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Will PA 2022 still support windows 10 as majority of people can’t upgrade and won’t till 2025
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Hello,
PowerArchiver Command Line 7 support file greater than 2 Go ?
Thanks
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I’ve found a bug when trying to test an encrypted, 28-volume 7-zip archive of a 18.3 GB folder containing 41,751 files. The test fails, showing errors in all files.
Here’s the folder I compressed, and the 28 resulting files:Archives
Here’s the multi-volume compressed file opened in PA, showing the total file count and the full archive size:Opened in PowerArchiver
And here’s the test results screen after I click Actions -> Test…, showing an incorrect file count and archive size (this seems to be the file size of the first volume alone):Testing results
One important detail about the test screen above is that PA opens an UAC prompt asking for privileged execution before starting the test. Is this the expected behavior? It seems PA wouldn’t need higher execution privilege since everything it’s touching is owned by my own user.
In any case, granting or denying the UAC prompt results in the exact same screen.
Now, if instead of testing the archive I tell PA to extract the contents, the operation works fine (and with no UAC prompts):Extracting
With the Properties panel for both folders, the original and the extracted one, showing the exact same file count and total size:Extract results
I hope this helps. 🙂
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Hi,
Currently on the 2021 20.00.55, updated, and licensed.
I have been facing this issue since 2019 version.
Queues don’t actually do anything
That I run powerarchiver starter as admin, or without admin.Then I queue some files, and most of the files take forever, to go from 1% to 2%
and let’s say if the 5th of total 10 files are stuck that should mean the other 4 should be completed, but no, the directories are just like that.
Using Queue feature makes the Powerarchiver to process and compress files, but the PA archives do no appear, neither the disk’s total used space changes.
However if I manually compress files without queuing, no matter if I run multiple compression or one by one, there’s always success.
sometimes compression is stuck at certain percentage for a 50 or 200 MB file, forever.
I want to speed up multiple compression, I find the batch compression feature useless, as I cannot configure any custom parameters or advanced option under PA archive format
So, Let me save parameters(Advanced Option) of Profiles
i) Either I should be able to customize PA Default profile, so I don’t have to select files and manually select profile, but not even single parameter can be saved
ii) Or I should be able to create a new profile and be able to set that as default.
It’s end of 2020 and I have been trying to reach Powerarchiver team to add this, but no one wants to listen or do anything.Refer case PA-FCW-TLNFM-096
I still cannot save parameters under advanced options like DDL/EXE filter to delta, or PNG PDF Filter, or set zlib to 9 or dictionary size or experimental stuff.
Soo many Revisions and versions released but I still cannot have a profile saved with whatever I want, be it existing or new profile.
Don’t you guys at Powerarchiver labs get frustrated everytime you have to configure these parameters manually?
When I stop an ongoing compression process, that is stuck or let’s say it’s not stuck but I click on cancel and then on No, it still continues compression for no reason.
If I start compression and pause, the progress bar shortly(progresses) reaches to completion, but no compression is done, and then archive is stuck forever
Just cancel itFor all my claims above I have sent ticket today with screenshots from my registered email.
if you can:
Batch archive is good idea, but if I have multiple directories inside directories, then I want first child directory to have all of it’s subdirectory compressed to that same first child directory
Example
I have a folder in D:\pics
that folder has following folder
Cats
Dogs
FishesEach of the above folder has sub folder:
Black
White
Fluffy
ColorfulI want those sub folders(black, white, colorful, fluffy) not to be compressed individually, but the cats, dogs and fishes folders to be compressed individually
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The support doesn’t answer my email about a license question for weeks, because despite a lifetime license Powerarchiver refuses some functions
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Dear PowerArchiver Team!
As I unfortunately found out, there is a big bug in Powerarchiver, which causes the compression rate to drop really significantly! I wonder if no one has noticed this yet? Are you guys still actively developing?
The following error occurs! (This is already as I find a blatant error!).ERROR:
File extensions and formats are not recognized automatically! If a file name e.g. Mütze.jpg is simply “renamed” in Mütze.txt, or
Mütze.png, Mütze.mp3, Mütze.pdf etc. each time a DIFFERENT compression algorithm is performed on the SAME FILE! Remember! The file extension was only renamed, so the file extension e.g. from .jpg to .txt is only by Rename changed! Just take a .jpg or .txt or .pdf file and change the file extension, you will see see this error! No headers are read automatically! Is this really wanted?Then the perfect compression algorithm can never be found and optimized by PowerArchiver? You should investigate this dramatic error once absolutely!Greetings from your trusty Konglomat!
