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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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    • File Explorer Shell Extension crash on Junction

      W

      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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    • Functions in Windows 11 Context Menu don't work in some directories

      P

      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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    • Missing virtual driver in Patchbeam

      pirrbe

      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…
      Virtual driver PA 2023-01-28 152607.png
      It seems a standard problem with new releases :-)
      Can I have a link or can it be fixed. Thank you. CU later

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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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    • 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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    Scheduled tasks stopped working

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      steiale last edited by

      Running PA on Windows 2008 Server
      Scheduled tasks
      Tasks start on scheduled time
      Then nothing happens. Status is running and thats it…

      Seems it doesn’t even start to build a file list…

      When I run the backup task manually everything works perfect.

      Already created new tasks and new pbs files. No change.

      Any ideas?

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      • spwolf
        spwolf conexware last edited by

        what version of PA do you have running?

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          steiale last edited by

          11.60.23… I saw right now that there is a new version.

          Will an update solve my problem?

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          • spwolf
            spwolf conexware last edited by

            dont know, try it out and let us know…

            did scheduled tasks work before? If so, did you change something before they stopped working? There has to be an reason.

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              steiale last edited by

              I know. Did change nothing. After they stopped working updated PA.
              All PBS files screwed up. Did some new ones. Strange behavior. Some say not scheduled in PA. I can see in Windows Scheduler that they are scheduled.
              Anyway. PA starts the pbs files… Then stuck.

              I will update and try again. Why PBS Files never work after update of PA. Had that several times.

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                steiale last edited by

                Still doesn’t work… I see all the tasks startet in time but not even one task is doing something.

                Any ideas?

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                • spwolf
                  spwolf conexware last edited by

                  go to task scheduler, right click on the task and run it…. does it work then?

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                    steiale last edited by

                    No it doesn’t

                    Tasks starts… does nothing…

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                    • spwolf
                      spwolf conexware last edited by

                      but if you run same exact pbs manually it works fine?
                      (doubleclicking on it from explorer)

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                        steiale last edited by

                        Yes clicking from PA application works superb…!!

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                        • spwolf
                          spwolf conexware @steiale last edited by

                          @steiale:

                          Yes clicking from PA application works superb…!!

                          then something has to be wrong with task scheduler side of things… check one of the schedules, maybe it is running under wrong user or something similar.

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                            steiale last edited by

                            Already checked several times…!! Can’t it be that there is something wrong with the PA Schedule string?
                            User is domain admin. So it has to work…

                            It it would run under wrong user it wouldn’t start or am I wrong there?

                            When I run the scheduled task even a tmp file is created but then nothing. No idea why…

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                            • spwolf
                              spwolf conexware @steiale last edited by

                              @steiale:

                              Already checked several times…!! Can’t it be that there is something wrong with the PA Schedule string?
                              User is domain admin. So it has to work…

                              It it would run under wrong user it wouldn’t start or am I wrong there?

                              When I run the scheduled task even a tmp file is created but then nothing. No idea why…

                              did you try manually to schedule pbs starting? that might give us few answers.

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                                steiale last edited by

                                Yes I did… no success either…

                                Put the whole string in cmd box… Error box comes up… The system cannot find the file specified… pbs will be emptied then… Has to do a pbs again… Think this is a bug…

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                                • spwolf
                                  spwolf conexware last edited by

                                  cant you browse to the pbs? That will make sure it works properly…

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                                    steiale last edited by

                                    Sure I can… in cmd box and explorer…

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                                    • spwolf
                                      spwolf conexware @steiale last edited by

                                      @steiale:

                                      Sure I can… in cmd box and explorer…

                                      dont confuse me :-). I mean in the task scheduler> New Task. Create new task and then browse to pbs script and set it up there, manually.

                                      ///

                                      For command prompt you probably did not full path properly (which is not important, disregard command prompt).

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                                        steiale last edited by

                                        Created new task. Gave the script to start. PA will be started and does nothing…

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                                        • spwolf
                                          spwolf conexware last edited by

                                          strange… i am trying to re-create similar situation and i cant.

                                          i mean if it works manually, then it means backup works… but also if it tasks starts it means task scheduler works.

