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Where are various settings store . . . e.g. ftp, etc.
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should the image have a white background?
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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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Powerarchiver 2022
Right-click and select Encrypt on a folder does not work.
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The online update feature within the program suggests there is a later version than the ‘.17’ available on the web site. But clicking either download or update just reinstalls version .17.
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Hi Dear,
Cannot login and request resend license code for my fd
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Hi,
When you click on the Buy Now link, you come across four tabs - Home or Work, Enterprise Unlimited, Educational Discount, & Gift Discount.
What is the difference between a licence purchased via Gift Discount and a Home/Work licence?
Also, how can I renew the PowerArchiver Select plan a year after the purchase? Will it remind me automatically?
Best,
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I’m running PA 21.00.17 64-bit on a 64-bit i7 desktop with W10 Pro, latest version. This 32gb of installed RAM.
As I use the PA pbs system for a number of scheduled archiving operations throughout the day, PA Starter is set to load and run at system startup.
In the course of trying to identify some causes of slowness and bottlenecks in other processes, I notice that PA Starter (PAS) always runs at between 11% and 15% of CPU (see screenshot), usually at about 12-13%. This is by far the highest demanding process on the system, as shown by Task Manager. In Performance Monitor, PAS Average CPU is 8.32, with every other process at less that 1 i.e. in decimal places only.
Task Manager also shows PAS Power Usage as “Very High”, and is the only process shown thus.
I have looked again at the information about PAS at https://wiki.powerarchiver.com/en:help:details:powerarchiver_starter, which was last modified in 2016. The article states a low memory usage for PAS of 784k, which is fair enough, but it is the large CPU overhead which is of concern.
It is of course possible to change the PAS priority, but this has no effect on CPU overhead.
However, is it possible to change PAS, which is required only at intervals to initiate PA scheduled tasks, from consuming so much system resource for every moment of the day?
PA Starter.jpg
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I’m experiencing very slow extraction speed of multipart RAR files. For the first part the extraction is super fast but when PA reaches the part2.rar the extraction from there on gets super slow. PA needed for a 6,3 GB multipart archive 30 minutes to extract. I tested then with another program and it just took 70 seconds. I had this slow extraction speed with PA for quite a long time and I always thought that is maybe because of a high compression rate that the extraction would take longer. But it seems that only PA gets that slow.
I have lots of multipart archives that are 10+ GB and with PA it would be really time consuming. Is there any solution to this?
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Hi. The “Move” Action seems to be Not Working when used in the Tool – Batch Archive.
Using the Options – Configuration – Compression Profiles ---- I created a Profile with the Action of Move. Also set were Zip, and Method Deflate.
When I use the Tool - Batch Archive – It appears to me that the Action Move does not Move the compressed files (basically add to zip, and delete the added file from original location on the same disk). Zip file(s) are created and look ok.
Typically I on the Batch Archive process – I have selected options to use a Profile with the Move Action.
File’s Current Folder Group files from same folder into same archive Add subfolders to separate archivesMy PowerArchiver version is 21.00.17 .
Can you reproduce ? – Or do you need additional details or information?
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Hello,
PowerArchiver Command Line 7 support file greater than 2 Go ?
Thanks
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i just registered my own copy and i need some help to set it…
if i set the ‘configuration>shell extension>open folder after extracting’ checkbox, after decompress an archive is opened the file manager on that folder but… if somebody is using a different file manager how to open XYplorer or Directory Opus for example and NOT the MS file manager?
consider this as a feature request also if not available within the 2022 version
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I am looking for a way to stop the UAC elevation prompt when running Powerarchiver. In an old post about PA 2019, someone asked this and got a response to uncheck “all users” at the prompt but I am not seeing where one can do this. It definitely seems like the way to go though as if I click on “More Details” at the prompt I see that it is trying to run “_pautil.exe /paassociate /allusers /my(long binary string)”. Can you let me know? Thanks.
PS I tried renaming _pautil.exe and this worked, but I don’t know what the consequence of doing this may be so I would like to do this properly, thanks.
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Just a question is Ashampoo zip pro 4 built by Powerrachiver as it is very similar and uses the pae encryption.
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Hi,
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Re: Transfer PC License to MacBook iOS
Here is the email…
On Tue, Jun 7, 2022 at 1:20 PM Rich DiBenedetto rmdibened@gmail.com wrote:
Greetings,
Could you assist me with this?
Can I use my current licenses with MacOS?
