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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:
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Re: Explorer.exe Crash on right click
This appears to be happening again with the Power Archiver 2022 shell extensions.
When I have Use Explorer Shell Extensions enabled in Power Archiver Configuration and right-click on c:\Users\username\Start Menu, (hidden Junction file), File Explorer crashes.
I have version 21.00.15 (03/2022) 64-bit installed in Windows 10 Version 21H2 (Build 19044.1826).
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In the latest version of PA, on W11 (latest build/SP) when you try to use the first level context menu - NOTHING HAPPENS (particularly when you do this from Downloads or Documents folders) - however I noticed that it DOES WORK when you use the context menu from the Desktop. Going to the second level context menu does work however.
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PA 2023 22.00.08
Long time no seeing. So I start up the new year with a first problem : the virtual driver cannot be installed. Reason : it is missing in the Fast Ring PatchBeam Update Service…
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It seems a standard problem with new releases :-)
Can I have a link or can it be fixed. Thank you. CU later -
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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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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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 errorsIs 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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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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PA 2010 11.60.26 Creates invalid ZIP with large files
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Hi,
Just updated to the latest version of PA but there is (still) a MAJOR problem with ZIP’ing large files.
When I ZIP a SQL Database BAK file of 5.581.246 KB using the following zip settings:
- Format: ZIP
- Action: Add(and replace files)
- Method: Deflate(.ZIP, Compatible)
- Compression: Normal ( or better )
PA will create a ZIP archive with a file size of 977.678 KB but when the ZIP archive is opened no files are listed. Selecting the ‘Extract to xxxx’ menu option will create an empty folder. If I use the standard Windows XP unzip functionality I get the message ’ The Compressed (zipped) Folder is invalid or corrupted’.
If I first create a archive with a smaller file and then add a the BAK file both files are listed but the BAK file has ratio of 0 and packed of 00.
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Hi,
Just updated to the latest version of PA but there is (still) a MAJOR problem with ZIP’ing large files.
When I ZIP a SQL Database BAK file of 5.581.246 KB using the following zip settings:
- Format: ZIP
- Action: Add(and replace files)
- Method: Deflate(.ZIP, Compatible)
- Compression: Normal ( or better )
PA will create a ZIP archive with a file size of 977.678 KB but when the ZIP archive is opened no files are listed. Selecting the ‘Extract to xxxx’ menu option will create an empty folder. If I use the standard Windows XP unzip functionality I get the message ’ The Compressed (zipped) Folder is invalid or corrupted’.
If I first create a archive with a smaller file and then add a the BAK file both files are listed but the BAK file has ratio of 0 and packed of 00.
hi - how do you mean still - when did you first notice this issue? Are you creating files via Main PA or shell interface, or both?
thanks!
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maybe try some other file 5 GB in size… does that work?
then try using 7zip compression - you can use fastest method (dont store it though), and does work?
thanks!
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hi - how do you mean still - when did you first notice this issue? Are you creating files via Main PA or shell interface, or both?
thanks!
Hi,
I first noticed it in version 11.60.23. ( whether the bug is present in earlier versions I do not know… ).
I tested both the ‘Compress with options…’, ‘Compress to xxxx.zip’ shell menu options and ‘New archive’ from the main PA window. Same result.
When opening the Archive properties window the archive is listed with File size: 933.557.976 bytes and Files in archive: 0.
The problem also occurs on a second machine ( both running Windows XP SP3+latest patches )…
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i have tried around 10 different files over 4 GB on 3 different computers, all worked fine.
It has to be a bit more specific than that.
Let me know if you can try the what i wrote above, that would help!
thanks
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maybe try some other file 5 GB in size… does that work?
then try using 7zip compression - you can use fastest method (dont store it though), and does work?
thanks!
Hi,
The problem occured with several SQL BAK - snapshots of the same DB - files. All around 5 GB.
It works fine with 7ZIP compression.
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Hi,
The problem occured with several SQL BAK - snapshots of the same DB - files. All around 5 GB.
It works fine with 7ZIP compression.
can you please try with some other files of similar size? trying to find an pattern here…. thanks!
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Hi
Just some additional info:
The disk holding the configured temporary folder has more than 100 GB free; the disk containing the ZIP archive has more than 68 GB free….
Windows XP SP3 32 bit with 4 GB mem.
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do you mind sending us your reg file, maybe we can find something interesting there.
export HKCU\Software\PowerArchiver to .reg file and then zip it and then send it to support @ conexware . com.
we will then try with your settings.
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can you please try with some other files of similar size? trying to find an pattern here…. thanks!
some non .bak file… anything else. even zipped multiple files/folder from program files folder, into single file and then compressed again to try to reproduce it.
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do you mind sending us your reg file, maybe we can find something interesting there.
export HKCU\Software\PowerArchiver to .reg file and then zip it and then send it to support @ conexware . com.
we will then try with your settings.
Tested it with a virtual image disk image file ( file size: 5.216.731.136 bytes ) creates archive with a size of (1.868.354.280 bytes….and with 0 files…
I will send you the reg part…
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Tested it with a virtual image disk image file ( file size: 5.216.731.136 bytes ) creates archive with a size of (1.868.354.280 bytes….and with 0 files…
I will send you the reg part…
no need to send the reg, i think we managed to reproduce it… waiting for engineers to check it out.
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are you using virtual pc or vmware or is it native XP system?
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are you using virtual pc or vmware or is it native XP system?
Running native XP SP3 32 Bit on both systems……( but with VmWare workstation v6.5.3 build 185404 installed on both systems but with no running instance: thus no active shared folders between host en guest OS )
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Running native XP SP3 32 Bit on both systems……( but with VmWare workstation v6.5.3 build 185404 installed on both systems but with no running instance: thus no active shared folders between host en guest OS )
Just did a test when running XP in Safe mode……same error…
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we believe this has been fixed… will have version to test tomorrow.
thanks
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FYI, files created were created properly, problem was with reading files, where our relativly new autodetection routine did not recognize some files as zips (in this example exactly), even if they were.
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FYI, files created were created properly, problem was with reading files, where our relativly new autodetection routine did not recognize some files as zips (in this example exactly), even if they were.
But that doesn’t explain why the standard Windows XP UNZIP functionalitiy complains about an invalid/corrupt ZIP file( see first message )… does it ?
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not sure that windows xp supports large zips properly, i believe it was added in Vista.
Here is the test release, please check it out and let us know:
http://www.powerarchiver.com/test/release10/powarc116028.exethanks!
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Wow. You guys are quick. :)
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not sure that windows xp supports large zips properly, i believe it was added in Vista.
Here is the test release, please check it out and let us know:
http://www.powerarchiver.com/test/release10/powarc116028.exethanks!
It FIXED the problem. Tested it with the BAK and VmWare image and both were now OK.
Great…BIG thanks for the quick support….and fix
:):)
