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.
Hello!
Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
(When) do you plan to release one?
Thanks!
If I compress a folder to a .pa using right click, Compress to folder.pa and use the new Windows 11 menu then the Options, Configuration, Miscellaneous, Use normal relative path setting is always enabled.
But I like this option disabled so I have to use the old style menu in order to get PA to compress a folder in the way I wish.
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
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PA 22.00.09
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PA 22.00.09 shows a nag screen, when I try to open some setting windows. I have already PA 2023 Toolbox and PA shows, that it’s licensed in the info dialog.
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PA 22.00.09
Some labels in the help toolbar are not translated:
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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.
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?
Hi,
From where I get PAVD2023.EXE? PowerArchiver 2023 tries to open it.
But it seems, it tries to download PAVD2021.EXE.
Thanks
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.
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)
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.
Slow startup
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Could somebody let me know the minimum system specs for the latest RC1? I installed it on a laptop, whilst not the most stellar of machines, where it took 29 secs for the main window to appear. Machine is defagged, running clean and lean. OpenOffice Writer 3.1 is ready to use in 20 secs.
Celeron 2.6GB, Win XP, 496MB of ram just over half that used for cache, the rest free.
Cheers
DrT
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use classic view, classic skin… hows that now?
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Exactly the same.
Cheers
DrT
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is PA registered? if so, clear registration info and check then (so it is unregistered). lets see what happens now.
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I can clear the reg info, but not save the change. Clicking OK gives an error and the info returns. I can close the box by clicking the ‘X’ (top right) but PA remains registered.
Cheers
DrT
PS Issue still present in RC2
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delete your HKCU\Software\PowerArchiver key…
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delete your HKCU\Software\PowerArchiver key…
WOW :D:D! 7-8 secs until the screen telling me how many days left of trial to run, under which the PA program was seen! How do I get that 7-8 secs startup with PA being registered? 29 to 8 secs startup is not to be sneezed at.
Cheers
DrT
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we start by giving me an headache and then we move on :)
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we have tried on our Turion and it starts within 4 seconds.
Are you sure the difference isnt because of it being cached in memory 2nd time you try?
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we have tried on our Turion and it starts within 4 seconds.
Are you sure the difference isnt because of it being cached in memory 2nd time you try?
Definitely. Just booting up the offending PC to check again…classic menu and unregistered flies.
Cheers
DrT
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Nice to know it isn’t just me. I noticed that PA was not as quick as it was at loading when 2010 was first out in beta…and a fast(er) load was one of its plusses.
Cheers
DrT
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Looks like setting “Startup location” to a fixed folder (my Documents folder for me) solved the issue (was set on “Last open Archive” before).
Double clicking on whatever Archive now makes PA instantly open it like it should. Setting the option back to Last open Archive, PA starts to hang again when opening Archives double clicking in Explorer.you have latest version right? Or older one? Check in Help> About, what version you have.
How many files/folders are there in folder where startup is slow?
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No difference here at all with that change to a fixed folder.
Cheers
DrT
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No difference here at all with that change to a fixed folder.
Cheers
DrT
yeah, as i said, it is two completly different problems.
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Version 11.50.49
Just tested with a folder containing just 2 archives…still hangs if option is set to “last open archive”.
Not a great issue for me as I have no need to have it on…happy I found a way to get rid of it.how many files in that folder? (startup one?).
There has to be something in that startup folder thats causing it…
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Can’t get what you’re meaning with “startup folder”, I’m sorry. I’m getting this with every archive, independently of the folder it’s stored in and of the number of files which are in that folder. Just having one folder with just 1 archive I get the hang when double clicking on it to open it with PA…
so when you open an archive it takes how long?
and if archive is in startup location (thats what i meant, location where PA Starts), same?
What Antivirus are you using? It seems to be scanning the file before letting PA use it?
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When the problem is there, PA hangs 5-6secs before opening Archives. When it isn’t there, PA opens Archives almost instantly (depending on how big they are).
The hang is there if I start PA directly too…that means, not double clicking on an Archive but just starting the program. And just having one startup folder which doesn’t include more than 4 small zip Archives (max. 1.4mb). Like I said, forcing PA to a fixed startup folder looks to solve the problem, no idea on what it’s trying to do with the other option set.
My AV program is Avast…don’t think this could be it, as I never had this problem till maybe a pair of months ago (maybe even less)…if that would be the problem, then it would be there having one fixed startup folder, or?can you please disable Avast temporary and try again… PA scans files when it starts, AV could be blocking access until it scans them.
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only difference in using last open archive as startup folder is that is starts in different folder than what you manually set, PA doesnt do anything else.
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Disabled all Avast resident protection modules…no difference noticed.
hm, maybe send us your PA reg key to support at conexware . com
HKCU\Software\PowerArchiver and zip it before sending.
That will help us replicate this exactly.
thanks!
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Got it… nothing special we could see from that.
Lets check this.
Create folder C:\1.
Copy those zip files that you have in folder thats slowing down PA startup to C:\1. Now set PA to start in C:\1.Is it slower now as well? If it is slower, remove file by file from C:\1 and see if you can pin point what exactly is slowing it down.
Doesnt that make sense?
thanks
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Tried this…I get the hang if I set PA to startup on that folder and if I double click on Archives stored in that Folder (I put 2 very small Archives into it).
What I noticed is that I seem to get the very same hang while browsing to that Folder while setting it in PA options, at the exact moment when I click on the “Computer” icon (to make my drives show up). That doesn’t occur with any other application I have on my PC.
The funny thing is that if I move my Archives to the default folder “My Documents”, I don’t get the hang (keeping PA set to a fixed startup folder).hm, something like that happened to me - i had AVG installed on our test computer Vista 64 bit (disabled), I uninstalled it so i can install Avast and after i restarted everything worked fine, even with avast installed and working.
When was the last time you restarted that computer?
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hm, something like that happened to me - i had AVG installed on our test computer Vista 64 bit (disabled), I uninstalled it so i can install Avast and after i restarted everything worked fine, even with avast installed and working.
When was the last time you restarted that computer?
I restart it on a daily basis…
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yeah, as i said, it is two completly different problems.
Any news on this issue since I reported back on the test file?
Cheers
DrT
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Any news on this issue since I reported back on the test file?
Cheers
DrT
nope, we will have to rewrite something once final is released. Annoying issue :)
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nope, we will have to rewrite something once final is released. Annoying issue :)
Feel free to contact me to test any fixes.
Cheers
DrT