If not, can I transfer a license to MacOS?Cheers and Have a Great Day,
RichOn Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 6:35 AM ConeXware, Inc. ordering@conexware.com wrote:
Dear Richard DiBenedetto,Thank you for supporting PowerArchiver! Please find your activation and registration codes below.
*** Online Activation ***
PowerArchiver Select for PowerArchiver Toolbox English - LIFETIME
is valid until - not limited.E-Mail: RMDibened@gmail.com
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There would be many of us with Intel Processors.
and they have their own optimized zlib algorithm, which can result in more efficiency if used combined with their hardware processor.
Reference:
https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/white-papers/zlib-compression-whitepaper-copy.pdfCan we get the same Functionality Under Hardware Acceleration Feature?
Zlib is not the only feature that intel has included with their processor, there’s many, which if combined can result in efficient and better compression ratios.
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Right buttons are not visible
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Greetings, new customer searching for help and/or refund…
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With PowerArchiver context menu enabled, it is crashing Windows 10 File Explorer when right-clicking on the Default User junction in C:\Users. Had 2021 installed, updated to today’s 2022, still getting same crash. Must have Hidden files and folders set to Show, and Hide protected operating system files cleared in File Explorer Options|View.
Windows 10 Enterprise Version 21H2 (OS Build 19044.1708) (64-bit)
PowerArchiver 2022 Version: 21.00.15 (03/2022) 64-bit
Licensed:
PowerArchiver Toolbox Edition Personal EnglishDisabling PowerArchiver context menu using Autoruns: on the Explorer tab, uncheck PowerArchiver64 under HKLM\Software\Classes\Folders\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers and the crash does not happen.
External cd/dvd drive not working properly with PA Burner
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I can confirm a freezing issue with PA’s internal burner. I tried it last night…with no data on the disc. I selected just 2 mg of data for burning…and proceeded with burning onto DVD. It stops at 93% and my disk drive light continually flashes. I had to manually stop the PABurnTools process in TaskManager. Then to get my DVD rom drive back…I had to disable the power supply.
I’m thankful it was an external DVD drive that I used instead of the internal one - as otherwise I would have been forced to reboot the computer just to get the DVD out of the drive.
So as of right now…and today is August 11th, 2009 - I see no official response on the problem. We need an update on the DVD burning issue otherwise this feature is non existent now…at least for me. I have to go back to XPCD Burner for now.
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I can confirm a freezing issue with PA’s internal burner. I tried it last night…with no data on the disc. I selected just 2 mg of data for burning…and proceeded with burning onto DVD. It stops at 93% and my disk drive light continually flashes. I had to manually stop the PABurnTools process in TaskManager. Then to get my DVD rom drive back…I had to disable the power supply.
I’m thankful it was an external DVD drive that I used instead of the internal one - as otherwise I would have been forced to reboot the computer just to get the DVD out of the drive.
So as of right now…and today is August 11th, 2009 - I see no official response on the problem. We need an update on the DVD burning issue otherwise this feature is non existent now…at least for me. I have to go back to XPCD Burner for now.
there will be an update to the burner, but it doesnt not guarantee that your specific issue will be fixed, as it is probably specific to the drive you used.
Can you please try using your internal drive and see if it works.
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you should also open an ticket with suppor at conexware dot com. That way we can get more specific info if/when needed.
thanks
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there will be an update to the burner, but it doesnt not guarantee that your specific issue will be fixed, as it is probably specific to the drive you used.
Can you please try using your internal drive and see if it works.
I’m not going to do this because if the freezing issue can be duplicated on my internal drive…I won’t be able to get the disc out if the lights flash like they did with the external drive. I’d be forced to literally reboot the computer.
As there appears to be an update coming to “fix” this issue…I’ll wait for that before deciding on what to do. In the meantime…I’ll stick to USB flash drives.
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I’m not going to do this because if the freezing issue can be duplicated on my internal drive…I won’t be able to get the disc out if the lights flash like they did with the external drive. I’d be forced to literally reboot the computer.
As there appears to be an update coming to “fix” this issue…I’ll wait for that before deciding on what to do. In the meantime…I’ll stick to USB flash drives.
as i said, it is generic update, i doubt it will fix your specific problem. Every cd/dvd drive has little hole near the loading tray into which you can insert an clip to manually eject the drive.
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as i said, it is generic update, i doubt it will fix your specific problem. Every cd/dvd drive has little hole near the loading tray into which you can insert an clip to manually eject the drive.
