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    anything planned for the future or is this software just dead now?

    Tech Support 22 days ago
    News/Update on PowerArchiver/Connexion in 2024
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    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).

    Tech Support Feb 27, 2025, 2:18 PM
    BETA PowerArchive 22.00.11 - Windows 11 Context Menu duplicated/additional tier
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    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

    Tech Support Jan 19, 2025, 8:56 AM
    No Icons for SFX-Archives
    M

    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.

    Zwischenablage_10-22-2024_01.jpg

    Tech Support Oct 23, 2024, 5:19 PM
    Zip extraction from windows 11 by windows
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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?

    Tech Support Oct 21, 2024, 7:18 AM
    Installer problem
    L

    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

    Tech Support Oct 14, 2024, 6:37 AM
    Button alignment. About window.
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    Buttons are not properly aligned on About screen.
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    Tech Support Oct 7, 2024, 12:10 PM
    Button alignment on config window.
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    Buttons not aligned on configuration window.
    configbuttons.png

    Tech Support Oct 7, 2024, 12:09 PM
    BETA: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.10
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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!

    Tech Support Oct 7, 2024, 9:33 AM
    BETA: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.11
    S

    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!

    Tech Support Oct 7, 2024, 9:32 AM
    Missing Icons
    LuxorL

    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

    powerarc_2023-09-18_17-00-19.png

    powerarc_2023-09-18_17-01-05.png

    Tech Support Sep 21, 2024, 10:33 AM
    THE SSL CERTIFICATE FOR *.POWERARCHIVER.COM HAS EXPIRED.
    Brian GregoryB

    @spwolf @Mili THE SSL CERTIFICATE FOR *.POWERARCHIVER.COM HAS EXPIRED.

    Tech Support Aug 14, 2024, 2:49 PM
    PA2023 22.00.09 trying to delete a directory from a tar file.
    Brian GregoryB

    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.

    Tech Support Jul 8, 2024, 9:51 PM
    PA 2023: No portable version?
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    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!

    Tech Support Jul 5, 2024, 5:04 PM
    PA2023: Portable version missing?
    A

    Hello!
    Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
    (When) do you plan to release one?
    Thanks!

    Tech Support Jul 2, 2024, 7:09 AM
    2024
    P

    Will you be releasing 2024 soon?

    Tech Support Jul 2, 2024, 7:07 AM
    PA 2023 Toolbox - 22.00.09 - Remove archive encryption
    PA_FanP

    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?

    Tech Support Feb 17, 2024, 10:53 AM
    Bug extracting from ZIP etc using Extract here with PA 22.00.09
    Brian GregoryB

    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.

    Tech Support Dec 9, 2023, 3:02 PM
    Updates
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    Any updates going to happen for the bugs reported?

    Tech Support Dec 1, 2023, 8:24 AM

    Extracting and relative paths

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      Socrates Banned
      last edited by Oct 6, 2009, 3:20 PM

      Could you briefly explain the mechanism for extracting multiple files which are stored with RELATIVE PATHS?

      I am copying files from one computer to another; since my username is not the same on the two computers, the foldername under “Documents and Settings” differs.

      In PA 11 this seemed to work fine. But I have had troubles with the last three versions.

      Perhaps I am just doing something wrong.

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        spwolf conexware
        last edited by Oct 6, 2009, 4:00 PM

        Extracting always works the same, no matter if you used relative or full paths during extraction. So if your username has been saved under path, it will be extracted if all files are selected for extraction.

        You can turn on explorer view mode, and select specific folder for extraction. So go to your documents folder inside archive and then select files inside that folder, and they will be extracted with that folder as starting path.

        I hope that made sense…

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          Socrates Banned @spwolf
          last edited by Oct 6, 2009, 6:12 PM

          Initially it DID work for me in PA if I choose the extract button and then selected my own folder. It did not work if I selected the same folder from the drop-down list.

          Then it was fixed so it worked both ways in PA.

          Then one of two versions later, it would not work. Still doesn’t work 3 RCs later.

          It works flawlessly if I use WinZip.

          I will wait for a couple of months until the final 11.6 version is out and has been refined and give it a whirl.

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            spwolf conexware
            last edited by Oct 6, 2009, 6:35 PM

            You do not understand.

            It is not the selection of extract folder location.

            You need to select folder from inside archive from where you want PowerArchiver to start extracting paths.

            So turn on explorer view and go inside My documents folder in that archive and then select files there to be extracted. They will be extracted with path relative to the folder where you are in the archive.

