Powerarchiver is dead no updates to fix bugs no new features, no communication and errors in program update system with scripting errors. Duplicate context menus windows 11 no fixes not updates
I declare that this is the last version.
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Yes, that’s correct. UltimateZip was indeed a product of the same company that developed PowerArchiver, and it was essentially a rebranded version of PowerArchiver. It was discontinued and replaced by PowerArchiver.
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?
Unzip operation hangs
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I am running the latest rc of PA and just discovered a problem.
I have a large, split zip that seems to hang at the 47% point during the unzip operation.
The zip consists of three files, two files 4.7GB in size (the DVD size listed in the gui) and the third file is 418MB in size.
Let me know what other info you require.
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Hey dragon,
we’ve tried and cannot recreate the issue given the sizes you provided, let us know what kind of files are in the archive and which options were used when creating the file. -
The files in the archive are VMware image files. The archive was created by selecting the original directory and choosing the split option using the ‘DVD’ size for the split size. Here is a listing from the zip via PA’s print to txt file option:
Archive Contents
Name: CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1 split.zip
Size: 428,353Kb
Decompressed Size: 43,178,255Kb
37 files in archive:–----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name | Size | Packed | Modified | PathRed Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s001.vmdk2,015,232,000 369,766,491 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s002.vmdk2,083,323,904 886,771,594 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s003.vmdk2,081,226,752 975,068,917 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s004.vmdk1,866,072,064 616,402,273 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s005.vmdk120,782,848 20,722,858 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s006.vmdk324,141,056 102,168,736 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s007.vmdk1,457,127,424 110,120,113 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s008.vmdk1,235,353,600 43,761,783 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s009.vmdk418,775,040 80,950,089 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s010.vmdk919,273,472 33,800,200 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s011.vmdk621,019,136 92,230,750 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s012.vmdk232,062,976 34,575,850 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s013.vmdk247,988,224 81,362,674 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s014.vmdk1,548,877,824 471,460,896 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s015.vmdk2,082,209,792 844,274,693 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s016.vmdk15,794,176 2,098,525 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s017.vmdk2,064,908,288 324,214,369 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s018.vmdk2,081,685,504 971,310,281 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s019.vmdk2,081,226,752 712,477,947 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s020.vmdk2,081,292,288 417,451,585 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s021.vmdk2,080,702,464 284,169,554 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s022.vmdk2,080,702,464 411,645,241 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s023.vmdk2,076,704,768 133,238,914 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s024.vmdk2,080,964,608 362,522,687 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s025.vmdk2,080,702,464 445,283,575 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s026.vmdk2,080,702,464 378,032,796 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s027.vmdk2,080,899,072 244,439,398 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s028.vmdk2,080,702,464 255,875,701 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s029.vmdk1,718,157,312 113,931,815 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s030.vmdk273,743,872 14,456,010 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s031.vmdk2,097,152 35,441 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s032.vmdk65,536 97 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit.nvram8,684 1,209 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit.vmdk2,392 472 9/14/2009 12:41 PM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit.vmsd573 323 6/18/2009 10:12 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit.vmx2,940 1,059 9/14/2009 12:38 PM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit.vmxf288 244 9/3/2009 9:06 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1\Comment:
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deflate method with maximum compression?
anything else checkmarked other than “include system and hidden files”?
and, mode selected for spanning? (you can see it in the drop down menu below the span size options.
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Method is Bzip2, compression is normal. The file was split using Winzip (I don’t see a split/span mode type option in Winzip).
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what version of PA are you using exactly?
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11.60.20
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and do you know what version of WinZip? And what settings did you use? So we can try to re-create the archive.
thanks
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The flow is rather strange. The archive was originally created with 7zip using Method=Bzip2, compression=normal. The archive was one large file.
After the archive was created it was transferred across a wan where it was decided it should be split. The user only had Winzip 11.2 (build 8094) and split the file into DVD sized files.
I can unzip the split archive on my local machine using 7zip, Winzip, and Winrar. The only problem is with the latest build of PA.
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hm, i have to find some older WZ because latest versions report an error when splitting large zip created with 7zip.
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hm, i have to find some older WZ because latest versions report an error when splitting large zip created with 7zip.
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Is the new 11.60 build release today supposed to address this? If so, it still hangs. If not, never mind :).
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nope, could not reproduce.
are these vmware image files downloadable somewhere? i have tried creating similar example, but everything worked fine. It might be something that was special to files compressed.
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No, the image files are not distributable. I will see if I can come up with a reproducible scenario and set of accompanying steps.
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No, the image files are not distributable. I will see if I can come up with a reproducible scenario and set of accompanying steps.
that would definetly help us solve the issue…. i created several similar files (filename and filesize), compressed it to bzip, normal in 7z and then spanned it in WZ and works fine here. It probably is more specific that simple spanning on bzip does not work.
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I just recreated the problem using the rfdc tool I referenced in this post:
http://www.powerarchiver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3959I created a directory called ‘CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1’. Inside this directory I ran these commands:
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s001.vmdk” 2015232000
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s002.vmdk” 2083323904
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s003.vmdk” 2081226752
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s004.vmdk” 1866072064
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s005.vmdk” 120782848
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s006.vmdk” 324141056
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s007.vmdk” 1457127424
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s008.vmdk” 1235353600
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s009.vmdk” 418775040
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s010.vmdk” 919273472
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s011.vmdk” 621019136
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s012.vmdk” 232062976
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s013.vmdk” 247988224
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s014.vmdk” 1548877824
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s015.vmdk” 2082209792
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s016.vmdk” 15794176
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s017.vmdk” 2064908288
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s018.vmdk” 2081685504
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s019.vmdk” 2081226752
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s020.vmdk” 2081292288
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s021.vmdk” 2080702464
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s022.vmdk” 2080702464
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s023.vmdk” 2076704768
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s024.vmdk” 2080964608
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s025.vmdk” 2080702464
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s026.vmdk” 2080702464
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s027.vmdk” 2080899072
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s028.vmdk” 2080702464
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s029.vmdk” 1718157312
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s030.vmdk” 273743872
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s031.vmdk” 2097152
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s032.vmdk” 65536
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit.nvram” 8684
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit.vmdk” 2392
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit.vmsd” 573
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit.vmx” 2940
rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit.vmxf” 288I then used 7zip to create a zip file using the settings mentioned earlier in this post. Next, I used Winzip to split this zip into DVD sized files. Finally, I used PA to unzip the split zip. PA eventually hung trying to unzip the split files.
Hopefully you can recreate the problem using these steps.
Let me know if you have any questions.
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reproduced! :-)
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Great!
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PA 2010 11.60.25 is here:
http://bit.ly/4snT7Hcheck it out and see if it solves your issue.
It seems that split bz2 zip files were not properly supported!thanks
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Works!
Many, many thanks.
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Luckily I have ocd when it comes to details :).