Not if the drive lights are flashing…I think.
Edit: just a thought…is there consensus that it could be antivirus programs causing the freezing issues? I’ve been hearing about antivirus problems…and I’m wondering if the freezing could be a result of the antivirus software blocking the burning process on PABurnTools?
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Not if the drive lights are flashing…I think.
Edit: just a thought…is there consensus that it could be antivirus programs causing the freezing issues? I’ve been hearing about antivirus problems…and I’m wondering if the freezing could be a result of the antivirus software blocking the burning process on PABurnTools?
nobody knows until you test it out :). AV’s could cause all kinds of troubles.
Poke that little hole with a clip and it will eject the drive always, its fully manual control (made so it works if your drive breaks or you are out of power)…
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You mentioned the coming update will be generic. Is it customary to only say updates are generic…or can you issue change logs to alert users what has been fixed, etc?
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You mentioned the coming update will be generic. Is it customary to only say updates are generic…or can you issue change logs to alert users what has been fixed, etc?
we wont know if your issue is fixed if you dont want to test it, it would be impossible to do without your cooperation.
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I have more information and this part is interesting so listen carefully. I was able to “try” burning using my external DVD rom drive previously. It froze PA2010.
Now…I just tried to duplicate what happened before…but now PA2010 doesn’t even see my external DVD rom drive anymore. Instead…it only “sees” my internal one.
Just to be sure I wasn’t having a “hardware not found” issue in Windows XP…I did a search to see what was recognized on my system. Windows XP correctly lists my external DVD rom drive as visible. But PowerArchiver 2010 could no longer see it. So…just to be sure…I fired up my opensource CD burning software and did a check using that program.
I did a quick test burn on it and it was quickly able to see and read the same 2 mg of files I wanted for a test burn on a CD-RW disc. Took less than 30 seconds. It read it fine.
So…it appears to be a problem with Power Archiver 2010 not being able to read external CD/DVD rom drives plugged into USB ports. This is as far as I can go to narrowing down the problem currently with PowerArchiver 2010 on my system with the burning freezing issue.
Edit: more information -
1. PowerArchiver is “seeing” external DVD drive correctly in list view. But when I open the burner dialog box to select files for inclusion for a burning session…it’s only seeing the internal DVD rom drive in the drop down list. Another thing…when I put a CD/DVD into my external drive…the list view changes from seeing a DVD RAM drive…to a CD rom drive?! When I selected the CD ROM drive…it froze PowerArchiver and I had to do the three finger salute to regain control of my system.
Conclusion: this is definitely a Power Archiver 2010 issue. If my opensource software can read and burn files correctly while Power Archiver 2010 can’t even see my drive correctly then something is wrong.
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I have more information and this part is interesting so listen carefully. I was able to “try” burning using my external DVD rom drive previously. It froze PA2010.
Now…I just tried to duplicate what happened before…but now PA2010 doesn’t even see my external DVD rom drive anymore. Instead…it only “sees” my internal one.
Just to be sure I wasn’t having a “hardware not found” issue in Windows XP…I did a search to see what was recognized on my system. Windows XP correctly lists my external DVD rom drive as visible. But PowerArchiver 2010 could no longer see it. So…just to be sure…I fired up my opensource CD burning software and did a check using that program.
I did a quick test burn on it and it was quickly able to see and read the same 2 mg of files I wanted for a test burn on a CD-RW disc. Took less than 30 seconds. It read it fine.
So…it appears to be a problem with Power Archiver 2010 not being able to read external CD/DVD rom drives plugged into USB ports. This is as far as I can go to narrowing down the problem currently with PowerArchiver 2010 on my system with the burning freezing issue.
Edit: more information -
1. PowerArchiver is “seeing” external DVD drive correctly in list view. But when I open the burner dialog box to select files for inclusion for a burning session…it’s only seeing the internal DVD rom drive in the drop down list. Another thing…when I put a CD/DVD into my external drive…the list view changes from seeing a DVD RAM drive…to a CD rom drive?! When I selected the CD ROM drive…it froze PowerArchiver and I had to do the three finger salute to regain control of my system.
Conclusion: this is definitely a Power Archiver 2010 issue. If my opensource software can read and burn files correctly while Power Archiver 2010 can’t even see my drive correctly then something is wrong.
my head hurts now :)
Were you previously burning files via PowerArchiver to your external dvd drive or not? (when it crashed at 93%).
