Hi everyone, some good news about PowerArchiver… I’ve managed to get in touch with the original developer of PowerArchiver, Ivan Petrovic, and he has confirmed that the product is not dead or abandoned, in fact it is still very much alive! There has been a hiatus over the past months for various reasons, but that we should expect to see stuff coming through in the coming months (hopefully the next 2 months).
The Windows 11 context menu for PowerArchiver on normal files (to be compressed, etc.) is now showing multiple tiers with two identical menus. See attached captures of the issue:
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Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 24H2
OS build 26100.2605
Hello!
I’ve just created SFX-Archives both from ZIP and 7z-Archives and none has an Icon as it seems.
I use the new version 22.00.11.
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Basically I used powerarchiver context menus to zip up a folder then i used windows 11 own built in zip extractor via the context menu to extract all and this is where it throw up a fault. , I’m using windows 11 .
The file that was a problem in the zip that windows 11 could not extract was iva “babe” cotton.jpg
I know it has non standard quotes in it.
However I had winrar on the computer and tried the exact same method with their context menu compress to zip and then I extracted the file with windows own extract all context menu and it had no problems. This indicates that powerarchiver is doing something different with iva “babe” cotton.jpg compressing to zip.
Then I changed iva “babe” cotton.jpg to iva babe cotton.jpg and compressed it with powerarchiver and then tried it with windows 11 extract all and had no problems. It looks like powerarchiver is doing something to that one file that has quotes in it.
Please note that powerarchiver extracted both zip files with no problems, only windows built in zip extraction had the fault. Reason I’m letting people know in case they send zip files with special characters in files names to people who do not have powerarchiver.
When will a fix be implemented?
On installing the program I am getting the error message:
"Unable to execute file c:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\pashutil.exe
CreateProcess failed: code 2
The system cannot find the file specified"
This can’t be right!
I am using the latest official build of Windows 11
Buttons are not properly aligned on About screen.
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Buttons not aligned on configuration window.
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New version:
PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.10:
Download:
https://u.powerarchiver.com/pa2023/powarc220010.exe
New build for some bug fixes and issues - full list to come with new update. Please test and see if you have any issues.
Thanks everyone for your assistance!
New version:
PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.11:
Download:
https://u.powerarchiver.com/pa2023/powarc220011.exe
New build for some bug fixes and issues - full list to come with new update. Please test and see if you have any issues.
Thanks everyone for your assistance!
Just tried using the Modern (Windows 10) Icon set and seeing a few missing icons in both PowerArchiver Burner and PowerArchiver Encryption screens . They are all there in the Minimalistik icon set and the only difference I can see is the former is blue and the latter grey. In version 22.00.9
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I had a large .tar file (a backed up WSL) and I want to delete a few directories and their contents from it using PA2023.
PA just destroys the whole archive as soon as I try to delete a directory, leaving it in a state where PA2023 won’t even open it any more.
I tried several times and also tried compressing it to .tar.xz instead - same result.
This should either actually work, or it should say operation not supported and do nothing.
Hello!
The regular version of PA 2023 is out for over 6 months now, but there is still no sign of the portable release.
(When) will there be one?
Thanks!
Hello!
Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
(When) do you plan to release one?
Thanks!
Win 11 64 bit
I have some archives which have been encrypted, using the encrypt option either in pbs or when interactively creating a zip. When I open these, and look at files, I am asked for passwords, which I know, and then can view items or decrypt the files in the archive (tools>decrypt files).
However, when I use the Actions>Remove Archive Encryption (whether using the same zip or asking to write another), the routine shows progress bar to the end, but then just hangs i.e. “OK” never activates. All process information shows this stalled/hanging.
What can I do to sort this out?
For example:
Download this ZIP file: http://dslstats.me.uk/files/dslstats32W-6.5.zip
Everything in the ZIP file is in a directory “dslstats32W-6.5”.
However when I extract using right click “Extract Here” the name of the directory created is “2W-6.5” !
I am running PA 22.00.09 on Windows 11. I have seen the same happen with some other kinds of archive too.
If I compress a folder to a .pa using right click, Compress to folder.pa and use the new Windows 11 menu then the Options, Configuration, Miscellaneous, Use normal relative path setting is always enabled.
But I like this option disabled so I have to use the old style menu in order to get PA to compress a folder in the way I wish.
AVG reporting PABurnerTools is a virus?!
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I just installed the 61 update and AVG Free is reporting PABurnTools is a virus? I read a comment on this before but now I’m getting this message as well. Can anybody clarify what’s going on? Did I just install an infected version on my PC?
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I just installed the 61 update and AVG Free is reporting PABurnTools is a virus? I read a comment on this before but now I’m getting this message as well. Can anybody clarify what’s going on? Did I just install an infected version on my PC?
report false positive to AVG so they can fix their stuff.
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Although by this point, i dont think they are able to fix their engine, since this has been happening for over a year now.
You can see report from other engines here:
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False positives are nastiness. One of my mates is testing out PA, and he says he got a probable false positive from Sunbelt’s sandbox saying that the PA 11.61 installer is infected with some Trojan.Win32.Generic!SB and “creates hidden EXE in System”. He also said that _PAUTIL.EXE is detected as Win32.Worm.H or something by McAfee. I guess when you get one false positive fixed, another is created. :(
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False positives are nastiness. One of my mates is testing out PA, and he says he got a probable false positive from Sunbelt’s sandbox saying that the PA 11.61 installer is infected with some Trojan.Win32.Generic!SB and “creates hidden EXE in System”. He also said that _PAUTIL.EXE is detected as Win32.Worm.H or something by McAfee. I guess when you get one false positive fixed, another is created. :(
AV companies are so overwhelmed it seems…
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p.s. there is an reason we sign all our executables with digital signatures. As long as signature is not broken (you can check in properties for that file), file has not been altered.
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Sometimes I get the feeling AVs detect more false positives than real virii. :p I’m amazed they can’t get them fixed. Don’t they do anything when you report them they’re detecting PA falsely? If I was you I’d be really really annoyed because of that LOL
It’s really cool that you do digital sigs on all your exes. :)
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Sometimes I get the feeling AVs detect more false positives than real virii. :p I’m amazed they can’t get them fixed. Don’t they do anything when you report them they’re detecting PA falsely? If I was you I’d be really really annoyed because of that LOL
It’s really cool that you do digital sigs on all your exes. :)
AVG fixes it for that version (after 1-2 weeks) and then when next version is out, it is flagged again ;-).
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AVG fixes it for that version (after 1-2 weeks) and then when next version is out, it is flagged again ;-).
LOL that’s actually sad. They make a false positive, they fix it, and then they make it again in the next version! WTH man… I’m knocking on wood, but Security Essentials hasn’t given me false positives about PA or anything else yet.
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… Security Essentials hasn’t given me false positives about PA or anything else yet.
Yeah - makes you wonder if MSE is actually doing anything :p
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Why you continue to use that crappy AV software (AVG)? The problem is not within PA. AVG has a long history of false positives with many different software, last year it deleted Windows user32.dll :D
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it is very tiring dance we have with some AV vendors. It makes me wonder how they run their business at all, with so many complaints thrown at them.
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AVG has fixed their issue after notification by us. In the future, please notify them of false alarm as soon as possible.
