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    • Support for Zstandard .zst/.zstd archives

      Z

      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_Fan

      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

      C

      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

      R

      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)

      TheAndyMac

      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?

      spwolf

      Tell us what features you want from new format…

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    • Windows 11 Context menu support

      BigMike

      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

      Z

      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

      BigMike

      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

      A

      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

      BigMike

      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

      F

      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

      D

      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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    Backup exclude filter for directories and auto shutdown requested

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      robert2098 last edited by

      Hi,

      I’m happily using PA2009 Beta 5 Pro and I’m using the backup feature to backup my important files. It works great but I want to request an exclude filter for directories (currently only files can be excluded).

      I need this because as a programmer, I’m developing C++/C# applications. When compiling, lots of temporary files are created in debug/release sub-directories. Of course I don’t need these (big) files to be included in the backup. Now I have to make exclude filters for all the separate files like *.o, *.pdb, etc. Just excluding all debug/release directories is much easier. Besides, I can’t make an exclude filter for all files like *.dll because I only want to exclude those from the debug/release directories and not those at other locations.

      Further it would be nice to have an auto shutdown feature, that shuts the computer down after the backup is finished. Then I can just start the backup and leave after a work day.

      Thanks.

      Robert

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      • spwolf
        spwolf conexware last edited by

        You can exclude folders, it was added by request via email (yours?). :-). I believe we explained how in the help, if not, let me know. That feature needs some testing too :)

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          robert2098 @spwolf last edited by

          @spwolf:

          You can exclude folders, it was added by request via email (yours?). :-). I believe we explained how in the help, if not, let me know. That feature needs some testing too :)

          That must have been someone else.
          The help file does not explain the filters. The help file only says this about the filters:

          “Filters” - advanced users can select filters to be used on folders added to the list. Please understand that backup filters work only on contents of the folders that you selected and not on files you specifically selected. This option is not required and you can proceed without setting it up.

          Is there some special syntax required to exclude directories? When I add “Debug” and “Release” to the exclude filters, it still includes those directories.

          Oh, it seems only the syntax “.ext" works in the exclude filters. Syntax like “file???.ext”, "file.” or a specific file like “file.ext” do still include the matching files.

          Regards,

          Robert

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          • spwolf
            spwolf conexware @robert2098 last edited by

            @robert2098:

            That must have been someone else.
            The help file does not explain the filters. The help file only says this about the filters:

            Is there some special syntax required to exclude directories? When I add “Debug” and “Release” to the exclude filters, it still includes those directories.

            Oh, it seems only the syntax “.ext" works in the exclude filters. Syntax like “file???.ext”, "file.” or a specific file like “file.ext” do still include the matching files.

            Regards,

            Robert

            you need to use “” to indentify folders…

            so it would be “\Debug*” I believe, check it out and let us know… thanks!

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              robert2098 @spwolf last edited by

              @spwolf:

              you need to use “” to indentify folders…

              so it would be “\Debug*” I believe, check it out and let us know… thanks!

              Thanks for the answer but it doesn’t work for me. I tried serveral forms with a slash:
              “\Debug”
              “\Debug*”
              “\Debug*”
              “\Debug*."
              “Debug”
              “Debug*”
              "Debug
              ”

              but none of them work :(

              Robert

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              • spwolf
                spwolf conexware last edited by

                \Debug should have worked, will check it on our side….

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                • spwolf
                  spwolf conexware last edited by

                  Please try with final pre-release version:
                  http://www.powerarchiver.com/test/re…arc1100rc5.exe

                  And let us know if this has been improved right away.

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                  • spwolf
                    spwolf conexware last edited by

                    it is debug* btw…

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                      robert2098 @spwolf last edited by

                      @spwolf:

                      Please try with final pre-release version:
                      http://www.powerarchiver.com/test/re…arc1100rc5.exe

                      If I click on the link I come to the page where I can only download RC1 instead of RC5. I tried to change the link manually to powarc1100rc5.exe but that doesn’t download the RC5 version.

                      Anyway in the meantime I tried the RC1 version with several variants of exclude directory syntax but it still doesn’t work for me :(. But I noticed that if I add “Debug*” as exclude filter, it first copies the whole lot to a temporary directory before archiving. But the Debug directories are still include in the backup.

                      Robert

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                        robert2098 @robert2098 last edited by

                        I found the correct link to RC5 in another thread so I tried it again. Started a new backup scrip and… it still doesn’t work for me :(

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                        • spwolf
                          spwolf conexware last edited by

                          without “” right?
                          It should work fine…

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                            robert2098 @spwolf last edited by

                            Yes without the “”. Because you said it should work, I retried it and got the same problem :( Then I tried a simple test case with only 2 files and it worked :confused: The syntax “Directory” works so the * is not required. Hmmmm….

                            So I tried some more scenarios and it seems a curious problem that happens only when you set the exclude filters after you ran a backup without filters. Coincidentally that was how I did it all the time before.

                            First, it seems only to happen with 7zip compression. With zip compression I didn’t see the problem.

                            To reproduce the problem, make a 7zip compression backup script with a directory to backup but has no exclude filters and run it. It creates a backup of everything as expected.
                            Then go back (restarting PA en reopening the script makes no difference) and add an exclude filter for a sub-directory of the directory to backup. Then run the script again. Instead of compressing it right away, it first copies the complete directory with sub-directories to the user’s temp directory and then does a full backup. The exclude filter does not work!
                            Now, in Windows Explorer, delete the created backup file and rerun the script. Now it compresses the files directly without first copying it to the user’s temp directory and the exclude filters now suddenly work. Very strange, why does it not work when it has to overwrite a previous backup file :confused:

                            The odd thing is that if I add the directory exclude filter right from the beginning, it works. If I then change/remove/re-add exclude filters, it works as expected (without the need to delete the previous backup file first). But if I first run it without directory exclude filters and then add exclude filters after the first backup, I first need to remove the previous backup before it works.

                            B.T.W. I’m using Windows Vista. I did not have the chance yet to test this scenario on Windows XP so I don’t know yet if this is a Vista only problem.

                            Thanks for your replies. I at least now know how to circumvent the problem.

                            Robert

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                              spwolf conexware last edited by

                              robert - it is not overwriting backups! It is updating them. Thats why you get the behaviour you mentioned - it is indended. If you want unique backup each time, use the timestamp features…

                              thanks!

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                                robert2098 @spwolf last edited by

                                Thanks. That explains it.
                                The same is indeed happening with the zip format, but in contrary to the solid 7zip format, the excluded files do not show up in the log window.

                                Many thanks.

                                Robert

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                                  spwolf conexware @robert2098 last edited by

                                  @robert2098:

                                  Thanks. That explains it.
                                  The same is indeed happening with the zip format, but in contrary to the solid 7zip format, the excluded files do not show up in the log window.

                                  Many thanks.

                                  Robert

                                  yep, thats because solid archives cant be directly updated, but they need to be extracted first and then re-created… Thats why they get so much better compression though…

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                                  • spwolf
                                    spwolf conexware @robert2098 last edited by

                                    closing this thread, if you find something else, open an bug report in tech support… wish granted!

                                    :)

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