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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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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 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!
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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 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 -
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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In PowerArchiver 2023 22.00.06 configuration, the option labelled “Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts” seems to be redundant.
I am only allowed to change this option when PA Starter is disabled, and then it seems to be ignored.
When I enable PA Starter this option is forced to the enabled state.
I think it’d be good to remove “Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts” completely. I’ve always found it confusing having both options.
Added later: However i don’t particularly want to use queue but I do like having the PAStarter icon in my tray area.
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W10 Pro 22H2 - 64 -bit
PA 22.00.06 (PA 2023)
It has been the case with previous versions of PowerArchiver, but I had hoped that the latest might behave differently. Not so, I’m afraid.
I have, for various obscure reasons, created a few .pa archives, mainly in the hope that they will save me some more space. From time to time, I use the “Test” option to check that important archives are OK and uncorrupted.
With every .pa archive I’ve tested, the process runs through OK but then reports that there are errors. This is always the number of files in the archive e.g. if 11 files, then 11 errors reported.
In the .pa, I can:-
preview the files (usually PDF) extract some or all files and look at or use them convert the .pa to a .zip or .zipx archive, which then works fine and tests without errorsIs it the case that the Test routine isn’t designed for .pa archives, or is there another reason? Although the .pa seems to function properly, despite the test reporting errors, I would like to be sure that every .pa is OK and not “broken”.
Some of the .pas are quite old and produced with earlier PA versions (they are truly “archives”). If I extract all the files in the old .pa, create a new, fresh .pa and add back the files to that, then test the new, no errors (at least in the .pa I’ve tried this on) are reported. This would suggest a mismatch between old .pas and newer versions of PA itself.
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Clipboard02.jpg
See the, supposedly, blank space where the green box is? It’s like that in Modern Light theme too. I can toggle it, but it’s missing text or shouldn’t be there I guess?
Thanks :)
CRC error w/split zip in PA 11.50.61
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I just installed V11.50.61 and created a split zip file from one of my VMware image directories (about 32GB’s worth of files). The creation process went ok, but upon trying to unzip the file or perform a zip ‘test’ process using Winzip 11, I get a crc error part way in. Let me know what other info you may require.
TIA
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does it work with PA?
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Sorry, I should have been more clear. Not only do I get a crc error in Winzip when doing a ‘test’, I get a crc error with PA when trying to unzip it.
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ok, and how did you create the zip file, what options did you use and what interface did you use (shell or main PA).
thanks!
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I right-clicked from Explorer and selected “Compress with options…”. I then only changed ‘Multiple Disk Spanning’ to ‘DVD (4.7GB)’ leaving Method at Deflate and Compression at Normal.
When I test the zip file with Winzip, I get the following in a requester.
WinZip
Error in file #19: bad Zip file offset (Error local header signature not found): disk #3 offset: 365750754.
OK Help
When I try to unzip the file with PA, somewhere around the middle of the operation, I get an extremely wide requester with jumbled text displayed.
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i tried the same and it worked fine, so it might be a bit more specific that just large file.
Can you create an screenshot of error in PA please?
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Here is the pic.
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does it compressing that file without splitting work?
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Yes, compressing the directory contents without splitting works fine.
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ok, let me try to reproduce it with 50 GB test case and lets see what happens.
thanks
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Here is the directory listing in case it helps duplicate the problem.
Name Size Relative Size Type Modified Attr
Desktop.ini 121 bytes Configuratio… 4/10/2007 3:48 PM -a—
Thumbs.db 7.50 KB Data Base File 4/10/2007 3:46 PM -a—
vm_folder.ico 24.6 KB IrfanView IC… 6/10/2004 6:12 PM -a—
vmware.log 93 KB Text Document 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
vmware-0.log 80.7 KB Text Document 3/10/2009 10:09 PM -a—
vmware-1.log 78.6 KB Text Document 3/6/2009 1:22 AM -a—
win2003Serv.nvram 8.48 KB VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
win2003Serv.vmsd 1.16 KB VMware snaps… 10/31/2008 1:48 AM -a—
win2003Serv.vmx 2.95 KB VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 9:20 PM -a—
win2003Serv.vmxf 255 bytes VMware team … 7/10/2008 12:40 AM -a—
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.vmdk 1.77 KB VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 9:21 PM -a—
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s001.vmdk 1.99 GB ****************VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s002.vmdk 1.99 GB ****************VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s003.vmdk 1.99 GB ****************VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s004.vmdk 1.99 GB ****************VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s005.vmdk 1.99 GB ****************VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s006.vmdk 1.99 GB ****************VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s007.vmdk 1.99 GB ****************VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s008.vmdk 1.99 GB ****************VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s009.vmdk 1.98 GB ****************VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s010.vmdk 1.99 GB ****************VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s011.vmdk 1.99 GB ****************VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s012.vmdk 1.94 GB *************** VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s013.vmdk 925 MB ******* VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s014.vmdk 1.99 GB ****************VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s015.vmdk 653 MB ***** VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s016.vmdk 2 MB VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s017.vmdk 1.99 GB ****************VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s018.vmdk 1.54 GB ************ VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s019.vmdk 1.55 GB ************ VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s020.vmdk 320 KB VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s021.vmdk 384 KB VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s022.vmdk 64 KB VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a— -
can you try creating same archive, just via main PA window and see if that makes any difference please?
thanks!
