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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…
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It seems a standard problem with new releases :-)
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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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In PowerArchiver 2023 22.00.06 configuration, the option labelled “Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts” seems to be redundant.
I am only allowed to change this option when PA Starter is disabled, and then it seems to be ignored.
When I enable PA Starter this option is forced to the enabled state.
I think it’d be good to remove “Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts” completely. I’ve always found it confusing having both options.
Added later: However i don’t particularly want to use queue but I do like having the PAStarter icon in my tray area.
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W10 Pro 22H2 - 64 -bit
PA 22.00.06 (PA 2023)
It has been the case with previous versions of PowerArchiver, but I had hoped that the latest might behave differently. Not so, I’m afraid.
I have, for various obscure reasons, created a few .pa archives, mainly in the hope that they will save me some more space. From time to time, I use the “Test” option to check that important archives are OK and uncorrupted.
With every .pa archive I’ve tested, the process runs through OK but then reports that there are errors. This is always the number of files in the archive e.g. if 11 files, then 11 errors reported.
In the .pa, I can:-
preview the files (usually PDF) extract some or all files and look at or use them convert the .pa to a .zip or .zipx archive, which then works fine and tests without errorsIs it the case that the Test routine isn’t designed for .pa archives, or is there another reason? Although the .pa seems to function properly, despite the test reporting errors, I would like to be sure that every .pa is OK and not “broken”.
Some of the .pas are quite old and produced with earlier PA versions (they are truly “archives”). If I extract all the files in the old .pa, create a new, fresh .pa and add back the files to that, then test the new, no errors (at least in the .pa I’ve tried this on) are reported. This would suggest a mismatch between old .pas and newer versions of PA itself.
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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!
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See the, supposedly, blank space where the green box is? It’s like that in Modern Light theme too. I can toggle it, but it’s missing text or shouldn’t be there I guess?
Thanks :)
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Dear @Alpha-Testers and all of our users,
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Please let us know here if you have Mac and can test latest builds.Features implemented:
PowerArchiver 2020 - tabbing, opening, extracting, adding, testing, favorite folders, support for multiple languages, opening via Finder, explorer mode, installer.
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To start testing, please sign up here in this thread, and we will send you latest build.
thank you!
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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.
PA can't extract; xxx does :|
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download the new version of PerfectDisk, the defrag utility:
http://ftp.raxco.com/pub/download/pd70/pd70ds.exethen try to extract it with PA (9.0.2.1)…it will fail, saying: “Error in ZIP structure. Continue?”
the operation won’t go on.when you use xxx, it will smoothly extract the file…
bug?
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Please try not to advertise our competitors… :p
and thanks, we will check it out…
p.s. this is possibly zip sfx with bad (non-updated) header that PA can not read due to… bad header… we will still check it out
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Please try not to advertise our competitors… :p
and thanks, we will check it out…
p.s. this is possibly zip sfx with bad (non-updated) header that PA can not read due to… bad header… we will still check it out
come on, spwolf! we’re on PA forum…surely, I’m not going to go on TV saying that!
how else could I have said that?anyway…check it out and fix the bug! ;)
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It’s a SFX, CAB file and it does work with the latest alpha. :)
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It’s a SFX, CAB file and it does work with the latest alpha. :)
happy to hear that…unfortunately I’ve got no access to alpha builds…so I must wait for the bug to be fixed in a public release…
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another similar issue found.
download the latest eTrust EZ antivirus here:
ftp://213.35.101.4/pub/myeTrust/apps/EZAntivirus.exeit’s again a self extracting cab archive.
try to extract it wit PA…and the operation will fail.
Win***, on the contrary, makes it smoothly.are you going to fix it in the next release?
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Not to worry, it’s already been fixed in the alpha. :)
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just to state that with the latest 9.10.06 the two files I mentioned here are correctly decompressed! :)
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just to state that with the latest 9.10.06 the two files I mentioned here are correctly decompressed! :)
See, good things come to those who wait. :)
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an ealier version of pa before it was shareware had a feature which detected the struction of a archive and told you what it was. i tried it on the file and it correctly told me ir was a cab sfx
thought this feature should be included with pa again
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an ealier version of pa before it was shareware had a feature which detected the struction of a archive and told you what it was. i tried it on the file and it correctly told me ir was a cab sfx
thought this feature should be included with pa again
Isn’t that just under properties? Although, I do agree there should be more information listed. But, that’s on the wishlist.
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Isn’t that just under properties? Although, I do agree there should be more information listed. But, that’s on the wishlist.
Yes, it is unrelated post, however FYI that feature was removed because it did not support a lot of newer archives not did that component have support for Delphi 5 when we moved to it long, long, long time ago :-).
Problem has been solved, I am closing the thread.
thank you,
