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    MSI release?
    J

    I’m looking forward to deploying PowerArchiver 2023 to my users. Can you tell us when the MSI will be available for download and distribution?

    Thanks.

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    Missing Icons
    LuxorL

    Just tried using the Modern (Windows 10) Icon set and seeing a few missing icons in both PowerArchiver Burner and PowerArchiver Encryption screens . They are all there in the Minimalistik icon set and the only difference I can see is the former is blue and the latter grey. In version 22.00.9

    powerarc_2023-09-18_17-00-19.png

    powerarc_2023-09-18_17-01-05.png

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    Security vulnerabilities in 7zip / Update for PowerArchiver and PACL libraries?
    BigMikeB

    Hi there,

    there were some security issues fixed in 7zip:
    https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1165/
    https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1164/

    As it seems, that PowerArchiver and PACL use the 7zip libraries, could you please update them to the latest version?

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    Virtual Drive
    E

    Hi,

    From where I get PAVD2023.EXE? PowerArchiver 2023 tries to open it.
    But it seems, it tries to download PAVD2021.EXE.

    Thanks

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    Better ZPAQ support
    W

    I noticed that the version of ZPAQ used is older than the latest released 7.15 https://mattmahoney.net/dc/zpaq.html also there seems to be a newer fork that adds several features https://github.com/fcorbelli/zpaqfranz

    It would be useful to implement this latest version (it also maintains the same syntax and behavior as the latest official release if used the -715 flag) and add when opening a zpaq file a choice of the version of the files to show (e.g. as dummy folders represented the various versions present). Since any previous changes are stored with this format, it is possible to extract a snapshot of a certain date/version.

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    Bug with "Encrypt Archive" action
    W

    If I open a password-protected zipper file (created with WinRAR but I think that’s irrelevant), open it with PowerArchiver and run “Remove Encryption” on the same file, then reopen it and add a password with “Encrypt Archive,” the resulting archive will be protected with the old ZipCrypto algorithm and not AES as indicated.
    (this can be verified, for example, by trying to open the archive files with Windows Explorer, which does not support the AES algorithm)

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

    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 memory crash with 7zip

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    • S
      steiale
      last edited by

      Hi there,

      once again… :)

      You had this issue solved in last version and here it is again in the new version.
      But this time I found the reason I hope.

      Doing my packups with 7zip of a directory. In this directory are also zip files. Whenever PA reaches the zip files that shall be compressed with 7zip it crashes with the error that the hdd is full or the directory not writable.
      Unfortunately the workaround to change the compression level does not work anymore. So again no backups. :confused:
      The backup with zip instead of 7zip doesnt even start. Only creates a huge progessor gain.

      Regards, alex

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      • spwolfS
        spwolf conexware
        last edited by

        how many files total, both size and count, are to be backed up? thanks

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        • S
          steiale
          last edited by

          Sorry for the delay…

          9.6gb, 122000 Files and 13000 Folders…

          In the previous version it worked very well…!!

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          • spwolfS
            spwolf conexware @steiale
            last edited by

            try turning off optimized compression and see if it helps.

            As to the zip, try waiting a bit - i think it is not crashing but it is taking time to build an list of files to be compressed…

            thanks

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            • S
              steiale
              last edited by

              Didn’t work either…

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              • spwolfS
                spwolf conexware
                last edited by

                waiting a bit didnt work for zip?

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                • S
                  steiale @spwolf
                  last edited by

                  How long…? Waited for 20 Minutes…

                  Something was changed for the new release I guess… :(

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                  • S
                    steiale
                    last edited by

                    Even in the new update the error occurs. Any new ideas?

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                    • spwolfS
                      spwolf conexware
                      last edited by

                      nope, nothing has changed… we have tested internally and we can not reproduce… we will try more.

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                      • S
                        steiale
                        last edited by

                        Is there any more Information I can give you…

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                        • S
                          steiale
                          last edited by

                          Would it help if I change backup type from normal to full?

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                          • spwolfS
                            spwolf conexware
                            last edited by

                            i dont think so… try changing some other options to see if something else might be affecting it.

                            We have just tried creating backup from 20 GB/77,000 files and everything worked properly.

                            Try breaking that backup into 2 different backups - does that help?

                            thanks!

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                            • S
                              steiale
                              last edited by

                              Two different jobs or just split files?

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                              • spwolfS
                                spwolf conexware
                                last edited by

                                two different jobs… see what happens then?

                                thanks!

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                                • spwolfS
                                  spwolf conexware
                                  last edited by

                                  we believe that this issue has been fixed in Beta 1, please check it out and let us know if it works properly.

                                  thanks!

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                                  • S
                                    steiale @spwolf
                                    last edited by

                                    Problem still exists. No improvement here…

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                                    • spwolfS
                                      spwolf conexware
                                      last edited by

                                      well then it is some other issue :-).

                                      so it happens only when zip files are there?

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                                      • S
                                        steiale @spwolf
                                        last edited by

                                        I splitted the same Folder in 4 jobs and it worked…

                                        SAME FILES…!!!

                                        Folder in 1 job crashes…

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                                        • spwolfS
                                          spwolf conexware
                                          last edited by

                                          is there an difference now between different compresion levels in 7zip? solid/non solid?

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                                          • S
                                            steiale
                                            last edited by

                                            Didn’t check yet. I just did a check with the same settings as the 4 jobs just in 1 job.

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                                            • spwolfS
                                              spwolf conexware
                                              last edited by

                                              can you try compressing same folder via shell extensions, manually (not in backup), with same compression settings… does that work?

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                                              • S
                                                steiale
                                                last edited by

                                                I uninstalled it. ALL backups didn’t run with errors solved in the last version. Did a rollback hoping things to work again.

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                                                  steiale
                                                  last edited by

                                                  Dear PA Team,

                                                  I don’t know how you are tesing. Maybe I should be one of your beta testers.

                                                  Did the rollback. Some old backup jobs work, some don’t. How can this be? Right click works. pbs does not work. I just don’t know what your QA is doing.
                                                  Look I am trying to use the tool as a daily backup tool. Wasn’t it ment that PA can do this too?
                                                  Somehow with every new verson bugs in doing backups get bigger…
                                                  Very disappointing…!!!

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                                                  • TBGBeT
                                                    TBGBe @steiale
                                                    last edited by

                                                    @steiale:

                                                    …Maybe I should be one of your beta testers…

                                                    You are (as are the rest of us using it) - PA 2010 is a beta.

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                                                    • spwolfS
                                                      spwolf conexware @steiale
                                                      last edited by

                                                      @steiale:

                                                      Dear PA Team,

                                                      I don’t know how you are tesing. Maybe I should be one of your beta testers.

                                                      Did the rollback. Some old backup jobs work, some don’t. How can this be? Right click works. pbs does not work. I just don’t know what your QA is doing.
                                                      Look I am trying to use the tool as a daily backup tool. Wasn’t it ment that PA can do this too?
                                                      Somehow with every new verson bugs in doing backups get bigger…
                                                      Very disappointing…!!!

                                                      two big 7zip backup issues were solved in this version, and we cant reproduce issue you have so you have to help us somehow :-).

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                                                      • spwolfS
                                                        spwolf conexware
                                                        last edited by

                                                        Can you please post your pbs file here?

                                                        I have tried many situations to reproduce this but could not, we simply need more information. I have tried compressing 200,000 files and 80 GB of data and backup worked fine.

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