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

      Brian Gregory

      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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    • File Explorer Shell Extension crash on Junction

      W

      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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    • Functions in Windows 11 Context Menu don't work in some directories

      P

      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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    • Missing virtual driver in Patchbeam

      pirrbe

      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…
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      It seems a standard problem with new releases :-)
      Can I have a link or can it be fixed. Thank you. CU later

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    • PA 21.00.18 testing via context menu causes extraction of files

      D

      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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    • Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts

      Brian Gregory

      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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    • Testing .pa archives

      PA_Fan

      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 errors

      Is 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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    • Small UI / Theme bug in 2023

      Z

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      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 :)

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    • PowerArchiver and PACL for macOS

      spwolf

      Dear @Alpha-Testers and all of our users,

      time has come for testing of PowerArchiver and PACL for macOS.
      Please let us know here if you have Mac and can test latest builds.

      Features implemented:
      PowerArchiver 2020 - tabbing, opening, extracting, adding, testing, favorite folders, support for multiple languages, opening via Finder, explorer mode, installer.
      PACL 10 - support for most formats and features in Windows version.

      Upcoming: Tools such as archive converter, batch zip, multi-extract.

      To start testing, please sign up here in this thread, and we will send you latest build.

      thank you!

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    PA 2010 gets hung or stuck when decompressing zip and rar files with high cpu usage

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    • juliomontiel
      juliomontiel last edited by

      This strange behavior can’t be only pointed to the PA 2010, it happened also with the 2008 version, too. What it happens is that the PA process doesn’t decompress inmediately, it completes but after 1 or 2 minutes, i can see the process getting up in the Windows Task Administrator. I think this can be related to a performance problem for the application and i must wait being upset of course.

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      • spwolf
        spwolf conexware last edited by

        what kind of antivirus are you using? Maybe it is scanning PowerArchiver before it lets it access files?

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        • juliomontiel
          juliomontiel @spwolf last edited by

          I got Symantec Endpoint Protection v.11 with three protection technologies, antivirus and antispyware protection, proactive threat protection and network threat protection. Which of the three technologies do u think is scanning and giving this performance issue?:confused:

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          • moles42
            moles42 Alpha Testers last edited by

            I recall having a similar issue many moons ago…
            I’d try disabling the antivirus for a short period and test the decompressing once again just to confirm that it is indeed linked to the antivirus program.

            Windows 10 Pro x64
            Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.00GHz
            4.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 399MHz
            NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

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            • juliomontiel
              juliomontiel @moles42 last edited by

              Thanks for your feedback. Would also try a centralized exception. But which file or executable must i choose, could be POWERARC.EXE? This could become handy to avoid the scanning issue, it’s a proactive threat scan with ignore action. Oh, i forgot, my system runs Vista Ultimate SP1, 2 GB RAM, 1TB WD Caviar Black, HP Pavilion

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              • moles42
                moles42 Alpha Testers last edited by

                I took drastic measures in the end and uninstalled the program in question and in the end I had to opt for a different program because it seemed neither developer had an answer for my problem.

                personally I’d try that just to eliminate that piece of software.

                Windows 10 Pro x64
                Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.00GHz
                4.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 399MHz
                NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

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                • spwolf
                  spwolf conexware @juliomontiel last edited by

                  @juliomontiel:

                  Thanks for your feedback. Would also try a centralized exception. But which file or executable must i choose, could be POWERARC.EXE? This could become handy to avoid the scanning issue, it’s a proactive threat scan with ignore action. Oh, i forgot, my system runs Vista Ultimate SP1, 2 GB RAM, 1TB WD Caviar Black, HP Pavilion

                  just turn off antivirus completly for few minutes just to make sure thats the cause of the issue (it might not be). Keep in mind that if you “disable” it, some AV’s still continue to work unfortunatly, so you need to turn it off and then check. Once alerted to the issue, AV vendors are usually relativly quick with addressing the problem, we just need to make sure it is due to AV and not something else.

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                  • juliomontiel
                    juliomontiel last edited by

                    Thanks for all. Will try to do as indicated. Would answer as soon as i found the performance issue.

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                    • skypx
                      skypx @juliomontiel last edited by

                      I had a similar issue with ESET v’s 3 & 4, reported it to the developers and they could not find any solutions. So after searching far and wide I’m currently using norton internet security 2010 beta. So far it’s the least restrictive suite (extracting archives, launching programs and no slowdowns with LAN/WAN). You may want to give it a try if you haven’t found one you like yet. :)

                      ASUS Crosshair VII Hero
                      AMD Ryzen 9 5700X
                      T-Force DDR4 3600 32GB
                      Samsung 970 EVO 2TB
                      GTX 3080ti
                      Win10 x64

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                      • moles42
                        moles42 Alpha Testers @skypx last edited by

                        surprised you had issues with ‘NOD32’ skypx…
                        it’s never caused me an ounce of trouble in any of their versions.

                        sorry for hijacking the thread.

                        Windows 10 Pro x64
                        Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.00GHz
                        4.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 399MHz
                        NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

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                        • RJWaring
                          RJWaring last edited by

                          Ditto! Today I compressed a 4gb Folder containing mdb,xls,csv’s,txt and dat files. Took 20 mins and I was using ESET Security Suite 4 But the same with Avast on another system. I have never had to disable my security software during normal work duties! However, I do when i play games.

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