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PA2023 Win10, (same problem with older releases but never reported)
PA Soft is installed on partition D. (exclusive for installed progs)
Then I created on my partition G: the folders as configured in PA Settings ‘Folders’.0fcf1b09-1b91-4b74-b250-f8cf908a3348-Ashampoo_Snap_maandag 20 maart 2023_11h54m34s.png
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The problem : Any activity on PA is saved in these folders…
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I am still using Powerarchiver 2022 and it does not show pdf markups in the preview. Is there a setting to get version 2022 to show pdf markups in the preview? If not, does this work in version 2023?
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The question that I have about PA archives is what happens if say ConeXware, as a company, dies in the future? What happens to any PA files that are created today? Can these files be decompressed with a copy of a PowerArchiver that can no longer phone home to the mothership thus can’t be registered or activated?
I mean, I can understand that new PA files wouldn’t be able to be created if the program isn’t registered but what about an un-registered copy because well, the question that I posed above?
It’s questions like this that make me not want to store anything really valuable in PA files out of fear that I, at some point in the future, might lose access to said data inside those files. OK, 7ZIP might not be able to compress as heavily as PA but at least it’s open source and any 7ZIP files will still be able to be read and decompressed ten, twenty, or fifty years from now.
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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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Is this a known problem? Is there a fix coming? This is a primary reason I buy PA.
I’ve tried both methods I know to extract multiple zips at the same time. 1) Multi Extract feature in the GUI. 2) In Windows File Explorer, select multiple zips, right click, use PA context menu to Extract or Extract To…
Is there a setting I missed? Or maybe it really is processing in parallel, but I can’t detect it? Nothing tells me in the Processes in Task Manager that multiple PA extracts are running. And my CPU, memory and disk resources do not look like a lot of extracts are running.
I’m using PA 2022 Standard version 21.00.18 on Windows 11 Pro version 10.0.22621 Build 22621.
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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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Is the version Preview 2023 also considered to be tested by the testteam ? In the past we got messages in the forum for testing out version x.x, to be downloaded by fastring, or I missed the one for 2023. (I discovered 2023 on the official web…)
CU, Pirrbe.
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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 :-)
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Hi there, been a user since 13 years now and in past whenever I had a problem or question I could email, however since 3 weeks it seems like everybody is dead?
Anyway, as kind of a last resort, I post this email a 4th time but in this forum instead now, in the hope for help:
"This is the 3rd time I am emailing you guys as I am missing a working code for the preview of Power Archiver 2023Can you please help me? I am a 13 years lasting customer of yours, and I am shocked thatr for whatever reason my support tickets are ignored now, why?
thanks in advance!
All the best!
Joerg" -
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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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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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.
Speed: current folder
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Hi. For some reason, since the move to 11.60 (I’m now using 11.60.26, but it has been this way since I moved from 11.50.whatever) the option in Miscellaneous, Speed: use current folder as temp, which should mean that instead of extracting to a temp folder then copying to the right place PA should just extract to where I asked, doesn’t work. It’s a small thing (just need to wait a few seconds while PA initiates the copy, and then for the files to be copied), but rather annoying. Is anybody else experiencing this?
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Hi. For some reason, since the move to 11.60 (I’m now using 11.60.26, but it has been this way since I moved from 11.50.whatever) the option in Miscellaneous, Speed: use current folder as temp, which should mean that instead of extracting to a temp folder then copying to the right place PA should just extract to where I asked, doesn’t work. It’s a small thing (just need to wait a few seconds while PA initiates the copy, and then for the files to be copied), but rather annoying. Is anybody else experiencing this?
BTW I’m extracting by d&d from the main window. This issue doesn’t present when using context menu or the “extract” button on the main window.drag and drop always goes to the temp first, thats the only way it can work in vista/win7 and as an positive spin, it also lets you work around uac in vista/win7.
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drag and drop always goes to the temp first, thats the only way it can work in vista/win7 and as an positive spin, it also lets you work around uac in vista/win7.
So this explains the other poster’s complaint about extracting archives not respecting his/her wishes to move the file to the folder s/he wanted. PowerArchiver 2010 is designed for Windows 7…which is why it has to do the temp deal this way.
I’m not so sure about this. Doesn’t this mean temporary files downloaded are filling up the temp directory? Why can’t there be an option setting there or a button that allows PowerArchiver users to DELETE the temp files downloaded there? If you can’t or won’t do this…it forces me to create a customized button using Directory Opus 9.5 to purge that directory as a separate step. This shouldn’t be necessary.
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So this explains the other poster’s complaint about extracting archives not respecting his/her wishes to move the file to the folder s/he wanted. PowerArchiver 2010 is designed for Windows 7…which is why it has to do the temp deal this way.