                                          only thing that comes to my mind is possibility that user under which backup is running from scheduler might not have all the rights - can you check to make sure that it should be running under same user as you?

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                                            steiale last edited by

                                            It does already. I start tasks as Domain admin… It worked for soo long absolutely great!!
                                            After the PA update I had to do all pbs files new and since then everything is screwed…

                                            I hava also no idea…

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                                            • spwolf
                                              spwolf conexware @steiale last edited by

                                              @steiale:

                                              It does already. I start tasks as Domain admin… It worked for soo long absolutely great!!
                                              After the PA update I had to do all pbs files new and since then everything is screwed…

                                              I hava also no idea…

                                              this happened after you updated your PA? I mean you updated your PA after you reported the issue ;-).

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                                              • spwolf
                                                spwolf conexware last edited by

                                                if it started happening after an update to PA, try downgrading to older version of PA that worked fine? It does not make sense for it to work from explorer but not from scheduler, if it is PA related issue…

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                                                  steiale last edited by

                                                  Can’t you do your own scheduler… :-) Had some time ago also problems with the windows scheduler…

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                                                    steiale last edited by

                                                    OK… today something very stange happened… As always scheduler did start the PA. Stuck. Now I think I know why. It seems that in lates PA there is a problem with the path or something. Whenever I start pbs from PA now it says: The system cannot finde the specified file. Very strange. I try another path to the pbs files… Maybe that works…

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                                                      steiale last edited by

                                                      OK… Didn’t work either… I am pretty sure it is something with PA. Other scheduled tasks work great. I use Windows 2008 Sp2… Maybe there is an issue with that.??

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                                                      • guido
                                                        guido last edited by

                                                        could you add admin rights to the scheduled task?

                                                        Windows 11 Pro ENU x64
                                                        Intel Core I7
                                                        32 GB RAM

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                                                        • guido
                                                          guido last edited by

                                                          I had this problem when I tried to backup stuff from the program files folder. PA needed admin rights

                                                          Windows 11 Pro ENU x64
                                                          Intel Core I7
                                                          32 GB RAM

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                                                          • S
                                                            steiale last edited by

                                                            Yes I did. Task is running as domain admin.

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                                                            • S
                                                              steiale last edited by

                                                              Did a complete uninstall. Installed latest version. Configured everything new.

                                                              Still not working. Like always. Task is starting and then… nothing happens…

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                                                              • spwolf
                                                                spwolf conexware last edited by

                                                                sometimes admin does have access to all the files, thats certainly the case in vista (if files are owned by another user, and win server 2008 is based on vista).

                                                                Why dont you create simple pbs that compresses 1.txt file from C:\1\ folder for instance

                                                                and try running that through scheduler. See if that works.

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                                                                  steiale last edited by

                                                                  Tried and didn’t work. Event tried another scheduler (VisualCron). Same behavior. Task starts and nothing happens…

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                                                                  • spwolf
                                                                    spwolf conexware @steiale last edited by

                                                                    @steiale:

                                                                    Tried and didn’t work. Event tried another scheduler (VisualCron). Same behavior. Task starts and nothing happens…

                                                                    well thats crazy ;-)

                                                                    can you send us one of those pbs scripts, zipped to support @ conexware . com, and we will try it here.

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                                                                    • S
                                                                      steiale last edited by

                                                                      Mail is out…

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                                                                      • spwolf
                                                                        spwolf conexware @steiale last edited by

                                                                        @steiale:

                                                                        Mail is out…

                                                                        works here of course ;-).

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                                                                          steiale last edited by

                                                                          So what is the right command to put in scheduler

                                                                          something like pabackup.exe /silent /…/blabla.pbs

                                                                          right?

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                                                                          • spwolf
                                                                            spwolf conexware last edited by

                                                                            simply selecting an pbs file will work, without any refference to pabackup - thats the same way it works when you click on pbs in explorer.

                                                                            What backup does is calls pabackup.exe with /silent switch (if so set).

                                                                            However thing to note there is that you have to put “” around any long paths or else you will be getting that error (cant find script) that you are getting… so it should be:

                                                                            “C:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\PABACKUP.EXE” /silent “C:\Users\user\Documents\Backups\Scripts\test.pbs”

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                                                                            • spwolf
                                                                              spwolf conexware last edited by

                                                                              thats what you can run from cmd line…

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                                                                                steiale last edited by

                                                                                ok… I guess we are coming more near.

