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    anything planned for the future or is this software just dead now?

    Tech Support 26 days ago
    News/Update on PowerArchiver/Connexion in 2024
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    Hi everyone, some good news about PowerArchiver… I’ve managed to get in touch with the original developer of PowerArchiver, Ivan Petrovic, and he has confirmed that the product is not dead or abandoned, in fact it is still very much alive! There has been a hiatus over the past months for various reasons, but that we should expect to see stuff coming through in the coming months (hopefully the next 2 months).

    Tech Support Feb 27, 2025, 2:18 PM
    BETA PowerArchive 22.00.11 - Windows 11 Context Menu duplicated/additional tier
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    The Windows 11 context menu for PowerArchiver on normal files (to be compressed, etc.) is now showing multiple tiers with two identical menus. See attached captures of the issue:

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    Edition Windows 11 Pro
    Version 24H2
    OS build 26100.2605

    Tech Support Jan 19, 2025, 8:56 AM
    No Icons for SFX-Archives
    M

    Hello!

    I’ve just created SFX-Archives both from ZIP and 7z-Archives and none has an Icon as it seems.
    I use the new version 22.00.11.

    Zwischenablage_10-22-2024_01.jpg

    Tech Support Oct 23, 2024, 5:19 PM
    Zip extraction from windows 11 by windows
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    Basically I used powerarchiver context menus to zip up a folder then i used windows 11 own built in zip extractor via the context menu to extract all and this is where it throw up a fault. , I’m using windows 11 .

    The file that was a problem in the zip that windows 11 could not extract was iva “babe” cotton.jpg
    I know it has non standard quotes in it.

    However I had winrar on the computer and tried the exact same method with their context menu compress to zip and then I extracted the file with windows own extract all context menu and it had no problems. This indicates that powerarchiver is doing something different with iva “babe” cotton.jpg compressing to zip.

    Then I changed iva “babe” cotton.jpg to iva babe cotton.jpg and compressed it with powerarchiver and then tried it with windows 11 extract all and had no problems. It looks like powerarchiver is doing something to that one file that has quotes in it.

    Please note that powerarchiver extracted both zip files with no problems, only windows built in zip extraction had the fault. Reason I’m letting people know in case they send zip files with special characters in files names to people who do not have powerarchiver.

    When will a fix be implemented?

    Tech Support Oct 21, 2024, 7:18 AM
    Installer problem
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    On installing the program I am getting the error message:

    "Unable to execute file c:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\pashutil.exe

    CreateProcess failed: code 2

    The system cannot find the file specified"

    This can’t be right!

    I am using the latest official build of Windows 11

    Tech Support Oct 14, 2024, 6:37 AM
    Button alignment. About window.
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    Buttons are not properly aligned on About screen.
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    Tech Support Oct 7, 2024, 12:10 PM
    Button alignment on config window.
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    Buttons not aligned on configuration window.
    configbuttons.png

    Tech Support Oct 7, 2024, 12:09 PM
    BETA: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.10
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    New version:
    PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.10:

    Download:
    https://u.powerarchiver.com/pa2023/powarc220010.exe

    New build for some bug fixes and issues - full list to come with new update. Please test and see if you have any issues.

    Thanks everyone for your assistance!

    Tech Support Oct 7, 2024, 9:33 AM
    BETA: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.11
    S

    New version:
    PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.11:

    Download:
    https://u.powerarchiver.com/pa2023/powarc220011.exe

    New build for some bug fixes and issues - full list to come with new update. Please test and see if you have any issues.

    Thanks everyone for your assistance!

    Tech Support Oct 7, 2024, 9:32 AM
    Missing Icons
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    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

    Tech Support Sep 21, 2024, 10:33 AM
    THE SSL CERTIFICATE FOR *.POWERARCHIVER.COM HAS EXPIRED.
    Brian GregoryB

    @spwolf @Mili THE SSL CERTIFICATE FOR *.POWERARCHIVER.COM HAS EXPIRED.

