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Good morning,
I have been using all compression programs for over 20 years, I have always found Winrar very easy to use when I create a self-extracting archive, even 7-zip is simple, “right click” and “create self-extracting archive”, because on powerarchiver it must be like this confused ?
It doesn’t just create the archive, it opens a page where I have to select the file again, what kind of archive, which folder to create it, etc … you should learn from your competitors how to make life easier! -
Converting an archive to .zip (using both the “Deflate (.zip, compatible)” and “Store” compression methods) always creates a .zipx file instead.
pa-convert-zip-1.jpg
pa-convert-zip-2.jpgUsing the “Store” method sometimes creates a .zip file; I have seen it happen just now, but I cannot reproduce it.
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Hi,
So refer this screenshot:
image_2020-12-30_115129.png
The properties panel that you see, is what I tried to compress, using PA, with following settigs:
Extreme Strong optimize
https://forums.powerarchiver.com/assets/uploads/files/1609079025475-image_2020-12-27_195344.pngThe process was stuck at 0% with no progress for over 8 Hours:
PA.png
Then the usual, clicking will make it go not responding.
So, I could not get the files compressed using PA.
I tried 7zip, and it worked, so that’s 1 issue.
PA shows incorrect original(before compression) size of total contents.
Refer the first screenshot.
folder’s size is shown correctly in 7ZIP
but not in powerarc.this happens with every archive, whether they are compressed in PA or not, whether it has only 1 file, or multiple files inside multiple directory.
Neither does the archive property panel shows original content’s size.
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Hi,
So my rig is as below:
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4720HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz (Turbo 3.7GHz)
RAM: 16 Gigs DDR3
Samsung SSD 860 EVO
Windows 10 pro for workstations x64, freshly installed on 22nd Dec 2020, and updated.
PA freshly downloaded on same day, so it’s 2021 x.x.62 versionPA Stuck.png
Issue and reproduction:
If you start a compression, and if it’s mid way anywhere or even started, and you try to cancel it, the window will get stuck there, another click or key press will make the window not responding, then, and more will make windows to collect logs for crash, and the process will be terminated by windowsOn the other hand.
If the process is mid way, and if you try to pause it, the compression, CPU utilization, RAM usage will stay/increase as if the compression if still going on, the whole process will take it’s course, instead of doing what we clicked on.
So, both pause and cancel buttons are useless.
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I recently installed PA 2021. But the PowerArchiver Starter, for my backups, keeps running at high CPU usage, I have to keep killing it, its running about 46% constantly.
I have Windows 10 Pro, 20H2, build 19042.662
Any ideas would be helpful.
Thanks
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Just installed 2021 v20.00.63
Now, when I add to queue, with or without using always use queue.
The powerarc starter opens up in notification bar.
and that’s it, no matter how many files I add to queue, no compression will start.
I also cannot double click or right click the icon.
If i end task for this, and disable queuing, compression works fine, just that I have to manually start individual tasks.
it’s quite ironic that you guys took whole year to fix one issue, in this versions, which completely broke the queuing feature.
Did you guys test it before releasing?
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Hi,
You can obtain the original file from here:
https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/in/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/lenovo-y-series-laptops/y50-70-notebook-lenovo/80ej/59428436/cb32343883/downloads/driver-list/component?name=Power%20Management
For Lenovo Y50-70 win 7 x64 bit, power management, get lenovo energy management
Run the exe it will extract the installable drivers to C:\drivers
I tried to compress the whole folder using PA using following parameters:
Extreme, strong optimize.
image_2020-12-27_195344.pngThis resulted in negative compression.
However same file is compressed by 7zip alpha, with positive compression:
PA Negative compression.png
I understand that there are different algorithms, parameters used, and totally different software with unique sets of logics programmed, but see if compression algo can be optimized for such files.
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Over the last few months, I’ve been trying to track down the cause of a hanging bug in PA.
I have found a reliable test case (on my computer at least).I am trying to extract the folders/files from: https://github.com/codereader/DarkRadiant/releases/download/2.9.0/windeps.7z
By selecting both folders, then dragging over to a Windows Explorer window on another HDD.
I’m not sure what causes this but this just doesn’t do anything, progress bar appears, but nothing happens.
PA shows about 5% CPU utilization and I’ve left this going all night and it never does anything.
It doesn’t always happen, but this morning this is reliably failing for me.