                                                                                When I doubleclick a pbs a window flashes up, closes immediately and the pbs file looks like this…

                                                                                [General]
                                                                                Archive=.zipx
                                                                                TimeStamp=0
                                                                                TimeStampText=
                                                                                TimeStampMode=0
                                                                                ScanArchive=0
                                                                                Overwritef=0
                                                                                AddQueue=0
                                                                                AddLocal=0
                                                                                AddLocal2=0
                                                                                AddLocal3=0
                                                                                LocalDir2=
                                                                                LocalDir3=
                                                                                IncludeSubFolders=0
                                                                                IncHidden=0
                                                                                Compression=0
                                                                                CompressionM=0
                                                                                Action=0
                                                                                RelativeFolderInfo=0
                                                                                ShowDone=0
                                                                                RunSilent=0
                                                                                RunSilentMode=0
                                                                                GrowZip=0
                                                                                UseOptimized=0
                                                                                AddArchiveBit=0
                                                                                AddSolid=0
                                                                                WriteD=0
                                                                                ResetArchive=0
                                                                                UseSpanning=0
                                                                                CSpanSize=
                                                                                TestArchive=0
                                                                                LogToFile=0
                                                                                LogFile=
                                                                                EmailLog=0
                                                                                Encmode=0
                                                                                Hidepassword=0

                                                                                [FileTime]
                                                                                FTMode=0
                                                                                FTDays=0
                                                                                FTHours=0
                                                                                FTMinutes=0
                                                                                FTDate=0
                                                                                [FileSize]
                                                                                FSMode=0
                                                                                FSSize=0
                                                                                FSSizeMode=0
                                                                                [Schedule]
                                                                                Mode=0
                                                                                Time=0
                                                                                Days=

                                                                                [CD]
                                                                                BurnArchive=0

                                                                                FtpArchive=0
                                                                                FtpLimit=
                                                                                Directory=

                                                                                eMailArchive=0
                                                                                Smtp=
                                                                                Port=
                                                                                To=
                                                                                From=
                                                                                Text=

                                                                                Subject=

                                                                                –--------------------

                                                                                ALL settings are deleted…!!

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                                                                                • spwolf
                                                                                  spwolf conexware last edited by

                                                                                  so now doubleclicking on pbs does not work either? :-).

                                                                                  Maybe we should try everything from the start, to see what actually works or not, because it has been rollercoaster ride ;-)

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                                                                                  • S
                                                                                    steiale last edited by

                                                                                    Doubleclicking did never work.

                                                                                    Only thing worked is starting the pbs file from within the PA app. Doing my backups now like this.
                                                                                    Open PA, klick on pbs and then click on run. Works perfectly…!!

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                                                                                    • spwolf
                                                                                      spwolf conexware @steiale last edited by

                                                                                      @steiale:

                                                                                      Doubleclicking did never work.

                                                                                      Only thing worked is starting the pbs file from within the PA app. Doing my backups now like this.
                                                                                      Open PA, klick on pbs and then click on run. Works perfectly…!!

                                                                                      thats very different ;-).

                                                                                      do you have different versions of PA installed?

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                                                                                      • spwolf
                                                                                        spwolf conexware last edited by

                                                                                        its getting clearer now - when you say it works from inside PA, you mean via backup list, right?

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                                                                                        • S
                                                                                          steiale last edited by

                                                                                          As I said some posts above I did a complete uninstall and reinstall. So only one version installed.

                                                                                          Yes via backup list…

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                                                                                          • spwolf
                                                                                            spwolf conexware last edited by

                                                                                            well PBS files dont seem to be properly registered with windows explorer. There are several possible reasons for this.

                                                                                            Did you try cmd line i suggested before? Did that work?

                                                                                            “C:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\PABACKUP.EXE” /silent “C:\Users\user\Documents\Backups\Scripts\test. pbs”

                                                                                            just replace it to proper path to your files.

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                                                                                            • spwolf
                                                                                              spwolf conexware last edited by

                                                                                              (when you click on run on backup script in backup window, that is what PA does, it runs shell execute command, which is basically same thing as command line prompt).

