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).
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
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.
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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?
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
Buttons are not properly aligned on About screen.
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Buttons not aligned on configuration window.
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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!
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!
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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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.
SFTP Working, FTP … Not So Much
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PowerArchiver Pro 11.50.61 (Registered, ICIM)
WinXP Pro SP3I have two FTP profiles: One using FTP, the other using SFTP. The target server is the same in each case.
The problem is that while the SFTP profile works, the FTP profile does not. When I try uploading a file using the FTP profile, I get the error shown below. This error occurs immediately, without any delay.
I’m using known-correct values for “Hostname or IP”, “Port”, “Username”, and “Password”. It makes no difference if I try using “Passive mode”, but (being familiar with my FTP server, router, and network configuration) it should work either way. Altering the “Default folder” also makes no difference.
Using the exact same hostname / port / username / password in an FTP client, I can connect just fine.
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does ftp client work? (ftp window)
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I had not even tried that until now. Yes, when I open the FTP window and use the very same FTP profile that gives the aforementioned error, it works fine. It connects and presents a file listing.
However, when I use the SFTP profile in the FTP window, PA freezes, even beyond the 30-second timeout that is configured! (Remember, in the upload dialog, the SFTP profile works!)
To summarize, when trying to upload, the FTP profile gives an immediate error, but the SFTP profile works. When trying to simply connect in the FTP window, the FTP profile works, but the SFTP profile makes PA freeze.
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I had not even tried that until now. Yes, when I open the FTP window and use the very same FTP profile that gives the aforementioned error, it works fine. It connects and presents a file listing.
However, when I use the SFTP profile in the FTP window, PA freezes, even beyond the 30-second timeout that is configured! (Remember, in the upload dialog, the SFTP profile works!)
To summarize, when trying to upload, the FTP profile gives an immediate error, but the SFTP profile works. When trying to simply connect in the FTP window, the FTP profile works, but the SFTP profile makes PA freeze.
sftp does not work in client… so ftp upload does not work when sending from menu… thanks!
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can you also check ftp through backup please?
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sftp does not work in client… so ftp upload does not work when sending from menu… thanks!
I’m sorry, but I don’t understand what you mean by this. :o
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I’m sorry, but I don’t understand what you mean by this. :o
talking to myself i guess :).
SFTP does not work in FTP Client Window, just through file menu/shell/backup. Its on the list for one of the future releases.
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can you also check ftp through backup please?
Doing a backup using the FTP profile works.
When I try the SFTP profile, I see strange behavior. When I select “FTP/SFTP” under “Destination Media”, then click somewhere else in the tree and then click “FTP/SFTP” again, I can see the “SFTP” profile flip back over to the “FTP” profile. I mean this literally–the drop-down list shows the “SFTP” profile at first, but after a split second, it flips to the “FTP” profile on its own.
When I select the SFTP profile and just proceed trying to create/upload the backup (without clicking away and back again as mentioned above), the upload seems to work (the file appears on the FTP server), but PA hangs on showing “Uploading filename.zipx”, and I can’t cancel it.
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talking to myself i guess :).
SFTP does not work in FTP Client Window, just through file menu/shell/backup. Its on the list for one of the future releases.
Then it would be a good idea to remove SFTP from the drop-down list in the FTP window, so people don’t inadvertently make PA freeze.
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Then it would be a good idea to remove SFTP from the drop-down list in the FTP window, so people don’t inadvertently make PA freeze.
yep… thats a bug really.
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too bad you didnt check out these pre-release versions, we would have gotten this before final :)
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too bad you didnt check out these pre-release versions, we would have gotten this before final :)
Yeah, sorry–I don’t normally use PA. I just install it every now and again to see if I want to switch to it…
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Yeah, sorry–I don’t normally use PA. I just install it every now and again to see if I want to switch to it…
its fine, we will do an update in upcoming week.
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There is new internal release:
http://www.powerarchiver.com/test/release10/powarc1150.exethat should fix ftp upload issue, please check it out. Not sure if we got them all (sftp is not removed from ftp window yet in this release).
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Wow, you guys don’t screw around! Thank you for getting this out, even though it’s not quite right yet.
The FTP issue mentioned in the opening post is fixed. The FTP dialog… The one that appears when the FTP toolbar button is used… Works fine now.
SFTP still shows up in the FTP window, and it still freezes PA, but you already know that. :)
Thank you!
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if you redownload PA 2010 from download pages, you will get latest 11.50.66 version which fixes this issue. Thanks!