fastring, or I missed the one for 2023. (I discovered 2023 on the official web…)
      CU, Pirrbe

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    • Missing virtual driver in Patchbeam

      pirrbe

      PA 2023 22.00.08
      Long time no seeing. So I start up the new year with a first problem : the virtual driver cannot be installed. Reason : it is missing in the Fast Ring PatchBeam Update Service…
      Virtual driver PA 2023-01-28 152607.png
      It seems a standard problem with new releases :-)
      Can I have a link or can it be fixed. Thank you. CU later

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    • How to get a registering code?

      N

      Hi there, been a user since 13 years now and in past whenever I had a problem or question I could email, however since 3 weeks it seems like everybody is dead?

      Anyway, as kind of a last resort, I post this email a 4th time but in this forum instead now, in the hope for help:
      "This is the 3rd time I am emailing you guys as I am missing a working code for the preview of Power Archiver 2023

      Can you please help me? I am a 13 years lasting customer of yours, and I am shocked thatr for whatever reason my support tickets are ignored now, why?

      thanks in advance!
      All the best!
      Joerg"

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    • File Explorer Shell Extension crash on Junction

      W

      Re: Explorer.exe Crash on right click

      This appears to be happening again with the Power Archiver 2022 shell extensions.

      When I have Use Explorer Shell Extensions enabled in Power Archiver Configuration and right-click on c:\Users\username\Start Menu, (hidden Junction file), File Explorer crashes.

      I have version 21.00.15 (03/2022) 64-bit installed in Windows 10 Version 21H2 (Build 19044.1826).

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    • PA 21.00.18 Action / Test behaves oddly for me on .PA files

      Brian Gregory

      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.

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    • PA 21.00.18 testing via context menu causes extraction of files

      D

      When the function for testing archives is invoked via the shell context menu (PowerArchiver > Test) then all the files in the archive get extracted to the current folder.

      The test dialog reports as many errors as there are files in the archive but it fails to give any hint as to which files are supposed to be erroneous or what the nature of the problem might be. Comparing the extracted files to the originals shows no differences at all.

      The .7z in question was produced with maximised compression settings in 7zip (taking forever but resulting in smaller archives than .7z produced by PowerArchiver with maximised settings). Therefore I wanted to see whether PowerArchiver can at least test .7z that it produced itself. Hence I had PowerArchiver convert a .pa with the same contents to .7z. There weren’t any errors reported but the resulting .7z contained fewer than half of the files contained in the .pa (137 of 366), so I scratched that test.

      Performance is abysmal when testing via the context menu (e.g. almost 2 minutes for testing a .7z that 7zip tests in 4 seconds), but that is most likely due to the fact that the extracted files are written to disk. Testing the same .7z in the PowerArchiver GUI takes only 8 seconds but causes the mysterious appearance of a UAC dialog, as reported elsewhere.

      The testing function is vital because PowerArchiver has a history of producing archives that it cannot unpack without errors or that do not conform to the respective file format standards (e.g. ZIP) so that other programs report them as erroneous.

      The point of creating archives is that the files in them will most likely have to be extracted at some point. If the extraction cannot be guaranteed to produce correct results then the whole program is absolutely pointless. Actually, worse than pointless - it causes data loss and hence damage.

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    2009 B4: PBS Keeps Creating Empty Folders

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    • MarcFou
      MarcFou last edited by

      Not a major issue but annoying to a degree. With Beta 4 (and previous releases) PA keeps creating empty folders in my documents.

      Documents\Backups
      Documents\Backups\Scripts

      I store, save, open, edit and run all my scripts from another location (D:\Computer Resources\PA Scripts) and every time I perform any PBS action, PA re-creates those folders in Documents.

      On a related note starting with 2007, on Vista, PA insists on creating empty folders in: C:\ProgramData

      C:\ProgramData\ConeXware\PowerArchiver\Skins
      C:\ProgramData\ConeXware\PowerArchiver\Plugins

      I have PA installed in C:\Programs\PowerArchiver
      And the Skins and Plugin folders are present in the program directory. This is where all my skins and plugins reside. Yet like PBS, the empty folders keep getting recreated. If I install a plugin or skin, the subfolders of the application are used. Not the empty ones that keep getting created in C:\ProgramData

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      • spwolf
        spwolf conexware last edited by

        not fixed, wrong info… not sure what we can do about it, yet.

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          davidsplash last edited by

          this is standard in most software of this type it creates standard folders for your backup scripts. have you ever noted that when you install windows you also get empty folders thats for the same reason. what you can do is manually delete these folders. You can not expect powerachiver to not do the same. it can not creat then uncreate folders for the different functions it needs to store baised on user choice. that is a wish not a bug

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          • MarcFou
            MarcFou @davidsplash last edited by

            If I delete the folders and open, save, edit and run my scripts from another location PA should not recreate the folders on every launch.

            Im not asking PA to store or remember my preference. Simply stop re-creating the folders that I have to keep deleting.