Also, when you say in list view, you mean in explorer view in PowerArchiver or where exactly? Where did you exactly select CD ROM drive and PowerArchiver froze?
thanks :)
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I was trying and still am trying to burn files onto my external DVD rom drive connected to the USB port. Just to be clear…
1. My opensource software burner can read and burn files correctly onto the external DVD drive perfectly.
2. Power Archiver 2010 CANNOT read or see the external DVD drive when I hit the Burn button and the drop down list ONLY shows the internal DVD burner.
3. PowerArchiver 2010 can ONLY see the external drive listed correctly in Explorer mode/List view mode. It’s in effect…able to see it but can’t use it for burning jobs. But the internal DVD drive is readable and recognized for burning jobs.
My problem is why can PowerArchiver ONLY read my internal drive correctly for burning jobs…but is ALSO able to see I have ANOTHER DVD rom drive on the USB port…but I can’t use THAT one for burning jobs. Keep in mind…my opensource software package can see BOTH drives and can burn jobs on the external drive. Power Archiver 2010 can’t burn on the external drive…even though it lists it in Explorer view/list mode.
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explorer view has apsolutly nothing to do with burner, it is just an wrapper over standard windows controls which show drives available on your computer. What happened with PowerArchiver freezing when trying to read that external drive from post above?
PowerArchiver has apsolutly nothing to do with your other burning software which may be working perfectly. So lets get that out of the way please.
Now, when it comes to the PA Burner and your external drive. Did it EVER recognize the drive? Or did it simply not work ever?
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explorer view has apsolutly nothing to do with burner, it is just an wrapper over standard windows controls which show drives available on your computer. What happened with PowerArchiver freezing when trying to read that external drive from post above?
PowerArchiver has apsolutly nothing to do with your other burning software which may be working perfectly. So lets get that out of the way please.
Now, when it comes to the PA Burner and your external drive. Did it EVER recognize the drive? Or did it simply not work ever?
It briefly recognized the external drive the first time I used it when I tried the first burning job. After the first burning job didn’t work…it no longer reads the drive for CD/DVD jobs.
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ok great, we will start from there :).
We will have an internal build with new burning engine within few days and we will let you know via this thread where to download it.There are million possible issues when it comes to cd/dvd/bd burners, they are all slightly different and there are 3 different interfaces we can use to burn files, this all contributes to the issues with specific burners. We do have very extensive logging support just for this.
thank you,
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ok great, we will start from there :).
We will have an internal build with new burning engine within few days and we will let you know via this thread where to download it.There are million possible issues when it comes to cd/dvd/bd burners, they are all slightly different and there are 3 different interfaces we can use to burn files, this all contributes to the issues with specific burners. We do have very extensive logging support just for this.
thank you,
I have good news. I did a Windows XP reboot and now PowerArchiver 2010 can see and read the external DVD drive correctly. Whew! That was close.
Now comes the hard part…narrowing down why the freezing happens.
Here’s an interesting question…
1. Do I put the DVD/CD in the external drive BEFORE hitting the Burn button on PA2010 when I need to run a burn job? Would this help prevent PA2010 from “skipping” to reading the drive contents more accurately?
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I have good news. I did a Windows XP reboot and now PowerArchiver 2010 can see and read the external DVD drive correctly. Whew! That was close.
Now comes the hard part…narrowing down why the freezing happens.
:-)
I pretty much figured out that was the case (needed an reboot).
You do need to try to burn to internal drive, that will narrow down issue to the external drive (vs everything else).
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I pretty much figured out that was the case (needed an reboot).
You do need to try to burn to internal drive, that will narrow down issue to the external drive (vs everything else).
Ugh! I was hoping to save the internal DVD drive for only emergency situations like reinstalling the OS. I’ve become paranoid about this because if one uses the internal DVD drive to the point of exhaustion you’d be forced to bring in your box to having it serviced to install a new one. This just inconveniences your time to do this.
I’ll try burning a DVD using the internal one.
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I’ve attached a screenshot showing PA2010 successfully did a test burn on my internal DVD drive. So…that part has been removed from consideration.
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Uh…fellas? I’m still waiting for the build to fix the burner freezing issue. Although I’m able to burn using my internal DVD drive…doens’t mean this problem is fixed. I have an external DVD burner that I’d like to use for primary burning jobs.
