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).
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.
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!
Hello!
Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
(When) do you plan to release one?
Thanks!
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?
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.
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.
Power Archiver Blocking Download
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I run Firefox 3.0 on WinXP. I have down loaded scores of programs and they always go to my Firefox download folder from which point I either install them or store them.
Today every time I have tried to download a program I get a screen from Power Archiver asking something about a read-only attribute?
I can;t find my new programs in the Firefox download folder.
To be honest……I have no idea what Power Archive is for, how I can use it or if I really need it. Do I need to uninstall it in order to download any new programs or can I just get it to stop interfering.
Thanks
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You have 5 posts in this forum asking about different things for PA, from last few years.
How can you not know what PA is for? I am confused :-).
PA does not interfeer with Firefox on its own, maybe you somehow set it up so Firefox opens files with PowerArchiver automatically instead of saving them to download folder. Did you install any plugins for Firefox or changed any options?
It is really more about Firefox, you should search on internet on how to set it up if something went wrong.
thanks!
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Thanks for your reply.
My memory is going……
I actually tried to register for this forum without realizing that I was already a member!I will try the Firefox forum to solve this problem.
I would however appreciate finding a tutorial that explains Power Archivers functions.
Thanks
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there is help inside PA, just click on F1 or help button in every window.
PA is here to create and extract archives (zip, rar, 7zip, etc), among many other things.
It could be that PA is somehow set in Firefox to open downloaded files automatically - my firefox does not do that, so it had to be set manually somehow. It has to be some setting inside Firefox as PA itself does not do that.
thanks!
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You should check the applications settings in the Firefox Options dialog to see how Firefox is configured to handle Zip files:
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Many Thanks for your help.
I found the the Applications list, unfortunately Compressed is not in the list. Do you know how I can create this option?
No one answered on the Firefox forum so I may be stuck with PA responding to all my compressed downloads.
Firstly I am asked if I want to remove the read-only attribute. Do I say yes or no?
I would simply like all my compressed files to go to my Firefox Download folder in their compressed format.
Is their a simple way for me to tell PA to do this?
Thanks again
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Many Thanks for your help.
I found the the Applications list, unfortunately Compressed is not in the list. Do you know how I can create this option?
Unfortunately, I’m no Firefox expert (and I’m not at a machine with firefox on it right now…). As a guess, take a look near the end of the list to see if there is an entry for ZIP files instead of the “Compressed” files entry.
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It will be under “PowerArchiver …”.
Looking through that, it seems that you or someone else set PA to open downloads, which is why they are not being saved. Keep in mind this is all Firefox, it has nothing to do with PA itself. So change setting to “Always ask” and it should work as before…
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Thanks for your reply.
Please tell me what to do when the PA windows opens.
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Thanks for your reply.
Please tell me what to do when the PA windows opens.
All I want is for it to place the incoming file intact (zipped) at some place that I can find it>please look at my reply above. Your Firefox is not configured properly,you need to solve this in Firefox. PA has nothing to do with it.
Firefox is not saving your file, it is sending it to temp folder and opening it in PA.