I’m not so sure about this. Doesn’t this mean temporary files downloaded are filling up the temp directory? Why can’t there be an option setting there or a button that allows PowerArchiver users to DELETE the temp files downloaded there? If you can’t or won’t do this…it forces me to create a customized button using Directory Opus 9.5 to purge that directory as a separate step. This shouldn’t be necessary.
i am not sure what you are talking about at all :-).
Drag and droping files from PA window to Explorer, extracts files to temp folder first and then moves them to destination folder.
It has nothing to do with downloaded files or any other reported issues.
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i am not sure what you are talking about at all :-).
Drag and droping files from PA window to Explorer, extracts files to temp folder first and then moves them to destination folder.
It has nothing to do with downloaded files or any other reported issues.
But my interpretation of your remarks suggests this procedure fills up the temp folder all the same. It is the same thing. Whether I manually drag and drop from PA to Explorer or even downloaded files into the directory I want. I’m getting the impression that’s what PA is doing (based on your comments) - it’s still filling the temp folder…even if I don’t want it to.
I’m afraid I disagree here. I don’t recall other file managers doing this procedure. I’ll ask around to see if Directory Opus does the same thing. Maybe it does. I just don’t feel comfortable knowing my files are directly sent to the temp folder even if I don’t expressing ask it to do this. This behavior in Windows XP isn’t necessary…as I’m not planning to upgrade to Win 7. There should be an explicit option to either allow or disallow this behavior especially for Win XP users.
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But my interpretation of your remarks suggests this procedure fills up the temp folder all the same. It is the same thing. Whether I manually drag and drop from PA to Explorer or even downloaded files into the directory I want. I’m getting the impression that’s what PA is doing (based on your comments) - it’s still filling the temp folder…even if I don’t want it to.
I’m afraid I disagree here. I don’t recall other file managers doing this procedure. I’ll ask around to see if Directory Opus does the same thing. Maybe it does. I just don’t feel comfortable knowing my files are directly sent to the temp folder even if I don’t expressing ask it to do this. This behavior in Windows XP isn’t necessary…as I’m not planning to upgrade to Win 7. There should be an explicit option to either allow or disallow this behavior especially for Win XP users.
You are completely misunderstanding what is being said here:
a. When you are drag and dropping from ARCHIVE to disk, PA uses temp folder. None of the files are left in the temp folder. It is not being filled up.
b. When you drag and drop in any other case (from folder to other folder), temp folder is not being used.It seems to me that you dont have this issue at all, you seem to mind the fact that something was done for “Win 7” users while you are “Win XP” user. There is no reason for that - PA was built for Win XP for past 8-9 years. There is an limit on number of options we can have without it being too cluttered. We already have hundreds of options, so we try to keep new ones at minimum, unless they are necessary.
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a. When you are drag and dropping from ARCHIVE to disk, PA uses temp folder. None of the files are left in the temp folder. It is not being filled up.
Don’t know if this matters, but explorer says “copying files” rather than “moving files”, so maybe temp folder is filling up (that’s not really a concern for me, I assume that windows will know to empty it when required. Speed, however, is important).
One more thing. I’m not a programmer, but if PA can skip using a temp folder while not using d&d, why not always (is there an inherit difference?)?
Also, I haven’t yet updated my laptop to win7, but I was using both PA11.50 on my laptop and earlier versions on my win7RC desktop before, and in both cases I seem to remember being able to extract using d&d without using a temp folder. Might be mistaken, but I don’t think so. I even think that I checked this very issue for someone on the general forum once.
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Don’t know if this matters, but explorer says “copying files” rather than “moving files”, so maybe temp folder is filling up (that’s not really a concern for me, I assume that windows will know to empty it when required. Speed, however, is important).
One more thing. I’m not a programmer, but if PA can skip using a temp folder while not using d&d, why not always (is there an inherit difference?)?
Also, I haven’t yet updated my laptop to win7, but I was using both PA11.50 on my laptop and earlier versions on my win7RC desktop before, and in both cases I seem to remember being able to extract using d&d without using a temp folder. Might be mistaken, but I don’t think so. I even think that I checked this very issue for someone on the general forum once.
If those earlier versions could do it, what has changed?it is moving the files, regardless of whatever the dialogue says (just clarifying so people dont think files are left). Windows actually is not that good with managing your temp folder.
Only way for us to have d&d working from archives is via temp folder (in Vista/Win7). It has been like that for quite a while, from early PA 2009 betas, maybe even sooner than that (forgot when was Vista supported added in PA).
Drag and drop is not the same action as extract files to folder, it calls specific drag and drop windows functions which can be very beneficial (for instance in this case with UAC) and maintains compatibility with other windows apps (so you can drag and drop not only to Explorer but any application that supports it).