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Uh…fellas? I’m still waiting for the build to fix the burner freezing issue. Although I’m able to burn using my internal DVD drive…doens’t mean this problem is fixed. I have an external DVD burner that I’d like to use for primary burning jobs.
there is no magic wand we wave around here to fix issues. Be patient, and you will be informed via this forum thread when we have new build.
thank you!
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there is no magic wand we wave around here to fix issues. Be patient, and you will be informed via this forum thread when we have new build.
thank you!
Just thought I’d give you some eyebrow raising information about my further “adventures” in DVD burning using my external drive.
I decided to double check just to make sure that there is something wrong with the burner software in PA2010.
Well, I have good news…look at the screenshot. It says PA2010 successfully burned and VERIFIED 200 mg of data to my external DVD drive. But…
I double checked using Directory Opus 9 to verify the contents of the newly “burned and verified” DVD I just put through PA2010. Guess what? There was absolutely NOTHING on the disc. Zero. Nada. I used the defaults in PA2010 and it went through the motions to read and “verify” my data and said my session was completed successfully. That’s what the screen grab shows in the attached photo. But when I checked to make sure it was true…there wasn’t anything there.
When I hit the close button to the dialog box saying the burn session had completed? It froze PA2010 and I had to give it the three finger salute to close the application.
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You mean it froze PA Burner right? As those are two separate applications actually, closing PA Burner has nothing to do with PA 2010 itself.
Seems like session info was not recorded properly in that case. We will know more once new burner is ready.
thanks
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Hi,
please check following release:
http://dl.powerarchiver.com/2010/powarc1160rc1.exeand let us know how it works now.
thanks!
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It briefly recognized the external drive the first time I used it when I tried the first burning job. After the first burning job didn’t work…it no longer reads the drive for CD/DVD jobs.
I just wanted to confirm I a similar issue with v11.50.61
I got to 98% in the burning process, then gave an error (dont recall what it said). Ejected the disk and from that point failed to recognize any blank disk inserted.
The OS also wouldnt recognize when a blank disk was inserted. Reboot didnt fix it. I had to unplug the drive, boot up into Windows, then plug the drive back in. Now the OS can see the drive and I can burn from the shell. Havent tried it again in PA.
The file I was burning was a 1 GB ISO image. Vista Business x86 SP1. The drive is a Toshiba H653A.
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Hi,
please check following release:
http://dl.powerarchiver.com/2010/powarc1160rc1.exeand let us know how it works now.
thanks!
So far so good on my end. I need to test it on my external tomorrow before giving it a full thumbs up.
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did you check with your external drive? We just added support for another burning method (SPTD) in PA 2010, in latest preview version. It is actually faster (20% in our tests it might be different) and lets multiple devices use burner at same time (which is problem with other burning methods).
It is automatically installed once you get latest PAVD update… let us know how it works.
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I just installed the PA 2010 (latest build) today. I’ll test it to see if this works on my external burner.
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I just installed the PA 2010 (latest build) today. I’ll test it to see if this works on my external burner.
make sure you also install latest PAVD…
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Something is wrong…I get an error dialog box saying “wrong Starburn.dll file”. What’s going on? And what is this PAVD thing you’re referring to?
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Something is wrong…I get an error dialog box saying “wrong Starburn.dll file”. What’s going on? And what is this PAVD thing you’re referring to?
hm, check the dates on files:
PABURNTOOLS.EXE
Starburn.dllin your PA folder. They should be 7.9.2009 and 13.08.2009 respectivly.
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hm, check the dates on files:
PABURNTOOLS.EXE
Starburn.dllin your PA folder. They should be 7.9.2009 and 13.08.2009 respectivly.
Actually I’m reading
PABURNTOOLS.EXE as 8.9.2009
Starburn.dll as 13.08.2009So in conclusion…I think I’m using an even more updated version of PABURNTOOLS.EXE while Starburn.dll appears incorrect…because it’s not updated for the PaBurnTools.exe date. This is probably why I’m getting the error message when I hit the option VD button.
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Actually I’m reading
PABURNTOOLS.EXE as 8.9.2009
Starburn.dll as 13.08.2009So in conclusion…I think I’m using an even more updated version of PABURNTOOLS.EXE while Starburn.dll appears incorrect…because it’s not updated for the PaBurnTools.exe date. This is probably why I’m getting the error message when I hit the option VD button.
when exactly do you get the error message?
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Only when I select the Virtual Drive button.
thats is fine, i thought you were getting it in burner because thats what we were talking about previously :)… just do the Web Update via Help, and you will get latest VD drivers which i talked about :-).