    Tech Support Aug 14, 2024, 2:49 PM
    PA2023 22.00.09 trying to delete a directory from a tar file.
    Brian GregoryB

    I had a large .tar file (a backed up WSL) and I want to delete a few directories and their contents from it using PA2023.
    PA just destroys the whole archive as soon as I try to delete a directory, leaving it in a state where PA2023 won’t even open it any more.
    I tried several times and also tried compressing it to .tar.xz instead - same result.

    This should either actually work, or it should say operation not supported and do nothing.

    Tech Support Jul 8, 2024, 9:51 PM
    PA 2023: No portable version?
    A

    Hello!
    The regular version of PA 2023 is out for over 6 months now, but there is still no sign of the portable release.
    (When) will there be one?
    Thanks!

    Tech Support Jul 5, 2024, 5:04 PM
    PA2023: Portable version missing?
    A

    Hello!
    Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
    (When) do you plan to release one?
    Thanks!

    Tech Support Jul 2, 2024, 7:09 AM
    2024
    P

    Will you be releasing 2024 soon?

    Tech Support Jul 2, 2024, 7:07 AM
    PA 2023 Toolbox - 22.00.09 - Remove archive encryption
    PA_FanP

    Win 11 64 bit

    I have some archives which have been encrypted, using the encrypt option either in pbs or when interactively creating a zip. When I open these, and look at files, I am asked for passwords, which I know, and then can view items or decrypt the files in the archive (tools>decrypt files).

    However, when I use the Actions>Remove Archive Encryption (whether using the same zip or asking to write another), the routine shows progress bar to the end, but then just hangs i.e. “OK” never activates. All process information shows this stalled/hanging.

    What can I do to sort this out?

    Tech Support Feb 17, 2024, 10:53 AM
    Bug extracting from ZIP etc using Extract here with PA 22.00.09
    Brian GregoryB

    For example:
    Download this ZIP file: http://dslstats.me.uk/files/dslstats32W-6.5.zip
    Everything in the ZIP file is in a directory “dslstats32W-6.5”.
    However when I extract using right click “Extract Here” the name of the directory created is “2W-6.5” !
    I am running PA 22.00.09 on Windows 11. I have seen the same happen with some other kinds of archive too.

    Tech Support Dec 9, 2023, 3:02 PM
    Updates
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    Any updates going to happen for the bugs reported?

    Tech Support Dec 1, 2023, 8:24 AM

    Recipients unable to unzip compressed folders

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      dcoggin
      last edited by Apr 14, 2009, 4:44 AM

      I am a registered user but was unable to send a message to support because I got an error message that said I had not entered sufficient information.

      The last two times I sent zipped files to recipients (one e-mail the other a LogMeIn link to download from my computer), they were unable to extract the compressed files. I have been using one version or the other of Power Archiver for a long time and have never had this problem. The one that downloaded it from my computer downloaded it twice and had the same problem both times. The error message the recipient saw when trying to extract the files was:

      <local path=“”>Unknown method in <compressed filename=“”>. This repeated for each compressed file.</compressed></local>

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        spwolf conexware
        last edited by Apr 14, 2009, 11:08 AM

        maybe the file was corrupted during sending? Also make sure that both of you are using same version of PowerArchiver.

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          dcoggin @spwolf
          last edited by Apr 14, 2009, 12:55 PM

          This has happened with different recipients on the last two times I have e-mailed files and had people download files from my computer so I don’t think that they were corrupted (three different file exchanges – all the same result). When you asked if we were both using the same version of Power Archiver, that surprised me. Is the .zip format not universal? I doubt these other people are using any version of Power Archiver. Can’t a zipped Power Archiver file be reliably unzipped by Windows native unzip utility? It has been working in the past. Thanks for your help.