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                                                                                              • S
                                                                                                steiale last edited by

                                                                                                Using in cmd seems to work now…

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                                                                                                • spwolf
                                                                                                  spwolf conexware @steiale last edited by

                                                                                                  @steiale:

                                                                                                  Using in cmd seems to work now…

                                                                                                  it has to work, reason it didnt work was because of long paths and you probably did not use “”… but i figured that out before, problem was that I thought that you wrote how you tried it from explorer and it works :-)

                                                                                                  anyway, now schedule an task using the same thing… it HAS to work… I will not accept no for an answer ;-)

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                                                                                                    steiale last edited by

                                                                                                    Ok… This is going to be hard for you…

                                                                                                    I swear when I use exactly the same string as working on my cmd it does not work in scheduler…!!

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                                                                                                      steiale last edited by

                                                                                                      Another strange thing…

                                                                                                      When is go to browse for PA in the scheduler it says that the path to the pbs file is not valid… But I changed the pbs files already to c:\PAscripts… How short can that be…

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                                                                                                      • spwolf
                                                                                                        spwolf conexware @steiale last edited by

                                                                                                        @steiale:

                                                                                                        Another strange thing…

                                                                                                        When is go to browse for PA in the scheduler it says that the path to the pbs file is not valid… But I changed the pbs files already to c:\PAscripts… How short can that be…

                                                                                                        can you browse to it? not write it in but browse to it…

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                                                                                                        • S
                                                                                                          steiale last edited by

                                                                                                          ok… Back after one week of illness…

                                                                                                          Still doesn’t work. Sure I can browse to it…

                                                                                                          Any new idea?

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                                                                                                          • S
                                                                                                            steiale last edited by

                                                                                                            A small step further…
                                                                                                            I made the file association between pbs files and PA again and now at least a double click on pbs file starts PA correctly and files are backuped.

                                                                                                            But start from scheduler still doesn’t work. PA gets started and does nothing.

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                                                                                                            • spwolf
                                                                                                              spwolf conexware @steiale last edited by

                                                                                                              @steiale:

                                                                                                              A small step further…
                                                                                                              I made the file association between pbs files and PA again and now at least a double click on pbs file starts PA correctly and files are backuped.

                                                                                                              But start from scheduler still doesn’t work. PA gets started and does nothing.

                                                                                                              check your task, make sure that backup it is starting is the right backup (that it points to proper file).

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                                                                                                              • spwolf
                                                                                                                spwolf conexware last edited by

                                                                                                                it should be something like this:

                                                                                                                “C:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\PABACKUP.EXE” /silent “C:\Users\user\Documents\Backups\Scripts\test. pbs”

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                                                                                                                  steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                  It does… :-(

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                                                                                                                  • spwolf
                                                                                                                    spwolf conexware last edited by

                                                                                                                    try manually that in command prompt now

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                                                                                                                    • S
                                                                                                                      steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                      That worked as we checked already…

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                                                                                                                        steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                        can we do this by chat or something? Would be faster. R U in skype or something?

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                                                                                                                          steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                          OK next step I tried.

                                                                                                                          Wrote a batch. Thought if I can’t schedule the pbs maybe I can schedule a batch that starts the pbs.

                                                                                                                          –-------
                                                                                                                          @echo off
                                                                                                                          start “Sedi Backup” /MIN “C:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\PABackup.exe” “/silent C:\PAscripts\sedi.pbs”
                                                                                                                          :end

                                                                                                                          Ends up in an oleaut32.dll access violation. Does that help?

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                                                                                                                          • spwolf
                                                                                                                            spwolf conexware last edited by

                                                                                                                            I did not catch those newer responses to the thread, this is what the command line is:
                                                                                                                            “C:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\PABACKUP.EXE” /silent “C:\Users\user\Documents\Backups\Scripts\test. pbs”

                                                                                                                            If that works, then it works in batch file if you properly enter it.

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                                                                                                                              steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                              Hey there… Can we get this thing working again please? I do backups manually every day now.

                                                                                                                              DoubleClick on pbs file starts backup properly. Still no chance at all to get it run in scheduler. Can we do this b telephone or remote whatsoever.

                                                                                                                              I want my scheduled backup to work again please…!!

