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    • PA 21.00.18 testing via context menu causes extraction of files

      D

      When the function for testing archives is invoked via the shell context menu (PowerArchiver > Test) then all the files in the archive get extracted to the current folder.

      The test dialog reports as many errors as there are files in the archive but it fails to give any hint as to which files are supposed to be erroneous or what the nature of the problem might be. Comparing the extracted files to the originals shows no differences at all.

      The .7z in question was produced with maximised compression settings in 7zip (taking forever but resulting in smaller archives than .7z produced by PowerArchiver with maximised settings). Therefore I wanted to see whether PowerArchiver can at least test .7z that it produced itself. Hence I had PowerArchiver convert a .pa with the same contents to .7z. There weren’t any errors reported but the resulting .7z contained fewer than half of the files contained in the .pa (137 of 366), so I scratched that test.

      Performance is abysmal when testing via the context menu (e.g. almost 2 minutes for testing a .7z that 7zip tests in 4 seconds), but that is most likely due to the fact that the extracted files are written to disk. Testing the same .7z in the PowerArchiver GUI takes only 8 seconds but causes the mysterious appearance of a UAC dialog, as reported elsewhere.

      The testing function is vital because PowerArchiver has a history of producing archives that it cannot unpack without errors or that do not conform to the respective file format standards (e.g. ZIP) so that other programs report them as erroneous.

      The point of creating archives is that the files in them will most likely have to be extracted at some point. If the extraction cannot be guaranteed to produce correct results then the whole program is absolutely pointless. Actually, worse than pointless - it causes data loss and hence damage.

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    • Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts

      Brian Gregory

      In PowerArchiver 2023 22.00.06 configuration, the option labelled “Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts” seems to be redundant.

      I am only allowed to change this option when PA Starter is disabled, and then it seems to be ignored.

      When I enable PA Starter this option is forced to the enabled state.

      I think it’d be good to remove “Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts” completely. I’ve always found it confusing having both options.

      Added later: However i don’t particularly want to use queue but I do like having the PAStarter icon in my tray area.

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    • Testing .pa archives

      PA_Fan

      W10 Pro 22H2 - 64 -bit

      PA 22.00.06 (PA 2023)

      It has been the case with previous versions of PowerArchiver, but I had hoped that the latest might behave differently. Not so, I’m afraid.

      I have, for various obscure reasons, created a few .pa archives, mainly in the hope that they will save me some more space. From time to time, I use the “Test” option to check that important archives are OK and uncorrupted.

      With every .pa archive I’ve tested, the process runs through OK but then reports that there are errors. This is always the number of files in the archive e.g. if 11 files, then 11 errors reported.

      In the .pa, I can:-

      preview the files (usually PDF) extract some or all files and look at or use them convert the .pa to a .zip or .zipx archive, which then works fine and tests without errors

      Is it the case that the Test routine isn’t designed for .pa archives, or is there another reason? Although the .pa seems to function properly, despite the test reporting errors, I would like to be sure that every .pa is OK and not “broken”.

      Some of the .pas are quite old and produced with earlier PA versions (they are truly “archives”). If I extract all the files in the old .pa, create a new, fresh .pa and add back the files to that, then test the new, no errors (at least in the .pa I’ve tried this on) are reported. This would suggest a mismatch between old .pas and newer versions of PA itself.

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

      Brian Gregory

      PA 21.00.18 running on Windows 7 64 bit.
      I made a big .PA file and thought I’d check it was made correctly with Menu / Actions / Test.
      Discovered:
      a) PA always issues a UAC prompt to do this!
      b) PA always says there are many errors in PA files.

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    • Small UI / Theme bug in 2023

      Z

      Clipboard02.jpg

      See the, supposedly, blank space where the green box is? It’s like that in Modern Light theme too. I can toggle it, but it’s missing text or shouldn’t be there I guess?

      Thanks :)

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    • PowerArchiver and PACL for macOS

      spwolf

      Dear @Alpha-Testers and all of our users,

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

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

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

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

      thank you!

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    • Functions in Windows 11 context menu no longer work after last Windows Update

      T

      For some reason, the PowerArchiver functions in the Windows 11 context menu no longer work after the last Windows Update. Only the functions in the classic context menu function as they should.

      I’ve tried uninstalling PowerArchiver and using RevoUninstaller to remove all bits and pieces that were left behind and did a clean install of PowerArchiver, it didn’t fix the issue. Other items in the Windows 11 context menu work.

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    Unzip operation hangs

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      dragon57 last edited by

      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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        Mili conexware last edited by

        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.

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          dragon57 last edited by

          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 | Path

          Red 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\

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            Mili conexware @dragon57 last edited by

            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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              dragon57 last edited by

              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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              • spwolf
                spwolf conexware last edited by

                what version of PA are you using exactly?

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                  dragon57 last edited by

                  11.60.20

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                  • spwolf
                    spwolf conexware last edited by

                    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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                      dragon57 last edited by

                      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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                      • spwolf
                        spwolf conexware last edited by

                        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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                          drteeth @spwolf last edited by

                          @spwolf:

                          hm, i have to find some older WZ because latest versions report an error when splitting large zip created with 7zip.

                          http://www.oldversion.com/WinZip.html

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                            dragon57 last edited by

                            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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                            • spwolf
                              spwolf conexware last edited by

                              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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                                dragon57 last edited by

                                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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                                • spwolf
                                  spwolf conexware @dragon57 last edited by

                                  @dragon57:

                                  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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                                    dragon57 last edited by

                                    I just recreated the problem using the rfdc tool I referenced in this post:
                                    http://www.powerarchiver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3959

                                    I 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” 288

                                    I 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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                                    • spwolf
                                      spwolf conexware last edited by

                                      reproduced! :-)

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                                        dragon57 last edited by

                                        Great!

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                                        • spwolf
                                          spwolf conexware last edited by

                                          PA 2010 11.60.25 is here:
                                          http://bit.ly/4snT7H

                                          check 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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                                            dragon57 last edited by

                                            Works!

                                            Many, many thanks.

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                                            • spwolf
                                              spwolf conexware @dragon57 last edited by

                                              @dragon57:

                                              Works!

                                              Many, many thanks.

                                              thank you for reproducible reports :-)

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                                                dragon57 last edited by

                                                Luckily I have ocd when it comes to details :).

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