Please stay healthy and make PowerArchiver more powerful than ever! I am looking forward to future updates! You are still awesome! Please keep up the good work! I love PowerArchiver, really more than just about anything!And will probably buy and use it for eternity!
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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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Hi,
I thought, I’ll give it a try and upgrade my PA 2018 Toolbox on my production machine to PA 2021 (20.10.03)
Sending registration codes in your order recovery doesn’t seem to work at the moment (I also checked my junk folder), online activation works Using registry to disable modules (for example HKLM\SOFTWARE\PowerArchiverInt\General\DisableBurning) doesn’t work as expected with modern ui. The module is visible, but I’ll get the trial nag, if I try to open it. It’s almost fine in classic and ribbon mode.7989017c-3cd2-4a99-a1f6-06ce62329dec-image.png
“DisableClouds” and “DisableExplorer” seem not to be respected at all, while the classic UI seems to respect the setting to disable any other unused module:
In settings I won’t be able to access the SmartAI settings and the settings for the internal editor if the FTP module is disabled
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Configuration:
Powerarchiver 2021 20.00.73
Windows 10 Education 10.0.19042 Build 19042When extracting gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf.tar.xz , Powerarchiver wrongly thinks some .exe files have a length of zero:
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Once extracted:
D:\Temp\Powerarchiver\gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf\bin>dir *.exe Volume in drive D is DATA Volume Serial Number is 0E12-BCA2 Directory of D:\Temp\Powerarchiver\gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf\bin 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 1,391,599 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-addr2line.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ar.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-as.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 3,030,119 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-c++.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 1,389,293 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-c++filt.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 3,027,513 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-cpp.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 4,040,503 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-dwp.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 391,769 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-elfedit.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-g++.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 3,026,926 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-10.2.1.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 609,607 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-ar.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 609,607 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-nm.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 609,607 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-ranlib.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 2,165,533 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov-dump.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 2,343,605 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov-tool.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 2,450,233 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov.exe 2020-11-20 07:54 PM 9,605,899 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gdb.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 3,028,997 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gfortran.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 1,412,943 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gprof.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.bfd.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.gold.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 25,546,567 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-lto-dump.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-nm.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-objcopy.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-objdump.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ranlib.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-readelf.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 1,393,083 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-size.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 1,392,464 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-strings.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-strip.exe 32 File(s) 67,465,867 bytes 0 Dir(s) 1,002,422,431,744 bytes freeWhen the same archive is being extracted from a git bash session (after having installed git 2.30.1 for Windows 64 bit version from git-scm.com), the .exe files are extracted as expected:
xz -k -d gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf.tar.xz tar xf gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf.tar cd gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf/bin ll *.exe -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 1391599 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-addr2line.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1421598 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ar.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 2028927 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-as.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 3030119 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-c++.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 1389293 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-c++filt.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 3027513 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-cpp.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 4040503 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-dwp.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 391769 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-elfedit.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 3030119 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-g++.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 3026926 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-10.2.1.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 609607 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-ar.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 609607 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-nm.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 609607 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-ranlib.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 3026926 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 2165533 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov-dump.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 2343605 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov-tool.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 2450233 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 9605899 Nov 20 19:54 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gdb.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 3028997 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gfortran.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 1412943 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gprof.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 4 User 197121 2572182 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.bfd.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 4 User 197121 2572182 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 4550029 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.gold.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 25546567 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-lto-dump.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1404945 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-nm.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1531656 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-objcopy.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1991350 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-objdump.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1421598 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ranlib.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1163376 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-readelf.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 1393083 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-size.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 1392464 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-strings.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1531656 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-strip.exe*The same archive file does extract properly under a native Linux Ubuntu 20.04 system, or under Windows 10 using the WSL2 Linux subsystem using xz and tar.
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Hi! I came across an issue when I tried to uninstall PowerArch 2013. I got an error “The specified account already exists” which broke the process. I got the same error when I tried to install the current version, without uninstalling the previous one.
So I can’t uninstall and I can’t install PowerArchiver. Any suggestions? OS Windows 8.1 x64.Dariusz
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When viewing a zip archive with .TGA image files (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truevision_TGA) the file preview shows Unknown Picture File Extension (.tga).
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Hi,
I’m using Convert Archives on a local folder of .zip files, converting them to .lzh files, and I’m finding that perhaps 1 in 75 files is actually converting and outputting a file. Even then, the .lzh file is incomplete, missing most of the source files.