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              spwolf conexware
              last edited by Oct 6, 2009, 6:40 PM

              or maybe you want that during compression paths are stored differently, in that case, you need to check options for storing paths during compression.

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                Socrates Banned @spwolf
                last edited by Oct 6, 2009, 6:43 PM

                I realize there are two things you have to do. I selected the path from within the archive that I want to extract. I also have to select to where the files will be extracted (I assumed that is what the extract button and the extract drop-list are supposed to allow me to do).

                It worked just fine in one of the earlier version. It worked just fine with WZ.

                Again, I will just wait.

                suggestion. I case it is just a different way of doing it rather than a glitch, I would propose you post a series of screen shots in your support area which (a) walk a person through the precise ways of building an archive and (b) the precise ways of extract them from the archive.

                Oh, and if relative paths made no difference, which include them both in the configuration settings (“normal” relative paths AND in the windows for creating a backup script.

                In any event, I will wait and see.

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                  spwolf conexware
                  last edited by Oct 6, 2009, 7:02 PM

                  those options are for creation of paths during compression, not during extraction (you can also check help in Add window to see how different path options work)… there is an option though to ignore paths (no paths) during extraction, but thats in extract window.

                  Can you please tell me what did you select to extract and what got extracted? Because it works fine here. But I have feeling that we are talking about different things.

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                    Socrates Banned @spwolf
                    last edited by Oct 21, 2009, 6:09 PM

                    Let me try one more time.

                    I (want to) use backup scripts to move files from my home computer to my work computer. Specifically, I want to copy a number of files from my Documents and Settings directory from home to work.

                    Since my username (Documents and Settings\username) is different on the two computers, I set the backup script to save only relative paths, not the full path.

                    The plan is to take the archive to work, and extract the files into my D&S folder there.

                    When I first tried using PA, I COULD extract the files under one condition. (1) I opened the archive, drilled down through the D&S folder, then the homeusername folder until the relevant sub-folders (Applications, Local Settings, and My Documents) were in the right side of the explorer window. I then selected those files, clicked on the Extract button, browsed to the workusername folder, and then clicked “extract.”

                    However, I could NOT, on subsequent uses, choose the workusername folder from the drop down menu associated with the extract button. Well, I could choose it. But it did not extract the files to the proper folders.

                    I pointed out the problem, and in the next version, I could get the files to extract, BOTH ways — from the extract button and by using the drop down options. That is what I want.

                    By the next version, the problem reverted.

                    Now I cannot get the files to extract to the right folder EITHER WAY.

                    With WinZip, the extract is simple. No problems. So I am stuck using PA to build the transfer file; then I have to use WinZip to extract the files.

                    Is there is some new secret for extracting files from an archive?

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                      spwolf conexware
                      last edited by Oct 21, 2009, 7:44 PM

                      where do they get extracted?

                      For instance if in archive, go inside my documents path, select all files, then click extract and select my documents folder in your computer - what happens?

                      I have tested it, and it correctly moves files when I tried it (it disregards paths above my documents in archive).

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                        Socrates Banned @spwolf
                        last edited by Oct 21, 2009, 8:13 PM

                        With PA they get extracted to a documents and settings folder that PA creates within the workusername directory.

                        With WZ they get extracted to the proper folders.

                        For a while in a beta version of PA they also got extracted to the proper folders.

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                          spwolf conexware
                          last edited by Oct 21, 2009, 8:35 PM

                          do you mind sending us an screenshot of:
                          a. what you select in PA (in archive),
                          b. what folder you select for extraction in extract window
                          c.extracted folder in PA explorer or Windows explorer (extraction results).

                          I apologize for extra work, but i want to make sure we are doing same things so we can reproduce it.

                          thank you!

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                            Socrates Banned @spwolf
                            last edited by Oct 21, 2009, 9:00 PM

                            Sorry. I have already spent more time on this over the past two months that I dare count. More time than I could afford.

                            I will continue to use WZ to extract and wait and see if this is fixed soon.

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                              spwolf conexware @Socrates
                              last edited by Oct 21, 2009, 9:40 PM

                              @Socrates:

                              Sorry. I have already spent more time on this over the past two months that I dare count. More time than I could afford.

                              I will continue to use WZ to extract and wait and see if this is fixed soon.

                              it probably wont be fixed until someone shows us how to reproduce it, so i guess we will repeat this over and over :-)

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                                Socrates Banned @spwolf
                                last edited by Oct 21, 2009, 10:17 PM

                                I won’t.

                                PA is gone.

                                Please remove me from the forum.

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