The folder I’m dragging to is under Git source control, but this also happens when dragging into other folders also, but not always, sometimes it works.If I do a regular extraction and use the dialog box to select the location to extract to, that always works.
Windows 10 64bit Pro 20H2 (19042.630)
Ryzen 3900X
Anti Virus is built in Windows Security only.I captured a dump of the running process if that helps: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WLzHG_fOAMtzGMMFLHlIElnQXhsoPyYd/view?usp=sharing
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I have just installed 2021, but seems to have similar issues to 2019. If you move the app between differen monitors (with different resolutions) the app does not automatically adjust accordingly, so on one monitor I have the app is too big for the screen, whereas on another monitor it only takes up a small fraction of the screen.
This was worse with 2019, where the fonts were totally screwed up, making the app unusable. This seems better in 2021, but still not working properly. -
Hi.
I have noticed after updating PowerArchiver through PatchBeam to 20.00.63, after the installer finished and I recheck for updates, it still tells me that I have version 20.00.62 installed and prompts to download 20.00.63 again.
This also happens when I install from the offline setup file powarc200063.exe ( https://powerarchiverdl.cachefly.net/2021/powarc200063.exe ). It still installs version 20.00.62 and the process goes over and over again.
Also, in PowerArchiver About screen I see version 20.00.62 but in Programs and Features in Windows 10, version 20.00.63 is displayed as being installed.
Can someone check and see if they experience similar behavior?
Thank you!
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When I double click on a file within an archive the file gets temporarily extracted to being opened with the external program. When I now go back to the windows explorer and want to open another archive while the file from the first archive is still being extraceted, a new window of power archiver opens and immediatly closes. It opens and closes the new window repeatedly until the extraction of the file from the first archive is completed.
I use the option that power archiver opens a new tab when another archive is opened.
This happend with version 20.00.60. I wanted to update it to 20.00.63 as shown in the update window but it just updates to 20.00.62. It still shows that 20.00.63 is available but never seem to update to that version. The bug still exists though.
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I have some large zip files (~ 40 MB) with a lot of html files. When I double click on one of them in the archive, it takes a long time (eg 20 sec) for the file to be extracted and opened in the browser.
I am using version 19.00.59.
I discovered that the root cause of the problem is that all the files in the archive are extracted to the temporary dir before the selected file is launched.
It does not appear to happen with other file types (such as pdf) nor when dragging a html file into the browser.
I think I recall this issue being raised by someone else, but could not find it.
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On PowerArchiver 2021 (20.00.60) and windows 10, Both options in the windows explorer shell extension, “Compress to …zip” and “Compress to …zipx” create a .zipx file. ¿Its this intended?
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My slow ring still reads as 19.00.59… will it ever offer an update to 2021 or is that something I must do manually?
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Hello there,
I was installing-uninstalling and reinstalling PA 2021 due to another bug when I noticed a minor popup “bug” if it is considered a bug, regarding application association with recommended formats.
During PA installation you get to choose those options
Installation 1.pngI have ticked Associate PA with recommended formats
Installation completes and when you open PA the defult theme is Windows Ribbon.
When I changed it to Classic Theme, PA restarts for changes to take effect and then I get the below popup (Sorry I have a greek system)
It asks: Do you want PA to associate with recommended formats now?
Options: Associate for all users and Never show again.
Popup 2.pngI could swear that once I was changing themes and icons all the time to see which one I prefered and also toggling PA.exe to run as admin and windows compatibility mode and got this popup twice or tripple times.
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If I the Configuration > View > Standard > Disable Tabs option is checked, when double clicking inside archives on files supported by the internal viewer (PDF, JPEG etc.) they are opened in associated application rather than on a new tab in PA internal viewer, which is expected behavior.
Next, if the Configuration > Miscellaneous > General > Reuse PA Windows is unchecked, when double clicking on archives associated with PA in Explorer they are opened in new PA instance when there is another one already running, which is expected behavior.
But when Configuration > View > Standard > Disable Tabs option is checked AND Configuration > Miscellaneous > General > Reuse PA Windows is unchecked, when double clicking inside archives on archive files they are opened in the same instance of PA with no way to get back to the parent archive. I would expect, that when the user doesn’t want to use tabs AND want to use multiple PA instances, that in such case double clicking on archive located inside another archive, the second one would open in a new PA window. -
I’ve made the sections of the output bold to indicate where the typo is.