            When you create a script your prompted to specify a location to save it. So why then would PA need to re-create the folders on each run? If PA didnt prompt to specify a location to save the scipts then I would agree with you because where else are they going to go? But thats not the case.

            It should follow the creation of archives, sfx etc. Via preferences. Either use the ‘specifed default folder’ or use the last open/save. Scipts seem to be the only thing that dosent adhere to this and further, creates folders on every app launch?

            Maybe a clue where the problem is…
            Just as a test I renamed the following reg key.
            [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]Personal to Personal1

            Deleted the ‘Backups\Scripts’ folders and ran PA. I created a new script and the save path defaulted to the desktop and no folders were created. With everything said, I still think its is a bug.

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            • spwolf
              spwolf conexware @MarcFou last edited by

              @MarcFou:

              If I delete the folders and open, save, edit and run my scripts from another location PA should not recreate the folders on every launch.

              Im not asking PA to store or remember my preference. Simply stop re-creating the folders that I have to keep deleting.

              When you create a script your prompted to specify a location to save it. So why then would PA need to re-create the folders on each run? If PA didnt prompt to specify a location to save the scipts then I would agree with you because where else are they going to go? But thats not the case.

              It should follow the creation of archives, sfx etc. Via preferences. Either use the ‘specifed default folder’ or use the last open/save. Scipts seem to be the only thing that dosent adhere to this and further, creates folders on every app launch?

              Maybe a clue where the problem is…
              Just as a test I renamed the following reg key.
              [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]Personal to Personal1

              Deleted the ‘Backups\Scripts’ folders and ran PA. I created a new script and the save path defaulted to the desktop and no folders were created. With everything said, I still think its is a bug.

              it is not that simple - yes you are prompted to save the file, but if there isnt an reccomended folder to save to, you wont be able to save there :-).

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              • MarcFou
                MarcFou @spwolf last edited by

                @spwolf:

                it is not that simple - yes you are prompted to save the file, but if there isnt an reccomended folder to save to, you wont be able to save there :-).

                But why is it necessary to keep creating these folders?

                I follow what you mean by a reccomended folder. In that case why cant the reccomended folder simply be documents? Or the last open/saved folder as per preferences? If I create a new archive, sfx etc. PA uses a reccomended folder - but it dosent create new folders.

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                • spwolf
                  spwolf conexware @MarcFou last edited by

                  @MarcFou:

                  But why is it necessary to keep creating these folders?

                  I follow what you mean by a reccomended folder. In that case why cant the reccomended folder simply be documents? Or the last open/saved folder as per preferences? If I create a new archive, sfx etc. PA uses a reccomended folder - but it dosent create new folders.

                  for backups, reccomended folders are different, so it is easier for people to find and manage their backups.

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                    MarcFou @spwolf last edited by

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                      Banquo @spwolf last edited by

                      It took me a while to track down what program kept creating these folders, but I finally discovered it was Powerarchiver. I really do not like this behavior; I don’t even use this program for backups or whatever these scripts are. I just use it to create and extract archives.

                      I really hate it when programs clutter up my Documents folder. I’m using the latest version, 11.03 but I can’t any way to disable this. I’m just going to go back to using an older version until this is stopped. Please at least give us an option to turn off this feature. :(

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                      • spwolf
                        spwolf conexware last edited by

                        so 11.03 is still creating them even if you are not using backup? well that should not happen.

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                          Banquo @spwolf last edited by

                          Well it’s not doing it now. I just upgraded to 11.03 so maybe it was created by 11.02 right beforehand and I hadn’t noticed. It seems to be taken care of now though. Thanks for fixing that; it’s hard to keep the clutter out of My Documents anyway so every little bit helps. :)

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                          • spwolf
                            spwolf conexware last edited by

                            we were not aware of it creating folders when not using backup, but we did fix something that might be related in 11.03… let us know if few days if they still not appear…

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                              Banquo @spwolf last edited by

                              The folders just showed up again when I launched it. I had launched it over and over when I made my last post and it didn’t create the folders, but a few hours have passed and it made them on the first launch this time. It seems to be creating them on a schedule. I deleted the folders and launched it again and this time it didn’t make them, but I suspect if I wait a while again it eventually will.

                              I don’t know if it matters that I upgraded from 11.02 instead of doing a fresh install of 11.03 but it might be worth mentioning. I’m also running Windows XP SP3.

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                              • spwolf
                                spwolf conexware last edited by

                                so folders are still being created? and you have no pbs backup running ever?

                                It would be much easier if you could just post new post instead of editing old one, since thread does not get an bump when you edit so we didnt know that you replied…

                                We will check this out for next release!

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                                  Banquo @spwolf last edited by

                                  Since updating to version 11.03.04 the folders have not appeared anymore. :)

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                                  • spwolf
                                    spwolf conexware last edited by

                                    good, we tested it a bit and could not get it to appear… thanks!

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