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                                                                                                                                spwolf conexware @spwolf last edited by

                                                                                                                                @spwolf:

                                                                                                                                I did not catch those newer responses to the thread, this is what the command line is:
                                                                                                                                “C:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\PABACKUP.EXE” /silent “C:\Users\user\Documents\Backups\Scripts\test. pbs”

                                                                                                                                If that works, then it works in batch file if you properly enter it.

                                                                                                                                did you try above?

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                                                                                                                                  steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                                  I did… This does work. Starts PAbackup and starts to backup…

                                                                                                                                  When I use the exact same in Scheduler pa starts but doesn’t backup… :-(

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                                                                                                                                    spwolf conexware @steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                                    @steiale:

                                                                                                                                    I did… This does work. Starts PAbackup and starts to backup…

                                                                                                                                    When I use the exact same in Scheduler pa starts but doesn’t backup… :-(

                                                                                                                                    well what happens when PA starts but does not backup?

                                                                                                                                    did you try scheduling .bat file which works? Maybe that could be workaround… It still seems like something with permissions, because only difference between your running it like that and scheduler running it with same command, is the user that starts the process.

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                                                                                                                                      steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                                      I use it with the same useraccout, domain administrator. I am telling in scheduler to run even if not logged on. Givin my user and pw of the domain admin.

                                                                                                                                      Batch file doesn’t work either. Quits with an dll error.

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                                                                                                                                        steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                                        P.S. It starts the task doing nothing just using 4.4 mb ram.

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                                                                                                                                          spwolf conexware @steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                                          @steiale:

                                                                                                                                          I use it with the same useraccout, domain administrator. I am telling in scheduler to run even if not logged on. Givin my user and pw of the domain admin.

                                                                                                                                          Batch file doesn’t work either. Quits with an dll error.

                                                                                                                                          what dll error do you get? I need to check if tasks could be exported so you can send us task and we can see how it is scheduled.

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                                                                                                                                            steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                                            Dll error see post 59…

                                                                                                                                            Tell me what I can do and I will do…

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                                                                                                                                              steiale @steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                                              Seems that it can be exportet… :)

                                                                                                                                              Is an xml file which i gave the txt ending…
                                                                                                                                              attachment_p_21476_0_nowijan-backup.txt

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                                                                                                                                                steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                                                any news?? :)

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                                                                                                                                                  spwolf conexware @steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                                                  @steiale:

                                                                                                                                                  any news?? :)

                                                                                                                                                  i will be testing today and let you know what happens @ our computers with that script…

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                                                                                                                                                    steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                                                    Great!! Thank you very much…!!

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                                                                                                                                                      spwolf conexware last edited by

                                                                                                                                                      Can you check option “Run only when user is logged on” and let me know what happens then?

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                                                                                                                                                        steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                                                        Ok we are getting close to it…

                                                                                                                                                        When I run it with user logged on option it fails with the following error: Task Scheduler failed to start “\nowijan.pbs” task for user “ritfs\Administrator”. Additional Data: Error Value: 2147943645.

                                                                                                                                                        Somehow the local admin machine account does not work.
                                                                                                                                                        But when I change the account info to domain admin account and the option user logged on the backup starts as normally.
                                                                                                                                                        Option run logged on or not with domain account does start the pabackup but the does nothing further. Behaves like dead.

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                                                                                                                                                          spwolf conexware @steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                                                          @steiale:

                                                                                                                                                          But when I change the account info to domain admin account and the option user logged on the backup starts as normally.
                                                                                                                                                          Option run logged on or not with domain account does start the pabackup but the does nothing further. Behaves like dead.

                                                                                                                                                          what account do you use to work on that computer?

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                                                                                                                                                            steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                                                            Domain admin

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                                                                                                                                                              spwolf conexware @steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                                                              @steiale:

                                                                                                                                                              Domain admin

                                                                                                                                                              and what about other software that runs there - they use same domain admin account or local account?

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                                                                                                                                                                steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                                                                Yes they do… I do everthing on this machine in domain admin account.

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                                                                                                                                                                  spwolf conexware last edited by

                                                                                                                                                                  ok, lets try this - schedule new task manually through task scheduler and just pick pbs file that you want to schedule (so not pabackup.exe but .pbs). What happens then?