Version 7 output
Commands:a : add files to archive (default)
u : update files to archive
h : freshen files in archive
m : move files to archive (files only)
d : delete files from archiver : recurse subfolders
Version 9 output…
p|P : store relative Pathnames|store full Pathnames
PP : store full Pathnames including drive
c[0,1,2,10,11,13,15,17,19,l,p,w,b,d,z] : set compression level
(0 - store; 1 - normal ; 2 - maximal)
(10 - store, 11 - super fast, 13 - fast, 15 - normal, 17 - max, 19 - ultra
(l - use LZMA, p - use PPMd, w - use WavPack, b - use BZIP2, d - use Deflate
(z - use optimized compression method based on file exstension)
g : create Solid archive (7Z format only)
Commands:a : add files to archive (default)
u : update files to archive
h : freshen files in archive
m : move files to archive (files only)
d : delete files from archiver : recurse subfolders
P : store full Pathnames
PP : store full Pathnames including drive
p : store relative Pathnames
c[0,1,2,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,u,l,p,w,b,d,z] : set compression level
(0 - store; 1 - normal ; 2 - maximal)
(10 - store, 11 - super fast, 13 - fast, 15 - normal, 17 - max, 19 - ultra
(l - use LZMA, p - use PPMd, w - use WavPack, b - use BZIP2, d - use Deflate
(o - use LZMA2
(u - use pLZMA4, f - use ZSTD, k - use PPMd_sh, e - use Deflate64
(z - use optimized strong compression method based on file exstension)
(x - use optimized fast compression method based on file exstension)
(m<filters|methods> - use custom set of filters and methods for .PA archive
y[r|b|d|x|p|d] - filters reflate, bcj2, x64flt, rep, delta
ypc<size> - custom rep c size
ypm<size> - custom rep mem size
yrx<size> - custom reflate zlib level (1-9)
yt{x} - number of threads
ya - debug mode
mt : set multithreading on
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I’ve found a bug when extracting files from a 7ZIP file, specifically when you tell PowerArchiver to extract only some files and folders from it. This is where the bug exists. You can tell PowerArchiver to extract only certain files but then it proceeds to extract the whole file and not just what you wanted.
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Sorry if I’m asking this in the wrong place.
Can Powerarchiver create images of entire drives (e.g. C: system drive) to create drive image backups?
Thanks,
Tim
Cannot run backup
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G’day, mates. I used to run PA 10.22 on Win XP SP3 and the backups were fine. When I upgraded to 11.03, the old pbs files will start the process for powerarc.exe, the main window appears briefly, then disappears and the process just sits idle w/ 0% CPU.
If I open the main interface & try to create a new backup file, I type the name into the dialog, then after OK, it returns to the main window. No file is created.
I’ve tried re-install/uninstall several times to no avail. When I return to 10.22, everything works as expected again. How can I fix this? Thanks!
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G’day, mates. I used to run PA 10.22 on Win XP SP3 and the backups were fine. When I upgraded to 11.03, the old pbs files will start the process for powerarc.exe, the main window appears briefly, then disappears and the process just sits idle w/ 0% CPU.
Not sure if PAv10 pbs files are compatible with PAv11 - but if they can’t be run, you should be able to edit them.
By the way, do you have PAv11.03 or PAv11.02.03 :p
@kalaroo:If I open the main interface & try to create a new backup file, I type the name into the dialog, then after OK, it returns to the main window. No file is created.
Do you mean the name of the pbs script - or of the actual archive? May be a silly question but have you tried different names?
I do not have these problems on WinXP SP3…
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G’day. I am using PA 11.01.03. I’ll check for an update. Yes, even if the PA 10 pbs scripts aren’t compatible, I should be able to create a new one. I was typing the name of the pbs script in the dialog box but nothing new is created. I tried several different names.
My work computer is WinXP SP2 (not that different from SP3) and was also running PA 10.22. I upgraded that to PA 11.01.03 but it’s working fine there!
I suspect Win has some crud somewhere that’s preventing this update from working but cannot debug it further w/o guidance.
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G’day. I am using PA 11.01.03. I’ll check for an update.
Should be 11.02.03
@kalaroo:I should be able to create a new one. I was typing the name of the pbs script in the dialog box but nothing new is created. I tried several different names.
Checking basics - Also check that you have write permission on the folder to store the pbs and the Windows\task folder (PA writes here for scheduling).
