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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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).
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.
PA 22.00.09
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Start up time before unzipping is slow!
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Is there anyway you guys could speed up the time for when opening archives?
I am not talking about the unzipping part but the time it takes to start the unzipping after I click Extract Here button.
I just wish it was faster. I see the slow speed the most on bigger files.
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Which version are you using? How large is the file you are opening?
How are you opening the file?Thanks!
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is it slower on big files, faster on small files?
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Which version are you using? How large is the file you are opening?
How are you opening the file?Thanks!
I am running the latest build 11.61.07
As far as the files all sizes but it seems the slowest on really big ones like files over 1GB.
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curious to know what your hardware is also.
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I am running the latest build 11.61.07
As far as the files all sizes but it seems the slowest on really big ones like files over 1GB.
basically it is part of extraction process (it scans through the archive), it is just that progress does not start before it, so it looks like PA is doing nothing, rest assured that is.
I am talking about the difference between extracting 1 file in archive and 100,000 files in archive. Before that is PA startup time which we are always working on optimizing a bit.
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it also very much depends on the format…
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WinRAR for exampe is much faster starting the unpacking of really big files.
Is kind of hard to explain.
What I mean is when i upack a big file with WinRAR the WinRAR interface displays almost instant and starts unpacking. Where as PowerArchive’s interface is slower at opening and kind looks like its frozen for a second and then starts to unpack.
You understand what i mean?
I guess you could say WinRAR seem smoother :)
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curious to know what your hardware is also.
Intel Core2 Duo 6700
4GB Ram
Tons of hard drive space
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WinRAR for exampe is much faster starting the unpacking of really big files.
Is kind of hard to explain.
What I mean is when i upack a big file with WinRAR the WinRAR interface displays almost instant and starts unpacking. Where as PowerArchive’s interface is slower at opening and kind looks like its frozen for a second and then starts to unpack.
You understand what i mean?
I guess you could say WinRAR seem smoother :)
Yes, i understand exactly… When it comes to actual speed (not perception), it depends on what format you use. Starting to extract 100,000 files in rar archive is a lot slower than in zip, because unrar.dll is slower to list those files.
But what you are reffering is perception probably, as PA progress shows only after pa engine goes through the archive, so it looks like it is stalling for 0.5-1s, but it is actually working.
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similar system to mine…I just tested an archive (zip) with just over 15,000 files and it started to extract after about 2 seconds.
I assume yours is taking much longer?Windows 10 Pro x64
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and also PA is 0.1-0.4s slower to start by itself, we constantly work on shaving 100ms’s from that time ;-).
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similar system to mine…I just tested an archive (zip) with just over 15,000 files and it started to extract after about 2 seconds.
I assume yours is taking much longer?i think he is reffering to first 1 second of the process… Its basically cosmetical as it gives perception that PA is not doing anything for a second or so (depending on archive and other things).
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yes it does give that appearance as though doing nothing but I always knew it was working ‘behind the scenes’ before dealing with the task at hand…:)
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i think he is reffering to first 1 second of the process… Its basically cosmetical as it gives perception that PA is not doing anything for a second or so (depending on archive and other things).
Exactly :)
I wish there was a way you could some how make it so the PowerArchiver UI starts up almost instantly and then starts the unpacking.
Maybe you could do something like this for example.
Have the PowerArchiver UI open right away and then on the UI have a count down like “starting in 3,2,1”
I think that would look a lot nicer then the way it is now which looks like the ui is freezing.
Its just an idea :)
Anyway thanks for your help and info guys :)
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Exactly :)
I wish there was a way you could some how make it so the PowerArchiver UI starts up almost instantly and then starts the unpacking.
Maybe you could do something like this for example.
Have the PowerArchiver UI open right away and then on the UI have a count down like “starting in 3,2,1”
I think that would look a lot nicer then the way it is now which looks like the ui is freezing.
Its just an idea :)
Anyway thanks for your help and info guys :)
it is something that annoys me personally as well, so we are always working on improving it ;-). Just be assured that PA is actually working during that time.