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Just tried it. Same problem.
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Also, please try creating same archive without spanning feature. So we can see if whole - big archive is OK for the beginning.
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Also, please try creating same archive without spanning feature. So we can see if whole - big archive is OK for the beginning.
he said it works, just spanning doesnt.
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@Activation:
same for me the zip does not work. it all makes PowerArchiver say unusable.
french version. (windows 7 64bits RC1 and WIndows vista 64bits SP2) I have two licence
That’s the beta phase reserved for the English and German.
we are left with a final unusable. awesome. just reinstall the older version 2009and more still no full version 64bits
on this point, the developer 7zip should be more talentedreally disappointed :mad:
you have to explain what exactly does not work.
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I have the same problem with crc error in Russia version of PA 11.50.61.
Windows Vista 32bits SP2can you please tell us more on how are you creating these files. Is it spanning or?
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can you try selecting and compressing only several of these files, maybe it is some specific file/filename that is causing it to happen and that could help us isolate the issue.
I have tested with 50 GB archive and all went well. So it has to be a bit more specific.
thank you!
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I have more info, but no specifics that I feel confident will help.
I have tried zipping and splitting large sets of files, but none cause the problem except those from my VMware sets of files, and not all of those.
The problem appears to be related to zipping up large files that when finished, end up being near the end of the split boundary.
Example, I had eleven vm files that were all nearly 2GB in size. If I zipped them in dictionary name order, I could repeat the error, but if I renamed them and zipped in a different order, the problem did not exist. File name length seems to have nothing to do with the error.
Does any of this make any sense?
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I have more info, but no specifics that I feel confident will help.
I have tried zipping and splitting large sets of files, but none cause the problem except those from my VMware sets of files, and not all of those.
The problem appears to be related to zipping up large files that when finished, end up being near the end of the split boundary.
Example, I had eleven vm files that were all nearly 2GB in size. If I zipped them in dictionary name order, I could repeat the error, but if I renamed them and zipped in a different order, the problem did not exist. File name length seems to have nothing to do with the error.
Does any of this make any sense?
not really, but i will try creating VM files of same size and reproducing it like that :)
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Sorry, I didn’t found an answer to one my question - does creating same ZIP archive with same files and size without spanning works fine?
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Yes, creating a zip with the same files without spanning works fine.
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Just fyi, the latest rc still has this same problem. ;)
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would it be possible for us to download those original files? Only way we can reproduce it (and fix it).
Maybe try with less files but same folder (smaller file size) and see if that works or not, if we can get smaller sample it will be easier.
thanks
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The file set is over 32GB, plus this is a VMware image that contains proprietary software. There is no way I could get it to you. I’ll try to come up with a repeatable scenario that causes the problem using smaller and different files, however the problem only seems to show up at the DVD sized split boundary.
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See if you can reproduce the problem using the below steps.
Download http://www.bertel.de/software/rdfc/rdfc.zip
Unzip the rdfc.exe file and put it in a temporary directory with at least 37GB of space.
From the temporary directory, create the test files by running the following commands in order:
rdfc “Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.vmdk” 1818
rdfc “Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s001.vmdk” 2146304000
rdfc “Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s002.vmdk” 2145976320
rdfc “Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s003.vmdk” 2139947008
rdfc “Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s004.vmdk” 2141257728
rdfc “Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s005.vmdk” 2145583104
rdfc “Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s006.vmdk” 2138832896
rdfc “Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s007.vmdk” 2140471296
rdfc “Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s008.vmdk” 2137587712
rdfc “Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s009.vmdk” 2135818240
rdfc “Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s010.vmdk” 2144796672
rdfc “Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s011.vmdk” 2146172928
Highlight all the vmdk files, right-click and select parameters per the attached pic.I then open the .zip file in Winzip and perform a ‘Test’. I get a CRC error. If you unzip with PA, you should eventually get either a CRC error, an erroneous password prompt, etc.
Let me know if you have any questions.
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extremly helpful, thanks a lot!
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this issue has been fixed in next release :-)
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and thanks a lot… huge help!
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That is so great. That had to be a hard one to diagnose and fix I bet. Great job and many thanks!
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That is so great. That had to be a hard one to diagnose and fix I bet. Great job and many thanks!
going through 5 GB archives with hex editor = awesome :-)
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You can re-download 11.60.12 from our website. Please check it out and see if this solved your issue.
We did not have a lot of time to test it out.Thanks!
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Things are looking good. I tested two large directories that had problems before when zipped/split, but have no problems when zipped/split with the latest PA build. I’ll continue to keep a close watch on new zips going forward and let you know if I see a repeat of the problem.
Thanks!
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awesome. I will keep this thread open just in case :).
thanks