@kalaroo:My work computer is WinXP SP2 (not that different from SP3) and was also running PA 10.22. I upgraded that to PA 11.01.03 but it’s working fine there!
I suspect Win has some crud somewhere that’s preventing this update from working but cannot debug it further w/o guidance.
PA settings are stored in windows registry. A bit desperate - don’t do this if unsure (and be sure to backup registry first) - but you could try uninstalling (again); reboot; and then delete the PowerArchiver key/folder from the registry.
[ HKEY_Current_User/Software/PowerArchiver ]
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I can confirm that you cannot create the PowerArchiver script files (.pbs) with version 11.02. After you type the name (the name does not matter, short names, long names, names with no spaces, etc) and click OK nothing else happens. Neither the .pbs file is created nor the next window opens, so basically the backup function does not work.
This happens in two different installations in, both, Win XP and Win 2K.
It does NOT happen with version 10 (I have a U3 copy), in the same installations.
Yeah, I have write permissions. This is the PRO version. I paid for it, no trial, etc, etc…
Yeah, this is a bug.
Thanks for fixing this.
PS. SP3 in WinXP / SP4 in W2K
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I can only repeat that
@TBGBe:… PAv11.02.03 …
I do not have these problems on WinXP SP3…Also on two different PCs :confused:
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Until spwolf (or Millie or Ivan) jumps in let’s try to identify the difference between our setups …
- Both my installs are upgrades from earlier v11 (not from v10) installs.
- I don’t use ftp (should not matter, but still… ).
- I don’t have Queue (PAstarter) running.
- I don’t have networked drives (but do have USB drives).
Anything “jump out” to either of you?
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Another thought …
On both PCs I use PC Tools Security Suite.
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- upgrade from previous versions too (version 10.xx and previously version 9.xx and beyond). I have not tried uninstalling and re-installing but OP already said he tried that to no success.
- dont backup to ftp
- dont use queue
- dont have network drives either and I do have USB drives
Use AVG paid in XP and Avast free in W2K (I boot several OSs in this laptop). Use Comodo FW 2.4
Win XP has WinZip 12 and also 7Zip but partition with W2K has just PA.
I repeat, backup feature works well with PA version 10 in both partitions.
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Two questions:
1. how exactly are you starting new pbs (there are several different ways to start new backup)? Step by step please.
2. where are you trying to save those PBS files (full folder path)?
this will help us troubleshoot the issue and deliver solution faster…
thanks!
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Thanks for answering. To your questions:
1. how exactly are you starting new pbs (there are several different ways to start new backup)? Step by step please.
A > You can try at least 3 different ways, with the same results:
- File > New > New backup script
- Backup > Create/Edit (CTRL-P)
- From the backup Window
2. where are you trying to save those PBS files (full folder path)?
A > By default PA offers “My Documents” as a place to save the script. You can try saving the new file there or in another folder, in the end they are not created.
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filename doesnt matter either? test.pbs wont work?
Can you try saving test.pbs in C:\test please?
thanks!
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and what language version is this? English, German?
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English, OS’es are English too.
Tried uninstalling, cleaning the registry, booting and installing new. Same results, even with version 11.00.
It’s funny but if you uninstall version 11.xx and then right after, install version 10.22 every thing works fine, no reboot needed.
Version 11.xx has a key in the registry called Scripts which is empty but version 10.22 does not have this key.
PS: Tried German version (11.02) and the issue remains. Also nothing changes if I try saving the script in c:\test (file its never created)
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I installed PA 2007 (after uninstalling version 2009) in another folder. Then installed PA 2009 in the default folder. Both programs run apart from each other but the Backup function works only in PA 2007 (10.22)
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So this is on English XP, with PA 2009 11.02 installed in C:\Progream Files\PowerArchiver?
We will try to reproduce it on our test setup in the lab tomorrow…
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this is on 32bit Vista, right?
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So this is on English XP, with PA 2009 11.02 installed in C:\Progream Files\PowerArchiver?
We will try to reproduce it on our test setup in the lab tomorrow…
As I explained in one of my first posts, this happens in both English versions of Windows XP and Windows 2K (installed in the same computer). In both cases PA is installed in C:\Program Files\PowerArchiver
I have been looking at the entries in the registry, comparing 11.02 and 10.22 but cannot find any significant difference. I also wanted to use 10.22 dlls with 11.02 but I have to unregister (and then register) these libs and I do not have the time to further mess with the system.
