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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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    PAE file issue

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      Paz last edited by

      Hi there, am new to these forums.

      I created a PAE file (encrypted) containing folders from my old laptop (Win XP) that had issues.

      I’ve recently needed these files and tried to open the PAE file on my new Vista laptop, however upon opening the file it just shows as a “10+” under a plain file icon.

      The file properties of this file shows “File Size: ?” and “Ratio: ?” as if it cannot recognise it.

      When trying to extract this ‘file’ I get a message that says “Unknown encryption method”

      Any ideas?

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        TBGBe last edited by

        @Paz:

        … however upon opening the file it just shows as a “10+” under a plain file icon.

        The file properties of this file shows “File Size: ?” and “Ratio: ?” as if it cannot recognise it.

        When trying to extract this ‘file’ I get a message that says “Unknown encryption method”

        Most important - are you saying that PA accepts the password OK?

        Do you remember what version of PA you used to create it? (If you always keep up to date - maybe how long ago it was?).
        What type of archive did you encrypt?
        What is the file size reported by windows of the PAE file?

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          Paz @TBGBe last edited by

          Hi mate,

          To be honest I can’t specifically remember creating a PAE or a ZIP - something messed up and it changed the extension of the file. But I always created PAE so am 99.99% sure it was a PAE - when I change the extension to a ZIP it doesn’t recognise it at all, and when I change it to the PAE that I am sure it was - then it doesn’t show any error and goes straight into the file (not asking for any password).

          It was a long time ago, so I probably created it using 2007 or so and am now trying 2009 to open it - could this be something to do with it?

          The file contents are various other PAE files!
          File size is 63.2MB

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          • TBGBe
            TBGBe @Paz last edited by

            @Paz:

            Hi mate,

            To be honest I can’t specifically remember creating a PAE or a ZIP - something messed up and it changed the extension of the file.

            I am not sure what you mean by “it” - that changed the extension. If not done bu the user, that usually only happens with disk cleaner/recovery utilities - but then to “tmp” etc. The only time PowerArchiver changes the extension is when the user uses it to Encrypt an archive and create the PAE file (and entering a password).

            @Paz:

            But I always created PAE so am 99.99% sure it was a PAE - when I change the extension to a ZIP it doesn’t recognise it at all, and when I change it to the PAE that I am sure it was - then it doesn’t show any error and goes straight into the file (not asking for any password).

            If PowerArchiver does not ask for a password, then it is not a valid PAE file. Changing the file extension doesn’t change the contents.
            @Paz:

            It was a long time ago, so I probably created it using 2007 or so and am now trying 2009 to open it - could this be something to do with it?

            The file contents are various other PAE files!
            File size is 63.2MB

            If it was created using a release version of Powerachiver then that is not the problem. I was just asking (in a roundabout way) for confirmation that you did use PA to create the file.

            A (valid) PAE file will be an archive file (Zip, 7z, Tar, Gzip etc) that was created first and then encrypted as it only works on single files. If PA does not ask for a password then the file is not a PAE file and you need to determine what file type it actually should be. Even with multiple PAE files as the contents, you would have to create a single file (e.g. TAR file) first to encrypt again.

            Otherwise, it “was” a real PAE file that has been so corrupted as to be unreadable - but that would mean the contents are not retrievable.

            This is why you should only use encryption if you test/verify immediately after creation before deleting anything(and keep alternate/multiple backups as well).

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              spwolf conexware last edited by

              or it could be corrupted if it was stored on cd/dvd media especially.

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