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            spwolf conexware @dcoggin
            last edited by Apr 14, 2009, 2:10 PM

            @dcoggin:

            This has happened with different recipients on the last two times I have e-mailed files and had people download files from my computer so I don’t think that they were corrupted (three different file exchanges – all the same result). When you asked if we were both using the same version of Power Archiver, that surprised me. Is the .zip format not universal? I doubt these other people are using any version of Power Archiver. Can’t a zipped Power Archiver file be reliably unzipped by Windows native unzip utility? It has been working in the past. Thanks for your help.

            ZIP format has many different versions. New PA 2010 introduced new zip methods which are compatible with zip format, but Windows native zip utility does not support them. They are supported by newer utilities such as PA 2010 or WinZip 12.

            So to make sure all your recipients can read your zip files, either tell them to download PA 2010, or use deflate method for compression.

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              dcoggin @spwolf
              last edited by Apr 14, 2009, 2:18 PM

              Is there a way to use PA 2010 to produce zip files that are readable by the native Windows utility? If not, can I downgrade to an older version that produced compatible files?

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                spwolf conexware @dcoggin
                last edited by Apr 14, 2009, 2:32 PM

                @dcoggin:

                Is there a way to use PA 2010 to produce zip files that are readable by the native Windows utility? If not, can I downgrade to an older version that produced compatible files?

                yes, as i said above, you need to use “deflate” as method… It is set by the default and you can select it manually in all of PA compression screens.

                Thats why it says “Deflate (Compatible)”.

                thanks,

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                  TBGBe @dcoggin
                  last edited by Apr 14, 2009, 2:33 PM

                  @dcoggin:

                  Is there a way to use PA 2010 to produce zip files that are readable by the native Windows utility?

                  Just use the standard (not the new optimised) options

                  • method : deflate (or store)
                  • don’t use ultra compression

                  Edit: too slow :-p

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                    dcoggin @TBGBe
                    last edited by Apr 15, 2009, 10:37 PM

                    Thanks for the help - but I need a little more. I looked under Options - Configurations and on the Tools menu but could not find where to set these parameters.

                    David

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                      spwolf conexware
                      last edited by Apr 15, 2009, 10:49 PM

                      it is not that complicated - it is in add window that you use to select files to compress.

                      So compress those files again and you will have an option to select what method to use, pick Deflate.

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                        TBGBe @spwolf
                        last edited by Apr 16, 2009, 10:32 AM

                        Also (for shell) you can set the options under Configuration/Profiles/Zip

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                          gbl824 @TBGBe
                          last edited by May 2, 2009, 4:00 PM

                          I had a similar issue with recipients not being able to open zip files. In my case it only occurred when I zipped up a folder by right clicking on the a folder and used the “Compress to <folder name=”“>.zip” explorer extension.
                          Opening up zip files created this way with the “Repair ZIP Archive” tool showed the folder as corrupted but all the folder contents fine. I have an open support request and confirmation that they were able to reproduce the error.

                          The Repair ZIP Archive tool on the tools menu was able to remove the corrupted folder file and produce ZIP archives that could be opened by my recipients.</folder>

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                            spwolf conexware @gbl824
                            last edited by May 2, 2009, 4:15 PM

                            @gbl824:

                            I had a similar issue with recipients not being able to open zip files. In my case it only occurred when I zipped up a folder by right clicking on the a folder and used the “Compress to <folder name=”“>.zip” explorer extension.
                            Opening up zip files created this way with the “Repair ZIP Archive” tool showed the folder as corrupted but all the folder contents fine. I have an open support request and confirmation that they were able to reproduce the error.

                            The Repair ZIP Archive tool on the tools menu was able to remove the corrupted folder file and produce ZIP archives that could be opened by my recipients.</folder>

                            someone reported that issue and it was fixed in upcoming RC1

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                              natong
                              last edited by May 5, 2009, 10:05 PM

                              Winrar users faced the same problem with v11.03

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                                spwolf conexware
                                last edited by May 5, 2009, 10:45 PM

                                i am closing this thread as original question as been answered - please open new threads for new problems, thanks!

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