Will try to test it in another computer later.
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This must be an issue with another program (s) currently installed or that was once installed in the system.
I tried version 11.02 in a Win XP SP2 relatively new installation and the backup feature works well, it even creates the script in a deeply nested folder and also using very long file names (with blanks).
Or perhaps a service that is not running. Do you need any service for this feature? Or which dll deals with it?
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if you are talking about simply creating pbs script and not even getting wizard interface, then it really does nothing but create an file and then starts editing it… as simple as that…
do what are the differences in software installed? Maybe turn off everything you have running on computer with issues and then see what happens?
thanks!
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I don’t have much running, antivirus and firewall. I will switch them off and let you know, later, because I am at work now.
I shut down services that I do not use all the time and have scripts that start them up when I need them, this is why I asked you if the wizard needs any specific running service.
As I said, and also the other poster, the script file is never created and the wizard dialog box never opens. I noticed that with version 10.22 the script file is written to disk even if you do not proceed further with the wizard, so it must be a function calling “create a file” or something similar.
PS: Anyway I decided to revert back to PA 10.22 in W2K to be able to run the backups. WINZIP has a wizard too, so I can live without this.
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hm, in Comodo, if yo use proactive security, when you click on New Backup, screen will pop up asking you if you want to allow program (PA) to launch another process from itself (or something like that)… if you blocked this, creating new PBS will not work…
Thats the only way we could reproduce this… so check out your Comodo firewall settings… in our case, it pops up big notice every time it blocks something so it would be hard to miss.
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To help answer some questions about my system, I posted some details at the bottom. I actually wiped my system yesterday b/c I noticed that the monitor power-off hadn’t been working in a couple of months.
The monitor problem previously occurred about a year ago which coincided w/ my computer not understanding how to use a USB external hard disk. It kept having a problem until I re-plugged it in after Windows booted. The Windows re-install fixed that too…
So now the backup screen appears fine in PA 11.02.03 and I will try to run a backup tonight. I apologize that we won’t be able to get further information from my system about this but until I saw Tattenbach’s reply today, I didn’t know that anybody else had this odd problem.
- Windows XP SP3 - English 32bit
- ZoneAlarm firewall (latest as of today)
- Avast 4.8 anti-virus
- PA queue disabled
- full admin rights to all drives & folders
No anti-virus or firewall alerts were seen when this problem occurred, so I agree that it’s probably related to the registry or some dll roaming around.
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hm, in Comodo, if yo use proactive security, when you click on New Backup, screen will pop up asking you if you want to allow program (PA) to launch another process from itself (or something like that)… if you blocked this, creating new PBS will not work…
Thats the only way we could reproduce this… so check out your Comodo firewall settings… in our case, it pops up big notice every time it blocks something so it would be hard to miss.
There is no alert form Comodo about PA (or any part of it) when I click on create new backup. In fact there is no alert either for PA 10.22 and this version works well. This does not mean that I had not previously blocked a popup and checked the ‘don’t ask again box’ for a particular component only present in version 11.xx.
I could not test anything yesterday, sorry did not have the time. I will try again tonight.
It seems this is going to be difficult to solve, because there are not many users having this issue (kalaroo is free from it now, after reinstalling). Again, it is not a big issue for me for the reasons I mentioned yesterday.
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yeah, lets try turning it off and see what happens (Comodo)… it might be something else so we would like to solve the issue.
thanks
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No positive results shutting Comodo Firewall down (program and service).
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No positive results shutting Comodo Firewall down (program and service).
There is great program called DLL Show:
http://www.gregorybraun.com/DLLShow.htmlRun it and check what runs under powerarc.exe. We can see what dll’s are attached there and thats pretty much the only way we can troubleshoo this.
You can send the log in txt for via email or attach it here as zip… email support at conexware . com.
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thanks!
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There is great program called DLL Show:
http://www.gregorybraun.com/DLLShow.htmlRun it and check what runs under powerarc.exe. We can see what dll’s are attached there and thats pretty much the only way we can troubleshoo this.
You can send the log in txt for via email or attach it here as zip… email support at conexware . com.
Sorry for the late response, I have been very busy. I will have a look at DLL Show tonight. Process Explorer should also work. I will reply asap.
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OK, sent the e-mail minutes ago
