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.
If I compress a folder to a .pa using right click, Compress to folder.pa and use the new Windows 11 menu then the Options, Configuration, Miscellaneous, Use normal relative path setting is always enabled.
But I like this option disabled so I have to use the old style menu in order to get PA to compress a folder in the way I wish.
How many times can I reactivate my install?
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I’m dual booting Win7 and Vista 64. When I go into Win7 and use Power Archiver, it asks for registration so I register it and everything is good.
If I go to Vista and run PA, it asks to register it so I do and it’s all good. If I go back to Win7 and try and use Power Archiver it wants me to register again, and same thing if I register and go back to Vista.What I want to know is; how many times can I do this before my key is deactivated?
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strange…I run a dual boot system also but once I register PA it all works fine.
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What I did was install PA in Vista64, when I first installed Win7 I made a shortcut to the Vista64 installs’ exe.
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install PA on both systems and register it on both systems…you can’t use a shortcut to it on another OS…it will always give you registration prompts if you do it that way.
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I thought so, but didn’t want to lose the space, as I have to do that with only some programs.
Well how about my question though? How many times can I reactivate with my serial key before it gets black listed?
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as far as I’m aware there is no limit…
but I’m sure the team here will verify that fact for you. -
I thought so, but didn’t want to lose the space, as I have to do that with only some programs.
Well how about my question though? How many times can I reactivate with my serial key before it gets black listed?
million times at minimum :-)
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although you should be able to register it properly the way you are doing it… are you sure it gets registered once you do it? there is no PA reason for it to reset every time you boot into other windows.
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although you should be able to register it properly the way you are doing it… are you sure it gets registered once you do it? there is no PA reason for it to reset every time you boot into other windows.
Yeah it gets registered. If I open PA back up it says it’s registered to me. If I go to Vista, it says it’s not registered. Which is weird as isn’t the registration stored in the registry?
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Yeah it gets registered. If I open PA back up it says it’s registered to me. If I go to Vista, it says it’s not registered. Which is weird as isn’t the registration stored in the registry?
how do you mean if you go to Vista?
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if you have registered it at Vista, then thats it, it should work… if it does not, something is deleting the registry key.
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I thought so, but didn’t want to lose the space, as I have to do that with only some programs.
Well how about my question though? How many times can I reactivate with my serial key before it gets black listed?
install it on Vista64 in the same folder as it is on Win7.
I understand now - it will not work as registration is saved in Win7 registry and Vista64 is reading its own.
So if you want to save space, just install them both to the same folder and it will work fine.
What i dont understand is that it does not really need installation again - in Vista64 when nag screen pops up, you just had to enter registration code and it should have worked.
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install it on Vista64 in the same folder as it is on Win7.
I understand now - it will not work as registration is saved in Win7 registry and Vista64 is reading its own.
So if you want to save space, just install them both to the same folder and it will work fine.
What i dont understand is that it does not really need installation again - in Vista64 when nag screen pops up, you just had to enter registration code and it should have worked.
That’s what I thought. I’ll check again just to be sure.
Step 1: Boot to Win7.
Step 2: Open PA. It’s registered
Step 3: Boot to Vista
Step 4: Check to see if registered, if not then register it.
Step 5: Boot to Win7
Step 6: Open PA. Check for registration.I’ll report back in a bit