The progress bars completes OK, say 75/75 files, but only one .lzh file exists in the output folder.
It seems to be the same with different source and output folders on both local and USB disk - I can’t see a pattern.
The files extract and compress (to .lzh) without issue on their own.
Is there a log file I can check please, to see why PA does not like these files as part of the batch conversion?
Thanks very much, Rich.
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Hello. My problem with Powerarchiver is as follows:
First of let me say that I am running a Windows 7 Starter edition on my Toshiba NB505 laptop. You can see my specs if you google it. Needless to say that it has very limited resources and has low ram and roughly 1.66 GHz Atom processor.I am currently using the latest version of PA. But mostly the tasks I do with it are create and uncompress zip files, as this comes in handy with my needs for compressing older files which I dont need. There is where it comes my issue with program and it is just that version after version it becomes harder for my computer to load and create zip files and 7zip ones. Needless to say that the same goes for zipx.
I have been using PA for a decade and its a good program but it is just that the current version has things which I don’t need or seldom use it, such as the preview file panel, and also the explorer tabs, skin customization and the nagging conexware update tool. Thus I was just asking, Does it exist a minimalistic version of PA or perhaps some ultra light version of it?. Something which it can be run on older computers.
Please don’t say to install an older version or going back to 2003, as well, this is not what I had in mind. I know that I could use the command line version but for me usng a GUI is more convenient. Regsrding compression speeds, I mostly use deflate for legacy zip files on the fast setting.
So far what I am doing is to set PA to use the classic skin windows view and while it does alleviate some of the lagging symptoms it doesn’t really seem to make the program to run or load faster.
Any help or advice on my problem?. By the way, I use the PRO version as that’s my current license. By the way, does PA has any pdf user’s manual or reference book? I see there are changes and numerous functionality that has been added but I have no clue on how to use it. I hope somebody could help me with that as well.
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Converting an archive to .zip (using both the “Deflate (.zip, compatible)” and “Store” compression methods) always creates a .zipx file instead.
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pa-convert-zip-2.jpgUsing the “Store” method sometimes creates a .zip file; I have seen it happen just now, but I cannot reproduce it.
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New version: 20.10.03
Download:
https://powerarchiverdl.cachefly.net/2021/powarc201003.exeRelease Notes - PowerArchiver - Version 20.10.03
** Bug
[PA-2899] – PowerArchiver icon should be yellow for shell and main interface
[PA-2906] – Add Window size should be remembered
[PA-2901] – Cloud: when started as standalone, skin should be fully applied
[PA-2896] – Cloud config window not skinned in Dark Ribbon skin
[PA-2900] – Cloud: close button enabled when no connection, should be disabled
[PA-2902] – Cloud: change name of Amazon option in cloud
Various fixes and improvements. More fixes and updates coming up! Thanks for everyone’s help!
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Re: Using the Queue Feature affects Compression Ratio negatively
I’m sorry if the dev team is affected by pandemic, and if anyways that is affecting their quality to provide quality software.
But honestly, it’s been an year I have been complaining about the queue feature, it is taking them ages to fix.
referencing the above bug, I have been waiting patiently, but the bug isn’t fixed at all.
The old queuing bug where PA gets stuck randomly, isn’t fixed either.
The Bug where you keep 10-15 files in queue at once, will cause the software to miss few in queue.
and sometimes it would compress into a corrupt archive, so you have to manually open each archive and make sure everything is there as expected.
There’s way too many bugs, and I see none getting fixed.
I’m disappointed with this software.
I should have sticked to 7zip or given a shot to other archivers than this, at least they don’t provide update once in 4 months and fix nothing.
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Is there any way to reset the compression profiles back to install default??
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When viewing an archive I want to be able to preview the text files within the archive. In past versions, there was a preview pane on the right side of the screen. How do I enable this in the most recent version (20.10.02)?
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Hi guys,
I have some mistakes today with PowerArchiver Installation with GPO.
I checked permissions of the share folder and I already installed some app from this.
I have downloaded 32b and 64b it’s the same problem.
App is on the install list of the GPO, but don’t install on the client. All app can be install but only powerachiver not. What the hell !So i tried :
Checked : security of share folder --> ok (install of other app ok!)
RSOP checked --> nothing special
(obviously force GPO, multiple reboot)Can you help me please ?
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The speed is too high to show properly.
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 :-).
