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    MSI release?
    J

    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.

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    Missing Icons
    LuxorL

    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

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    Security vulnerabilities in 7zip / Update for PowerArchiver and PACL libraries?
    BigMikeB

    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?

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    Virtual Drive
    E

    Hi,

    From where I get PAVD2023.EXE? PowerArchiver 2023 tries to open it.
    But it seems, it tries to download PAVD2021.EXE.

    Thanks

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    Better ZPAQ support
    W

    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.

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    Bug with "Encrypt Archive" action
    W

    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)

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    PA 21.00.18 Action / Test behaves oddly for me on .PA files
    Brian GregoryB

    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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    Trouble opening .tar.gz file

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      mwb1100
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      I’m running PA 11.50.49 and I am having trouble opening a .tar.gz file that I got from the following URL:

      http://www.annexia.org/_file/c2lib-1.4.2.tar.gz

      No error or anything; it just doesn’t present me with the contents (except in the preview window - I can see the files inside, but I can’t do anything with them from the preview window).

      The 7-Zip File Manager does not have any trouble with the archive. I’m wondering if this is a problem in PA RC (or beta or whatever 11.50.49 is) or if I have some configuration issue.

      WinXP Pro 64-bit Edition

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      • moles42M
        moles42 Alpha Testers
        last edited by

        I tested it in vista 32 bit and had the same problem…it doesn’t display any files but I converted it to a zip file and found 231 files in it.

        Windows 10 Pro x64
        Intel Core i5 3470 @ 3.20GHz
        8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3

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        • TBGBeT
          TBGBe @moles42
          last edited by

          Shell / Test reports “All OK”. :confused:

          However, as this is in PACL forum :)
          PAEXT (Beta 6) also has problems - loops with
          “ERROR: No TAR file inside. Probably corrupted GZIP file”

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          • spwolfS
            spwolf conexware
            last edited by

            it doesnt list in main PA, wrote it in, thanks.

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              Mili conexware
              last edited by

              Got it! Confirmed! Reported!!!

              Many thanks!!

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              • Brian GregoryB
                Brian Gregory Alpha Testers
                last edited by

                @mwb1100:

                I’m running PA 11.50.49 and I am having trouble opening a .tar.gz file that I got from the following URL:

                http://www.annexia.org/_file/c2lib-1.4.2.tar.gz

                …

                There’s something wrong with that file. For a start it’s about 6 times bigger than you’d expect for the files inside it.

                However I agree it would be nice if the different parts of PowerArchiver were more consistent in how they interpreted it.

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                  mwb1100 @Brian Gregory
                  last edited by

                  @Brian:

                  There’s something wrong with that file. For a start it’s about 6 times bigger than you’d expect for the files inside it.

                  You’re right - the file is really just a TAR file. If I rename it such that the extension is just “.tar” instead of “.tar.gz”, PA handles it fine.

                  I wonder if it’s reasonable to ask PA to try and be a little bit forgiving when opening TAR/GZip files. It’s true that the file name is lying to PA so it seems unfair to tag this as a PA bug, but 7-Zip had no trouble figuring it out.

                  I don’t have a large sample size, but it seems like a fair percentage of tar/gzip files I come across on the Internet have a one problem or another (I’ve posted here a couple times over the years about them). Once again, this isn’t PA’s fault, but it might be nice to put enough smarts into PA to deal with these kinds of oddities - if possible.

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                    mwb1100 @mwb1100
                    last edited by

                    I’ve run into this annoyance yet again (http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/%7Em-mat/MT/MT2002/CODES/mt19937ar.tgz), so I’d like to ask again if PA can accommodate these misnamed tar files?

                    I know it’s not PA’s error, but if PA handled this problem seamlessly, it would let me avoid being irritated every once in a while.

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                    • spwolfS
                      spwolf conexware
                      last edited by

                      it cant right now, we dont have detection system in place at this point…

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                        mwb1100 @spwolf
                        last edited by

                        Thanks for considering.

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                        • TBGBeT
                          TBGBe @mwb1100
                          last edited by

                          @mwb1100:

                          I’ve run into this annoyance yet again (http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/%7Em-mat/MT/MT2002/CODES/mt19937ar.tgz), so I’d like to ask again if PA can accommodate these misnamed tar files?

                          I can open that file both via explorer shell and from within PA :confused:

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                            mwb1100 @TBGBe
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                            @TBGBe:

                            I can open that file both via explorer shell and from within PA :confused:

                            Are you running IE? I’m at work right now, and just tried it using IE7 on WinXP Pro x64. Even though the link has a .tgz extension in it, IE7 saved the download with a .tar extension and PA opened it up fine.

                            At home yesterday I was using Firefox 3.x (not sure what exact version) and it downloaded the file with a .tgz extension, causing confusion for PA. For some reason this kind of incorrect extension confusion seems to be common with .tar/.tgz/.gz files I come across on the Internet (which thankfully isn’t all too often).

                            I’ll try it again at home to make sure it wasn’t something I did.

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                              TBGBe @mwb1100
                              last edited by

                              @mwb1100:

                              Are you running IE? I’m at work right now, and just tried it using IE7 on WinXP Pro x64. Even though the link has a .tgz extension in it, IE7 saved the download with a .tar extension and PA opened it up fine.

                              At home yesterday I was using Firefox 3.x (not sure what exact version) and it downloaded the file with a .tgz extension, causing confusion for PA. For some reason this kind of incorrect extension confusion seems to be common with .tar/.tgz/.gz files I come across on the Internet (which thankfully isn’t all too often).

                              I’ll try it again at home to make sure it wasn’t something I did.

                              No - I used Opera.
                              Downloaded same as your Firefox ( .tgz) but PA had no problems for me.

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