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                                                                                                                                                                    steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                                                                    Tried already… but tried it again…

                                                                                                                                                                    EXACTLY the same behavior. User logged on runs great.
                                                                                                                                                                    User not logged on dead task…

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                                                                                                                                                                      spwolf conexware @steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                                                                      @steiale:

                                                                                                                                                                      Tried already… but tried it again…

                                                                                                                                                                      EXACTLY the same behavior. User logged on runs great.
                                                                                                                                                                      User not logged on dead task…

                                                                                                                                                                      wait - so it runs completly fine with option user logged in?

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                                                                                                                                                                        steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                                                                        Yes. Like it did before.

                                                                                                                                                                        Option: Run only when user logged on - runs
                                                                                                                                                                        Option: Run whether user is logged on or not - doesn’t run

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                                                                                                                                                                          spwolf conexware @steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                                                                          @steiale:

                                                                                                                                                                          Yes. Like it did before.

                                                                                                                                                                          Option: Run only when user logged on - runs
                                                                                                                                                                          Option: Run whether user is logged on or not - doesn’t run

                                                                                                                                                                          so task scheduler cant schedule task unless user is logged on, that means something is wrong with task schedulers starting tasks as another user. I guess we need to google for solutions. I wonder if it might be some service that is disabled.

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                                                                                                                                                                            steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                                                                            I will try something different. I hope I know where the problem is. I had a change in die admin password. I think the tasks stores the passwords locally. I guess task scheduler has a bug when passwords are changing.

                                                                                                                                                                            So I will create a new backup user and create the jobs again. Hopefully that works…

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                                                                                                                                                                              steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                                                                              Ok. Here we go again.
                                                                                                                                                                              New User, completely new jobs, PAB starts… Does nothing…

                                                                                                                                                                              Going mad…!!

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                                                                                                                                                                                steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                                                                                Ok… things are getting worse and worse.
                                                                                                                                                                                Now the pbs files will be emptied when they don’t run correctly.
                                                                                                                                                                                So for every test I have to create new pbs files.

                                                                                                                                                                                Any further help?

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                                                                                                                                                                                  spwolf conexware @steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                                                                                  @steiale:

                                                                                                                                                                                  Ok… things are getting worse and worse.
                                                                                                                                                                                  Now the pbs files will be emptied when they don’t run correctly.
                                                                                                                                                                                  So for every test I have to create new pbs files.

                                                                                                                                                                                  Any further help?

                                                                                                                                                                                  dont know what else… we could try having an special debug version of PowerArchiver Backup so we can go step by step and determine what could be the issue?

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                                                                                                                                                                                    steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                                                                                    ok… so lets try this… if its helps you…
                                                                                                                                                                                    I thought I’d be clever and leave the user logged on.
                                                                                                                                                                                    PA Backup error message…
                                                                                                                                                                                    Access violation at address 77A58F1A in module oleaut32.dll. Read of address 0000047C

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                                                                                                                                                                                      steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                                                                                      OK… Tried on another server. Same issue. Seems to me that the scheduler functionality is broken. PAB starts does nothing…
                                                                                                                                                                                      Please send me asap the debug version.

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                                                                                                                                                                                        spwolf conexware @steiale last edited by

                                                                                                                                                                                        @steiale:

                                                                                                                                                                                        OK… Tried on another server. Same issue. Seems to me that the scheduler functionality is broken. PAB starts does nothing…
                                                                                                                                                                                        Please send me asap the debug version.

                                                                                                                                                                                        i have spent an hour on Win2k3 Server trying to reproduce this…

                                                                                                                                                                                        How was PowerArchiver installed on the server? There has to be something specific in the way you are using something, as on whatever computer we try, it works fine. There has to be an reason.

                                                                                                                                                                                        Debug version can be ready within 10-15 days and it is quite pain to setup, there is no easy solution for that.

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                                                                                                                                                                                          spwolf conexware last edited by

                                                                                                                                                                                          We had one german customer with similar complaint - it turned out permissions issue - it could not access remote drive when run from isolated account, but local folders worked fine… I am sure you tried compressing to local drives as we said before?

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